i have a stereo at home with amp but when i put to much volume it turns off why does it do that?

Answer 1

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is this a home stereo or a car stereo? if a home stereo you could be over heating the reciever with too little resistance then the reciever can handle causing it to shut down to protect itself.. if its a car system its pretty mush the same thing.. you dont want to run say 2 ohms on a 4 ohm amp.. that will cause it to overload and shut down or worse damage it.

Answer 2

My stereo will do that, it only happens when i have extra speakers plugged in to it. The stereo isnt pushing enough power to the speakers so it shuts its self off so it wont overload in a way. I hope that helps any...

Answer 3

It may be overheating, the voltage could be dropping due to too small a wire being used for power. It may be an impedance mismatch between the speakers and the amp.

Answer 4

check your ground wires, sometimes insufficient grounding will cause this.. make sure no wires are open and touching each other also, this will cause an arc and short it out.