Amp went up in smoke, what happened?

[blgaudio 10+ year member]

Okay,

Helped a buddy wire his system up today, he purchased a refurbished Kole Audio QXi-3000D amp off of eBay //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif This amp was "supposed" to be 1 ohm stable. Personally I didnt see the amp holding up to a 1 ohm load but we went for it. Hooked it up, played fine for 45 mins, was keeping close to 14 volts on gauge close to amp. I periodically checked the temp of the amp, barely got over warm to the touch on hard play. I figured all was well he goes to turn the car off, before he even gets to the front of the vehicle the amp goes into protect. I told him to turn the vehicle back on, stuck in protect still. I check the rca connections on the input on the amp, as soon as I touched em the amp comes back on, subs bump for a few seconds, when i let loose of the rcas the amp keeps jumping from protect to on and the smoke rolls from around the input side of the amp. What happened here? Could the inputs have been loose and grounded out inside? If so would it be the dealers fault?

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[da box king 10+ year member]

hmmm interesting

 

[blgaudio 10+ year member]

hmmm interesting

Whats your thoughts? Tell him to trash the $200 dollar amp lol

 

[pieper88 10+ year member]

check the website to see if they offer a warranty first. Then try and sell this amp and buy something else

 

[ascitiesburn69 10+ year member]

Whats your thoughts? Tell him to trash the $200 dollar piece of crap lol

Fixed for you ;D

 

[da box king 10+ year member]

amps are one thing that I do not cheap out on....and this is why!

 

[blgaudio 10+ year member]

Fixed for you ;D

Thanks I appretiate it haha, make someone a good door stop.

 

[blgaudio 10+ year member]

check the website to see if they offer a warranty first. Then try and sell this amp and buy something else

Alright I believe he has tried to contact them through eBay, we may here from them in a month or four.

 

[Carnivorous18 10+ year member]

If you bought it off ebay with paypal and they dont respond then start a resolution ticket on paypal so you can at least get your money back.