Help! Amp dead!

[linvillegorge 10+ year member]

I have a HiFonics BX1000D powering 2 MA Audio XE120s wired to 1 ohm. It is less than one year old. It was working fine until a couple of days ago. Then, I went out, hopped in the truck, no bass. Checked HU settings, everything was good. Went back and looked at the amp and no power. Checked the ground and power wires and they're good. The fuses are good. I know the remote wire is getting power, because the remote wire is then daisy chained to a second amp which is running fine.

What could've happened? It just doesn't make sense because I haven't even been getting on it lately. I've ran it for hours at a time with no problem in the past. In the last month or so, it hasn't been ran over 30 minutes at a time.

I called HiFonics tech support, but they're worthless. They didn't even know what a big three was. All he did was lecture me about running the amp at 1 ohm. I simply told him, look, I didn't rate the amp stable at 1 ohm, you guys did. I was simply running the amp the way it was rated.

I can send it back to be repaired, but then that'll take weeks and I have to cover shipping. I might just throw it on eBay and get what I can get.

Any ideas before I just ditch it?

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[zachzchw 5,000+ posts]

Send it back, get it fixed, then sell it.

What did he tell you about running it at one ohm?

 

[linvillegorge 10+ year member]

He was just saying how hard that was on an amp. I was, like no $#it! That's why most amps aren't rated 1 ohm stable! Like I said, I'm not the one who rated it 1 ohm stable.

Unfortunately, I was a a dumb@$$ and bought the amp from ikesound.com and they're not an authorized dealer. I have to go through them to get it fixed. You have to ship it back to them (on your dime) with a $35 money order and they send it in to get refurb'ed or replace it if it can't be fixed. It takes 6-8 weeks. I figure after shipping and the $35 m.o., I probably wouldn't make any more money selling it after getting it back than I would if I just sold it now as a DOA.

 

[linvillegorge 10+ year member]

WOOHOO!!! About a week ago, I switched my amp for my mids to the wiring for the BX1000D and it would not work either - that told me the problem was in the wiring. They weren't wired to a distro block, they were wired independently. Since I'm upgrading the BX1000D anyway, I went ahead and wired 1/0 guage to a distro block. After running all the new wire, the BX1000D works perfectly again! I think the problem was in my fuse block for the power wire. When I took everything out, it seemed loose and I imagine it must have worked itself loose somehow and wasn't making a connection. I didn't check this in the original investigation, I just made sure all the fuses were intact - which they were. Oh well, this is awesome! Now I can actually post the BX1000D for sale!