Amplifier not working, help me figure out the problems [PICS]

[plantinseeds]

So I accidentally got snow all over my Rockford Fosgate t1500-1bd and it caused it to overheat. In addition I am pretty sure the gain settings were wrong.

It would start smoking from the speaker wire outputs as soon as I hooked up the power and ground wire.

This amp also caused my 12 inch Alpine Type R to clip and it is now blown.

If you could take a look at the insides of the amp and tell me the severity of the damage, I would appreciate it very much //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

I also have a DMM to test OHMs and Voltage.

Only weird smell coming from the amp is coming from around the speaker wire outputs.

If you all of you Car Audio pros could let me know how bad it is and how much it should cost to get repaired, (or even if I could do it myself?) I would appreciate it very much, thanks.

EDIT: Also sorry for the quality of the pictures, I used my Blackberry to take the pictures.

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[Timmothy Web 10+ year member]

did it push and pull the sub really hard?

 

[plantinseeds]

I couldn't really tell you.. only had this amp and Type R's for about a week before I ruined them haha.

I only listened to them while driving but never parked and tested them at max volume.

Also how much would you guys value one 12 inch Alpine Type R SWR-1242d at? trying to sell it to buy my brother a new amplifier...

 

[Timmothy Web 10+ year member]

maybe 50 buck or so. i think u might have bad output transistors. shouldnt cost that much to fix.

 

[plantinseeds]

I already sold the amp earlier today because I have absolutely no money to get this guy repaired.

Honestly don't even know why I posted this if I was just going to end up selling the fried amp anyway haha, just curious to what the problem was in the first place and what caused the amp to overheat.

I am just going to sell everything and start from scratch hahah, but do it right this time.