Amp Stopped Working And Smoked! Help Please

[djn121 10+ year member]

So i was drivin along with my subs bumpin and the the bass cut out, and i smelt smoke. so i pulled over and checked her out and it was smokin, not alot but i could smell it and see a little bit of smoke. i turned it off and drove home. so i turn on the power to the amp, the amp gets power, al lights light up but nothing comes through the subs. not sure what i should do im crying cause i dont have my subs. please helppppp.

Amp: Hifonics 1200 watt

Subs: 2 Kicker CVR 12's 4OHM ran & bridged to 2

Everything worked fine and flawlessly till it just cut outtt.

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[Chin_Chilla 10+ year member]

Post some gut pics.... you sure it was the amp and not the subs??

 

[bradknob 10+ year member]

ive heard of hifonics amps doing this. correct me if im wrong but i dont think hifonics amps are internally fused, so its possible ur inline fuse was to high big you could have burnt up the amp. im not an expert but i have heard of scenarios very similar to this, and thats what happened

 

[djn121 10+ year member]

yeah, the smoke came from the amp, and i have it apart and i can smell it, everything looks fine internally, the smells commin from the coils of small red, green, and copper wire. ill post a pic in a minute

 

[djn121 10+ year member]

the fuse is fine, and theres a fuse is one the side of the amp, none on the inside

 

[silvercookie 5,000+ posts]

first of all you cant wire 2 dual 4ohm subs to 2 ohm

so that means you ran the amp at 1 ohm bridged, which it is not supposed to be ran at.

it was your fault the amp blew up.

 

[djn121 10+ year member]

there 2 a piece

 

[Chin_Chilla 10+ year member]

first of all you cant wire 2 dual 4ohm subs to 2 ohm
so that means you ran the amp at 1 ohm bridged, which it is not supposed to be ran at.

it was your fault the amp blew up.

silvercookie, this is offtopic and doesn't relate to this situation , but is it possible to wire 2 dual 4's into 2 ohms??? Such as... you have a mono amp with 2 channels, you wire 1 sub into 2 ohm, and use channel 1, and wire 2nd sub into 2 ohm also and use channel 2, wouldnt that be a 2 ohm load on the amp???

 

[silvercookie 5,000+ posts]

silvercookie, this is offtopic and doesn't relate to this situation , but is it possible to wire 2 dual 4's into 2 ohms??? Such as... you have a mono amp with 2 channels, you wire 1 sub into 2 ohm, and use channel 1, and wire 2nd sub into 2 ohm also and use channel 2, wouldnt that be a 2 ohm load on the amp???

no, i dont believe you can do that.

 

[djn121 10+ year member]

nyone know what i should do? like i said the amp powers on, eevery thing lights up, but the subs dont hit. anything i can try?

 

[ChanzSafari 10+ year member]

sounds like the amp took a poop. Smoke and burning from an amp is a bad sign.

 

[Chin_Chilla 10+ year member]

no, i dont believe you can do that.

Explain please.

 

[silvercookie 5,000+ posts]

you probably fried the fets.

if you dont want it ill take it.

 

[silvercookie 5,000+ posts]

Explain please.

from what i have heard the 2 positives and 2 negatives is for multiple wiring options.

but i dont think you can run 1 sub of one set of +,- and another sub off the other set.

i think it has something to do with internal bridging or somthing.

but i know for a fact that if you wire the 2 subs together you can only achieve a 1 or 4 ohm load.

 

[silvercookie 5,000+ posts]

so if smoke is coming from a cigarrette it is a bad sign?

lol