Amplifier not powering up

[937DYTBOI 5,000+ posts]

Ok i took my friends amp to a local car audio shop to get benchtested to see if it worked. The amp is a USAMPS 2000x, so the shop said the main power will not power up what can cause this, he said the other light lit up but not the main power light. What can cause this?

Amp history well this amp has not been used since it was bought by my friend he had in storage for like 2 years. He never even hooked this amp up after buying it. So he decides to sell it to a guy because he needed some money. So the guy goes and get the amp installed professionally he says and he comes back and tells my friend that the amp doesnt work, It seemed quite strange to me. But i looked at the amp through the plexiglass to see if anything was burned or broke but it wasnt. Im just curious on what could be wrong. i know its a current hungry amp but it would be nice to fire it up and see what it can do or better yet sell it. Also when my friend got the amp back the plexiglass was cracked up in a few places im thinking this guy may have dropped it or something he said it broke do to them or him trying to install it. Sounds fishy to me.

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[matrxx dude 5,000+ posts]

sounds like to me its in protection,and that could be caused my numerous things

 

[wlmrs 10+ year member]

Get a manual and start reading.

 

[937DYTBOI 5,000+ posts]

sounds like to me its in protection,and that could be caused my numerous things

**** that sucks i need to get to the bottom of this

 

[937DYTBOI 5,000+ posts]

Get a manual and start reading.

Shouldnt the audio shop know what to do because they use to sell the amp

 

[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

How was it stored, how was the environment?

 

[matrxx dude 5,000+ posts]

Shouldnt the audio shop know what to do because they use to sell the amp

yea they prolly know how to send it back to us amps

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

bad ground., check that.

 

[937DYTBOI 5,000+ posts]

How was it stored, how was the environment?

It was stored in his room in the box

 

[wlmrs 10+ year member]

yea they prolly know how to send it back to us amps

yeah I would go that route.Good luck!

 

[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

Send it to me...

 

[937DYTBOI 5,000+ posts]

bad ground., check that.

The grounds look pretty intact but i will double check

 

[937DYTBOI 5,000+ posts]

Send it to me...

I will ask my friend but im sure that wont go down

 

[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

Serious, being the amp it is. I would just send it back to US Amps to check it out. I know if I had that amp I wouldnt let just anyone jack around with it...

 

[937DYTBOI 5,000+ posts]

i doubt my friewnd will even put anymore money into this amp, its not under warranty so hes going to conme out his pocket for shipping and repair cost and i highly doubt that he will.

He use to be hardcore into car audio then i guess age caught up to him or something, not really. His moods just swing after he was done with car audio he got into ar performance now hes out of that now hes into electronics and games, my friend sucks