silentscope21 10+ year member
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ok, my friend came over after we successfully installed his 2 12" subs and a rockford 400.4 4 channel amp. it was pounding and sounded great. however the amp was getting warm like it should, but once we opened the trunk, smoke was coming from the amp //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/banghead.gif.8606515f668c74f6de0281deb475b6fd.gif it must of overheated, this amp does NOT have a fuse for itself. we let it cool, it didnt work when we powered the sys back up //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif ok, i found that the fuse at the battery was blown, replaced it, then when i go to attach the positive battery terminal to the battery, it spark and blows the fuse again. we checked ALL the wiring, NO shorts found, since it was just working perfectly. im thinking the amp is rejecting the power from the battery and reverberating it back to the battery blowing the fuse, every time. whats goin down? i think we popped the amp. i really thought amps like those would auto-shutoff before it killed itself //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif