Did I fry my amp?

[ThumpinLawyer 10+ year member]

On Monday, I had my old system installed in my new car, which included (among other things) two Crossfire amps, one 2 channel and 1 mono for my two Kicker Solobaric 12's running at 1 ohm.

The system ran fine in my old car with 4 awg power and ground. I bought new wires for this install, which was a Tsunami 4 gauge kit, which I later learned is not true 4 awg, but I was told that it shouldn't really be a problem for the Crossfire 1000D amp.

Anyway, I checked the install and everything looked good and was fused properly, but on my way home from the install place I blew the fuse in the Distribution Block going to the mono amp. Today, I replaced the fuse, and the moment I turned the car on, the fuse immediately blew again, and smoke poured from the amp.

What the hell happened? Did I blow my amp? As far as I can tell, there are no wires touching each other.

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[ThatChevyGuy 5,000+ posts]

Yeah you fried the amp. Open it up and take pics and we can tell what happened.

 

[AlterEgo99 5,000+ posts]

...and smoke poured from the amp. ...

Where there's smoke...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/lightning.gif.3313d59263b518d6d89ddcbfead237d0.gif

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

its fried.