Did I blow my amp?

[littlepucker]

Ok so I was doing some wiring in the dark (dont ask me why) and I accidentally plugged the ground into the power and the power into the ground.

I tried putting the wires back normally and im getting now power.

Could I have fried my amp? im retarted... Agreed?

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[hornedfrog1985 5,000+ posts]

lol, maybe? We don't know... If your amp is fried it's fried.

Check fuses/the usual suspects.

And give me your amp.

 

[ampjunkielikeme 10+ year member]

you fried it boss..or its a blown fuse??

 

[littlepucker]

I know i am just wondering if it is possible to mess it up like that? I have tried searching the whole intrawebs and gots like nothings.

 

[hornedfrog1985 5,000+ posts]

Yeah it's possible. You were supplying power to your frame man lol

 

[BushJ311 5,000+ posts]

Possibly. I will give you 50 for it.

 

[littlepucker]

FVCK how do i check if the fuse is messed? I looked at it and it might have a little line in it ll go check again. Its a 300amp wafer fuse the kind that comes with kicker 1/0 kits

 

[hornedfrog1985 5,000+ posts]

If it is burned and the "link" is broken then it's fried... Check your amps fuses too.

edit: When I say fried I mean the fuse... Not necessarily the amp

 

[littlepucker]

Ok im going to go check ill let you guys know. im so pissed you dont even know

 

[hornedfrog1985 5,000+ posts]

**** man, you had a nice sub stage too.

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

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[hornedfrog1985 5,000+ posts]

Honestly, if that shit was fused correctly it should have just blown your inline fuse.

 

[MakeshiftAudio 10+ year member]

Well, from a technical point of view, you might have fried every single component in the amp that was not connected to a dedicated (LM7xxx) voltage regulator, positive or negative. On the other hand, some amps I've seen have diodes on the inputs/outputs to prevent this from happening, to make sure the current flow is in the right direction and won't flow the other way(layman's terms.)

You would not put 12V to the frame unless the freewheeling diodes in the SMPS's mosfets started to conduct, conducted through the transformer's primary winding, through the other set's freewheeling diodes, and to ground, which those internal diodes WOULD explode very easily because of their dissipation values and voltage drop, and blow a fuse.

 

[gunz4me 10+ year member]

I hope. It's a nice amp.

You mean it "was" a nice amp:laugh:

 

[BushJ311 5,000+ posts]

You mean it "was" a nice amp:laugh:

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Would be a costly mistake.