Got to love the smell of fried equipment in the morning!

[johnnyvolcom5 10+ year member]

So...driving to class this morning my amp just randomly cuts out. Im thinkin its just a fuse cause i just bought the amp about 2 weeks ago. Its a AQ 1200d. I have a 85 amp fuse under the hood..checked that...not blown.....so i pull the 3 fuses out of the amp to find none of those are blown! then i smell the amp and it smells horrific! AHHHHHH WTF happened. Everthing has been fine for 2 weeks, till this morning. I wasnt even running the amp hard! Anyone have a clue what happened??

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[cx-7heaven 10+ year member]

Check wires for shorts. What kind of amp?

 

[grimreper912003 5,000+ posts]

Check wires for shorts. What kind of amp?

AQ 1200d? Just a guess..

 

[cx-7heaven 10+ year member]

Reading owns me lol

 

[johnnyvolcom5 10+ year member]

wiring is all A ok.....i just hooked up my old fosgate amp and it fired right up! I had the amp mounted to the box....do you think it rattled something loose? Im so stumped right now as to what happened.

 

[roarzorz 10+ year member]

wiring is all A ok.....i just hooked up my old fosgate amp and it fired right up! I had the amp mounted to the box....do you think it rattled something loose? Im so stumped right now as to what happened.

Mounting amps to boxes is a big no no. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/nono.gif.eca61d170185779e0921b0faa9704973.gif Yes it's possible to rattle components loose.

 

[99grandprixGT 5,000+ posts]

rattled something loose after two weeks? i sure hope not.

 

[rollerdj 10+ year member]

rattled something loose after two weeks? i sure hope not.

DJ said thats a no no with his amps. but, to be honest with you, i've done it for years and never had a issue with it.

 

[johnnyvolcom5 10+ year member]

It was only on the box because it was so dang cold these last few weeks and i hadnt gotten the chance to move it. I talked to DJ and i am sending it back in. it just sucks having to run my crappy RF 800 watt amp to my w6s //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[johnnyvolcom5 10+ year member]

Does anyone have an idea as to what happened? I dont understand why no fuses blew! I even had one on the power wire as a precaution....even though in the AQ manual that came with the amp it said a power wire fuse wasn't needed for the 1200d because it has 3 on board fuses! SO WTF happened!

 

[groundpound4200 5,000+ posts]

I had my ground wire slip out of its ring terminal and blow the power supply in my JBL BP1200.1, have you checked all the grounds? Give em a little tug to make sure they really are tight.

Where you at in MN?

 

[MasterOfAllBass 10+ year member]

I had my ground wire slip out of its ring terminal and blow the power supply in my JBL BP1200.1, have you checked all the grounds? Give em a little tug to make sure they really are tight.
Where you at in MN?

thats always shitty

so whats up groundpounder?

 

[johnnyvolcom5 10+ year member]

I had my ground wire slip out of its ring terminal and blow the power supply in my JBL BP1200.1, have you checked all the grounds? Give em a little tug to make sure they really are tight.
Where you at in MN?

Im in plymouth. The wiring is all good, like i said before my other amp that i used to run works fine on the same wiring. Just doesnt make sense that the fuses wouldnt blow! Ive had a couple amps arc from the ground to the power before(being careless while installing and never pulled the hood fuse) but all that did was blow the fuses! And i dont see how the ground could've arced to the power this time, nothing was exposed!

 

[MasterOfAllBass 10+ year member]

low voltage?

 

[johnnyvolcom5 10+ year member]

low voltage?

What do you mean? Like the amp didnt recieve enough power?