Audio Systems: amp fuses are blowing, dual voice coil, amp fuses


Question
I have 2 audiobahn 1206t's hooked up to a temporary amp which is a hifonics crunch 1000 which is small for those subs i know but with my amp turned down i believe my fuses on my amp shouldn't blow like they do and im here to ask why they still blow constantly and when i say constantly i mean whenever i turn up my music to a decent level. My friends and I all have decent knowledge in systems and not one of us can figure out why my fuses blow like they do. I have asked places like ABC warehouse and best buy but all i got was that it might be my r.c.a's but im not to sure. I'm sure i could get a better answer if i had cash but thats where the other problems lies. So basically my fuses on my amp constantly blow and i need some suggestions please i might kill myself if i spend anymore money on fuses.

Answer
Well, here are some possibilities:

ONE:  Impedance is not matched properly. The speakers you are using are dual voice coil and can be either 2 ohms or 8 ohms each; then you can put the two in either parallel or series with each other then to your amp.  So, depending on how you have them connected you might be overloading the amplifier.  For example if you had all the voice coils in parallel you would be putting a 1 ohm load on the amp; that might be intolerable to the amplifier. (Even tho the amp may be rated for 1 ohm service!)

TWO:   Second possibility is one of woofer voice coils is shorted down placing a short on the output of the amp.

THREE:  And, it is possible one of the speaker wires has shorts in the connections somewhere.

FOUR:   Fuse you are using is too small.

To track the problem down, do this:  Disconnect the speaker lines at the amplifier and see if it still blows.  If it is okey with no load connected, connect just one voice coil and see how that goes.  Then go through each voice coil one by one; if one of them blows the fuse it is defective.  

If the amp still blows the fuse with no load it is a problem within the amp; you will need to have it looked at.

You might want to connect the 4 voice coils in parallel series for a load on the amplifier of 4 ohms - which will keep undue stress off the amplifier.

Let me know the outcome.  By all means if you are confused about any of my comments or if you don't understand how to connect up the voice coils come back to me for a clarification question.

Happy listening,
C