Amp Fuses Keep Blowing- Possible Solution, Need Advice

[Toneyo03]

Hello,

I have had my subwoofers and amp hooked up on my car for nearly 6 years. I recently had to remove them from my car for travel purposes. When I went to put them back in, there was no bass. I first checked the amp fuses, which were both blown. Additionally, the fuse in the middle of the amp kit wiring was blown. I replaced all three, but again the amp fuses blew and each of the additional two times I tried again, they sparked and blew. A few days later I realized that the wire for the amp power came out of the clamp that is screwed into the amp. Could that being loose have been the cause for all of the shorts/blown fuses or is there no way and it's potentially a larger problem? I wanted to get advice before I just went and grabbed a new amp kit. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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[audioman14]

What type of amps?and amp wire size was any wires remove when amp were out of car?

 

[Toneyo03]

Hi thanks for responding. It is a pioneer gm-5100 amp. Amp wire is 8awg.

 

[dagormz]

The speaker wires weren't touching why you had the sub out, right? If so you might have some fried fets.

 

[Toneyo03]

By speaker wires do you mean the amp kit wiring? The subs never came out of the enclosure and the amp is attached to my enclosure so the wires going into the amp were disconnected from the amp and the enclosure was removed. The amp wires, however, I guess very well could have touched, as there were bags thrown in the trunk for travel. Thank you.

 

[dagormz]

By speaker wires do you mean the amp kit wiring? The subs never came out of the enclosure and the amp is attached to my enclosure so the wires going into the amp were disconnected from the amp and the enclosure was removed. The amp wires, however, I guess very well could have touched, as there were bags thrown in the trunk for travel. Thank you.

Sorry for the late response. But yes, the leads going to the sub enclosure. If they were touching and you were playing music the amp most likely blew. If you are even slightly mechanically inclined you can open the amp up and check if the fets are blown. I'll tell you more if you want to do this.