Did I fry my amp?

[emd023 10+ year member]

I have a rockford p-10001db mono amp. I took my sub out of my car to make room for some stuff and reinstalled it last night. It did not work. The amp was very hot, the lights would not turn on, and there was a burning smell. Any idea what the problem is here? I have had this amp for over 7 years.

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[CSCStang]

Certainly sounds like it. Check your fuses.

 

[emd023 10+ year member]

I will check when I get home. But how did it happen? It was working fine before I removed my sub.

 

[CSCStang]

I will check when I get home. But how did it happen? It was working fine before I removed my sub.

Could have crossed or shorted the wires. Is it a box with terminals?

 

[Popwarhomie 5,000+ posts]

Hook it up wrong?

Don't think that amp has onboard fusing.

 

[NinjaBass]

I have a rockford p-10001db mono amp. I took my sub out of my car to make room for some stuff and reinstalled it last night. It did not work. The amp was very hot, the lights would not turn on, and there was a burning smell. Any idea what the problem is here? I have had this amp for over 7 years.

When you removed your sub did you keep the rca's to the amp hooked up where it was still receiving signal? I have heard of this messing peoples amps up before

 

[emd023 10+ year member]

when i removed the sub the only thing i did was unplug the wires from the terminal on the box.

 

[CSCStang]

If those wires touched without the box hooked up, there's your problem man.

 

[emd023 10+ year member]

is this fixable? so if I had a fuse it would have blown and still been ok?

 

[CSCStang]

If it blew you might be ok. Not sure if that amp has an on board though. Burnt smell is usually bad news though bro.

 

[emd023 10+ year member]

specs on cruchfield say no onboard fuses.

 

[Staynlean 10+ year member]

This is interesting to me as well for I take my sub out all the time and do not think too much abt the exposed speaker wires touching.

I do try to separate them, but should I unplug the rca's as well?

Would that completely eliminate the possible risk?

I'm also running a newer version of that same amp as well... Lol, guess I had better pay more attention. Let us know what the problem with the amp is Op.

 

[emd023 10+ year member]

so my amp was was warm when i checked it after work. how is this possible? the car had been off all day.

 

[Kangaroux 5,000+ posts]

so my amp was was warm when i checked it after work. how is this possible? the car had been off all day.

Your amp is still receiving power even if the car is off. If your amp is getting warm without being on, unplug it before it catches on fire and burns down your vehicle.

 

[CSCStang]

This is interesting to me as well for I take my sub out all the time and do not think too much abt the exposed speaker wires touching.
I do try to separate them, but should I unplug the rca's as well?

Would that completely eliminate the possible risk?

I'm also running a newer version of that same amp as well... Lol, guess I had better pay more attention. Let us know what the problem with the amp is Op.

Taking out the rca's will not keep the amp from coming on. Much safer to remove the speaker wire from the amp or disconnect the remote wire and tape it off.