Help Fast Please Think I Burnt My Sub With New Amp

[BiaBia 10+ year member]

I just got my new amp about an hour ago, the Hifonics Brutus bx1500d amp. I was convinced to buy it ever since I went to a friends house and tried out his hifonics on my sub.

Anyways, I unhook my old amp and I get a spark from the ground, so i'm like.. ****. I had my sub unhooked anyways, so no risk there, shitty amp. I hook the new one in, same thing happens. So I decide to try anyways like a dumbass, and I get no bass. Remote wire checked, wires checked and recut, ground checked, battery checked, everything was alright. So I asked a few friends on AIM and I decide to put old amp back on, and my sub works!

I hook the new amp back up, my sub DOESNT WORK! The lights are on, everything alright, cept NO BASS. When I turned the bass knob up, the sub flexed like it would if it was hitting. Can someone help me out?

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[Aurorav8 10+ year member]

I just got my new amp about an hour ago, the Hifonics Brutus bx1500d amp. I was convinced to buy it ever since I went to a friends house and tried out his hifonics on my sub.
Anyways, I unhook my old amp and I get a spark from the ground, so i'm like.. ****. I had my sub unhooked anyways, so no risk there, shitty amp. I hook the new one in, same thing happens. So I decide to try anyways like a dumbass, and I get no bass. Remote wire checked, wires checked and recut, ground checked, battery checked, everything was alright. So I asked a few friends on AIM and I decide to put old amp back on, and my sub works!

I hook the new amp back up, my sub DOESNT WORK! The lights are on, everything alright, cept NO BASS. When I turned the bass knob up, the sub flexed like it would if it was hitting. Can someone help me out?

Gains set?

All wiring correct? RCA's and all?

 

[BiaBia 10+ year member]

I've hooked this amp up before, and even then, I checked and rechecked. This shit is so simple to me.

 

[Aurorav8 10+ year member]

I've hooked this amp up before, and even then, I checked and rechecked. This shit is so simple to me.

Just making sure you didn't overlook the obvious. It's easy to do that.

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

Open amp up. Smell anything? Look for burn marks, especially on the edges around the transistors/semi-conductors!

 

[BiaBia 10+ year member]

Opened it, no burns, no scratches, no disconnected pieces. Any other ideas?

 

[Bavarian3 10+ year member]

check the speaker wire inputs on the amp. i remember similar people having this problem because the inputs are ++-- instead of +-+-

 

[BiaBia 10+ year member]

Did that too.. should I wire it to a different ohm.. its at 1 ohm now

 

[Aurorav8 10+ year member]

Did that too.. should I wire it to a different ohm.. its at 1 ohm now

Is it 1 ohm stable?

 

[buchel 10+ year member]

Is it 1 ohm stable?

Sure is...

~ Kyle ~

 

[smullen 10+ year member]

Do you have a different speaker you could try??? Could even be a small mid, just keep the gains down... I keep a pair of crappy speakers on stand by for this exact reason...