electrical help (amp)

[Ohioguy 10+ year member]

i hate to ask because usually i can answer my own questions but idk what to do.

i was driving through a park and everythings fine then all of a sudden my sub turns off. i turn the bass down on the equalizer thinking it might be too high cutting out. only my front speakers were playing. a minute later it turns back on. so i thought hm somethings loose. about 5 minutes later it cuts out again but it wont go back on. so i get home and look in the trunk and my mtx amp is laying upsidedown (was screwed to the side of the box) and a screw was completely cut in half and another was just laying there. ****ing weird that they both just came out. so i unhooked it and nothing was loose, wired it to the backseat and now it just wont turn back on. im going to replace the fuses which they dont even look blown. but do you think that the amp could be broke?

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[csu87 10+ year member]

this is why most people say to not mount your amp to the box.

have you opened the amp up? something probably came loose on the inside

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

If it fell hard, something could have broken inside it...you hear anything rattling around in it?

 

[Ohioguy 10+ year member]

no rattle. i hope its just fuses because i cant afford anything right now. if i take the amp apart what should i look for?

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

Look for any kind of connection that's broken. Kind of doubt it's a fuse, unless something shorted when it fell, but if that happened you'll most likely have bigger problems...

 

[Ohioguy 10+ year member]

found the problem. it caused a short under the hood. the wire is black and the fuse holder is melted and the fuse is blown. none of the wiring is damaged near the distro block so hopefully all of the power wire is still good once i trim it.

 

[Marlo Stanfield 10+ year member]

Really was expecting the worse on this one(blown/broken amp it seemed like)... Hopefully it just shorted out and its just the fuse/fuseholder.

 

[Ohioguy 10+ year member]

yup. fixed it. im so glad it wasnt the amp that broke. i would have no music for a long time.