Did I fry my amp?

[CSCStang]

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

You should have disconnected the amp completely as soon as you saw the issue.

 

[los33 10+ year member]

Did you disconnect your battery before removing it?

The speaker wires will not fully fry an amp, but will cause permanent protection mode due to the output board frying.

You might wanna check it all 100% and reset all the knobs to original minimum settings.

 

[emd023 10+ year member]

Did you disconnect your battery before removing it?
The speaker wires will not fully fry an amp, but will cause permanent protection mode due to the output board frying.

You might wanna check it all 100% and reset all the knobs to original minimum settings.

I did nothing with the battery. Only unhooked the speaker wire from the box terminal.

 

[CSCStang]

I did nothing with the battery. Only unhooked the speaker wire from the box terminal.

Take off the remote turn on and tape it off at least man.

 

[emd023 10+ year member]

Here are pics of my battery. Is the clear plastic box the fuse?

 

[los33 10+ year member]

Yes and your fuse looks partly black meaning burnt.

Check your fuse to see if it is burnt or melted.

Also next time remove the speaker wires from the amp if removing your subs. If removing the amp disconnect the battery then remove the amp.

 

[emd023 10+ year member]

That little metal piece right above the "150A" is still intact.

 

[CSCStang]

That little metal piece right above the "150A" is still intact.

Can you take that of the batt right now? If so, do it.

 

[emd023 10+ year member]

That little metal piece right above the "150A" is still intact.

If it is still intact, this is probably bad new bears, correct?

 

[CSCStang]

Yeah. Unhook it from the battery before something catches fire.

 

[los33 10+ year member]

With a burnt fuse still intact will allow unmeasured amperage flow thru till it fully burns out.

 

[fatboytyler]

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

This isn't true. Amps don't send any signal through when it's not powered on, therefore no power on the speaker cables. However, were it to touch the power wire that is a different story.

Most Rockford amps aren't fused.

And this is to everyone... Please unhook the battery when tampering with the amp/subs in anyway. This eliminates any chance of an electrical problem provided you hook it back up right. It takes 5 seconds to loosen up the negative terminal and remove it.

 

[CSCStang]

This isn't true. Amps don't send any signal through when it's not powered on, therefore no power on the speaker cables. However, were it to touch the power wire that is a different story.
Most Rockford amps aren't fused.

And this is to everyone... Please unhook the battery when tampering with the amp/subs in anyway. This eliminates any chance of an electrical problem provided you hook it back up right. It takes 5 seconds to loosen up the negative terminal and remove it.

If it weren't powered on, it wouldn't have overheated. He even said the fuse is still good. So if he's turning on the car and the amp is turning on with the speaker wires touching, it will jack things up. And I'm talking about the initial incident.

 

[fatboytyler]

If it weren't powered on, it wouldn't have overheated. He even said the fuse is still good. So if he's turning on the car and the amp is turning on with the speaker wires touching, it will jack things up. And I'm talking about the initial incident.

I was too. My browser hadn't updated the thread and I didn't realize there was so much more now.

 

[CSCStang]

I was too. My browser hadn't updated the thread and I didn't realize there was so much more now.

Yeah, that pup is cooked no doubt.