amp wont turn on

[500000watts 10+ year member]

my Rockford P3002 worked fine. my brother went and tried to connect the subs while the amp was running and some sparks came along with the connection and then the protect light came on.. i turned off the power and checked the fuse and all and when i turned it back on the protect light was still there..

the wires are not crossed anymore so im not sure whats causing the protect mode to stay on?

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[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

my Rockford P3002 worked fine. my brother went and tried to connect the subs while the amp was running and some sparks came along with the connection and then the protect light came on.. i turned off the power and checked the fuse and all and when i turned it back on the protect light was still there..

the wires are not crossed anymore so im not sure whats causing the protect mode to stay on?

You've learned a valuable lesson (albeit a sad one) ~

Never work on speaker wiring while the amp is running //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

Whatever you shorted isn't going to magically "unshort" just because you killed the power and remedied the wiring issue.

Whatever internal damage you caused by crossing the wires is still going to be damaged (unfortunately) once the wiring issue has been resolved.

Amp under warranty, perhaps?

 

[500000watts 10+ year member]

no.. no waranty.. yeh i had no time to tell him to turn it off before conecting them.

he hasnt even payed me for it yet so i guess im out one amp..

is there anyway i can take the amp apart and is there like a fuse or somethin in there

 

[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

Never connect anything while its on, never...

 

[500000watts 10+ year member]

im aware of that. it was not my choice.

can someone just tell me if theres anyway to fix it or do i just toss it

 

[500000watts 10+ year member]

i guess the amp just burnt out on its on.. my brother said it was periodly shutting off while driving before that and then it just stayed off one time with the protect mode on.. i took it apart and everything looked clean and good.. no melted parts

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

take it to a repair shop, and get a professional to look at it.

 

[luvinthebass 5,000+ posts]

your amp is pretty much done with by what you did, hope you learned your lesson

car on while making/unmaking connections at amp or head unit usually spell disaster in a fried way

 

[SplChoice- 10+ year member]

try reconecting everything.. take poewr and ground out... TURN OFF YOUR CAR then hook ground then power

 

[SplChoice- 10+ year member]

it shouldnt be done by just hooking up speaker wires..it might if its ****ing high volume but try what i said and see what happens

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

people guess what?

you dont hook stuff up when the power is ON.

 

[500000watts 10+ year member]

its weird.. i can wiggle the remote turn on around in the terminal and the amp will turn on for a real short second and then go back into protect mode.. is there maybe something loose i could fix..

is there anything i can look at inside the amp to check to see if its good..

 

[luvinthebass 5,000+ posts]

if you see anything burnt then that's a really good sign your amp is shot, prolly the power supply burnt out of it