HELP!!!!!!!!!!! Is my amp broke?

[Alpine4life 10+ year member]

the two fuses in my Massive Rs50 are blown..the amp worked fined then i jus put it in my car and they blew...can i get new fuses or is the amp broken? i tried to hook up the amp with the big fuse still on so my ground power sparked a lil bit and my fuses in my amp blew..please tell me my amp isnt broken!

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[Gauntlet 5,000+ posts]

Replace the fuses and find out.

 

[Topcat 10+ year member]

Most of the time, when this happens, even though the fuses blow, internal damage occurs to the amplifier itself. I would disconnect the power wire, measure the voltage on the wire itself. If you have 12 volts, hook it back up to the amp. Then aply power and measure at the amplifier terminals. If your reading is less than 12 volts or nothing at all, chances are your amp is damaged.

 

[CRhodes 10+ year member]

this happened to me....my sub was bad and i screwed up 3 amp before i checked the sub...but when it messed up the amps the fuses would go every time

 

[NISH 72 DEFENSE 10+ year member]

maybe the same thing happened to you as happened to me...i was helping my friend hook up his amp and his power/ground wires are the same color just one is rockford fosgate and one is walmart shit...well they are both blue and we blew like 5 fuses...luckily we figured out the problem....so it might be your power and ground wires being switched ...i dont know what else to tell you