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<blockquote data-quote="Kickstand" data-source="post: 8734144" data-attributes="member: 681842"><p>This didn't happen to me so to speak but I was present for it.</p><p>I installed an amp and subs in a buddies car.</p><p>The amp was old school 90's so it has a dongle on the side for the speaker wire but it was 10+ years old and both sides of the dongle were gone so there were just wires coming out of a hole on the side.</p><p>A few moths down the road I managed to get my hands on both sides of the speaker wire Molex so I was going to put it in for him.</p><p>He showed up one morning to get it done but I had go out for an hour but my room mate said he would do it. He was a mobile appliance tech for sears and well schooled in car audio so I left them to do it and said I would be back in an hour.</p><p>I came back to a sh*t show.</p><p>He put the speaker wire plug in just fine but then decided he wanted to re wire the power and ground.</p><p>The power wire was fine but the ground wire would not come off the board.</p><p>To the extent that he pushed so long and hard with the soldering iron on it that melted the board around the ground destroying the amp.</p><p>The amp in question was an old school Rodek RA2300. The original more squared ones with all the little fins.</p><p>Not something that could easily be replaced.</p><p>Morel of the story, if it isn't broken don't fix it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kickstand, post: 8734144, member: 681842"] This didn't happen to me so to speak but I was present for it. I installed an amp and subs in a buddies car. The amp was old school 90's so it has a dongle on the side for the speaker wire but it was 10+ years old and both sides of the dongle were gone so there were just wires coming out of a hole on the side. A few moths down the road I managed to get my hands on both sides of the speaker wire Molex so I was going to put it in for him. He showed up one morning to get it done but I had go out for an hour but my room mate said he would do it. He was a mobile appliance tech for sears and well schooled in car audio so I left them to do it and said I would be back in an hour. I came back to a sh*t show. He put the speaker wire plug in just fine but then decided he wanted to re wire the power and ground. The power wire was fine but the ground wire would not come off the board. To the extent that he pushed so long and hard with the soldering iron on it that melted the board around the ground destroying the amp. The amp in question was an old school Rodek RA2300. The original more squared ones with all the little fins. Not something that could easily be replaced. Morel of the story, if it isn't broken don't fix it. [/QUOTE]
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