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<blockquote data-quote="jbk" data-source="post: 7101245" data-attributes="member: 627146"><p>I recently purchased a Fi SSD 10' D1 and audiopipe apsm-1300. I got it all hooked up to the stock head unit in my 2010 jeep patriot using a plug n play device.</p><p></p><p>The day after hooking it up, I was setting the gain using a 50Hz test tone and an analog multimeter. somehow while doing that, the fuse in the multimeter blew, so I just set the gain to the minimum until I could get a new fuse. Later that night I was listening to music while driving, and the amp turned off, which I later found out was from the fuse under the hood blowing (the amp doesn't have a fuse, so I put a 100A fuse under the hood). After getting a new fuse, when the car would go on the amp would go right into protect. Keep in mind the gain on the amp was set at the minimum.</p><p></p><p>I disconnected the sub to make sure that wasn't the issue, and it was not. From what I was told, the amp got fried from a clipped signal, but I don't understand how that could happen with the gain set so low. there is also a gain setting on the plug n play converter, but I didn't change that from the factory setting.</p><p></p><p>When I opened up the amp, there was no bad smell, nothing charred and no bulging caps. Is there any chance its not blown, and if it is what could be the problem?</p><p></p><p>sorry for the story, I just felt like its all necessary.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jbk, post: 7101245, member: 627146"] I recently purchased a Fi SSD 10' D1 and audiopipe apsm-1300. I got it all hooked up to the stock head unit in my 2010 jeep patriot using a plug n play device. The day after hooking it up, I was setting the gain using a 50Hz test tone and an analog multimeter. somehow while doing that, the fuse in the multimeter blew, so I just set the gain to the minimum until I could get a new fuse. Later that night I was listening to music while driving, and the amp turned off, which I later found out was from the fuse under the hood blowing (the amp doesn't have a fuse, so I put a 100A fuse under the hood). After getting a new fuse, when the car would go on the amp would go right into protect. Keep in mind the gain on the amp was set at the minimum. I disconnected the sub to make sure that wasn't the issue, and it was not. From what I was told, the amp got fried from a clipped signal, but I don't understand how that could happen with the gain set so low. there is also a gain setting on the plug n play converter, but I didn't change that from the factory setting. When I opened up the amp, there was no bad smell, nothing charred and no bulging caps. Is there any chance its not blown, and if it is what could be the problem? sorry for the story, I just felt like its all necessary. [/QUOTE]
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