About had it with RE Audio

[littledane 10+ year member]

So far ive had nothing but trouble with my RE sx18d2. Well today i blew a fuse (100a) so i replaced it with a 200a ANL. Hooked everything back up and poof! my car is filled with smoke. Im sending the amp back to sonic being as had it less than a month. Hopefully they will replace it. What could have gone wrong? Im not new to car audio been in the game for the last 15 years.

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[brodeisel 10+ year member]

****** install

 

[Bettr n' Revrse 5,000+ posts]

Thats new RE for ya...

 

[LosIsATool 5,000+ posts]

Its RE.. What did you expect

 

[itsblown 10+ year member]

wait so 100 fuse you replaced with a 200 fuse blew up and your amps destroyed? soo you went double the fusing and then a fuse didnt pop?????

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

In the future, you figure out why the fuse popped before replacing fuse.

 

[littledane 10+ year member]

neither the inline fuse nor the fuses in the amp popped when it went up in flames.

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

Its a $200 amp, what did you expect? If its under warranty, then who cares. But have you even tested the coils of the sub to see what the amp is seeing?

 

[littledane 10+ year member]

havent tested the coils. sub wasnt playing when it fried though. i just turned my car on and up it went

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

havent tested the coils. sub wasnt playing when it fried though. i just turned my car on and up it went

you could have a bad coil bro. Would explain alot.

 

[The_Grimy_One 10+ year member]

Wasn't the amps fault.

 

[littledane 10+ year member]

sub is holding at 1.2ohm

 

[pro-rabbit 5,000+ posts]

That would have to do with your install. I'm not sure why if the fuse you blew you just replaced it with out looking for the cause prior to trying to use it again. Just saying that you should not blame others for your mistakes.

It does happen to some though, consider this a a lesson learned and move forward. The next time a fuse "just pops" get on here and ask what things may cause that to happen then go check what is suggested prior to attempting to turn it all back on with an even larger fuse(which is a bad idea all around).

 

[Spooney 10+ year member]

Fuse popped because the power supply fets failed(wouldn't be surprised at all if the outputs are done too,they usually go first ). Putting in the 200 amp fuse caused the amp to burn itself to the point of most likely being unrepairable. I wouldn't haul off and just blame RE. Any amp maker/company can and will fail in the right(or should I say wrong) install

 

[littledane 10+ year member]

I'm not blaming RE I'm just frustrated with the whole setup. I'm sure it was something that I did.