blew my amp.. pics inside!

[newyorkjets00 10+ year member]

so i was a dumbassss and used the same color for my positive and negative on my fosgate 450s amd smoked poured out so i turned it off quick.. looked and seen i hooked the negative in the postive on the amp and the power into the neg on the amp ****it... here are some pics of the damage.

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[andrew2944r 10+ year member]

lmao. Im not to sure I would have told this story...

Bad luck

 

[NewAgeKing 5,000+ posts]

so i was a dumbassss

Indeed.

 

[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

Oh man...

 

[99grandprixGT 5,000+ posts]

you seem happy?

 

[IDSkoT 5,000+ posts]

It'll buff right out.

My brother did this to a Zapco i250 I installed (switch polarity)... and it blew about 5 fuses before we figured out what happened.

But nothing was charred. It worked perfectly.

Zapco > RF.

And it looks like you just blew a fet. Could fix it for pretty cheap, probably.

 

[edzy 10+ year member]

Use a sharpie next time to mark the wires. Or wrap electrical tape around the ground.

So do you fish? Cause that would make a ok boat anchor now.

 

[Enellz 10+ year member]

I use the same color positive and negative power wire, but I have different gourmets on each one to tell. You gotta be smart.

 

[maximpakt 10+ year member]

Well, I have one roll of 1/0 on the way,but after reading this I think ill order another in a different color.

 

[Sleeklsc 5,000+ posts]

prime example of why i check everthing 3-4 times before i start it up the first time. Everyone makes mistakes though. I had my fare share when i was a teenager and just starting out.

 

[newyorkjets00 10+ year member]

what exactly is the little squares the run down both sides? it just looks like the first one is messed up can it be fixed? the amp still turns on..

 

[Sleeklsc 5,000+ posts]

Not sure what they are but if thats the only thing that melted id take the board out, locate the part and re-solder it in.

 

[gunz4me 10+ year member]

A buddy of mine hooked his Linear Power 5002 up backwards when we were in high school. A little bit of smoke came out of it, but to our amazement, it still worked and nothing was charred on the circuit board. We both learned a very valuable lesson.... You shouldn't try to hook up your amp when you are drunk!

 

[gunz4me 10+ year member]

what exactly is the little squares the run down both sides? it just looks like the first one is messed up can it be fixed? the amp still turns on..

That would be a MOSFET that you blew to high hell. You may have a matching one next to it or on the other side of the board. Depending on how bad you burned the circuit board, you may be able to repair it.

 

[murilo 10+ year member]

you have a fuse in the +12V line?