Almost f*cked my new JL 500/1 up...

[lastcall 10+ year member]

i just got this off of ebay for $300. hell of a deal, anyways. i was hooking up all the wires and wasnt paying attention to what i was doing and put the ground wire into the battery wire. talk about scared sh!tless. there was sparks and smoke coming out of the connector. i thought i blew it up or something. come to find out i just blew the fuse by my battery. anyways... i got everything wired CORRECTLY this time and my w3's sound great. i have them in a 3/4 custom made box. i cant tell the difference between this amp(500/1) and the memphis16-st1000d amp i had. they sound pretty close to the same in power. why is that?????

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[azbass 5,000+ posts]

i like sparks.

 

[cpierce 5,000+ posts]

i just got this off of ebay for $300. hell of a deal, anyways. i was hooking up all the wires and wasnt paying attention to what i was doing and put the ground wire into the battery wire. talk about scared sh!tless. there was sparks and smoke coming out of the connector. i thought i blew it up or something. come to find out i just blew the fuse by my battery. anyways... i got everything wired CORRECTLY this time and my w3's sound great. i have them in a 3/4 custom made box. i cant tell the difference between this amp(500/1) and the memphis16-st1000d amp i had. they sound pretty close to the same in power. why is that?????

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/hilarious.gif.02a037aad04aa96f19982b298a3d70a8.gif What is a 3/4 custom box?

 

[lastcall 10+ year member]

the size of the wood 3/4" thick density board

 

[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

ummm......prolly cuz its putting out the same power...

PS: this thread should be called "things in life that you should not admit"

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

why are you even hookin up a amp, with a live power wire? duhhhhhh

 

[lastcall 10+ year member]

maybe i dont have them wired right then. hell i dont know

 

[lastcall 10+ year member]

hell i dont know, lol

 

[Jordantyler 10+ year member]

haha i hate sparks..

 

[Johnny Drama 5,000+ posts]

What ohm load do you have the amps hooked up at?

 

[lastcall 10+ year member]

my whole system just shut off. i have another 4 chan amp/equalizer for for mids and highs, and i thought i blew that too. too much money would have been gone.lol

 

[lastcall 10+ year member]

2 ohm

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

What ohm load do you have the amps hooked up at?

that does not matter for that amp. unless hes under 1 or over 8.

 

[Blunt 10+ year member]

thats why they are the same 1000d is 500wrms @ 2 0hms jl audio 500/1 500w rms at 1.5-4 ohms same power

 

[swaptrex 10+ year member]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/hilarious.gif.02a037aad04aa96f19982b298a3d70a8.gif What is a 3/4 custom box?

he kinda did it himself, three quarters of the way then gave up. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif