HELP: MD2D and XXX disaster!!!!

[LIGHTBEING 10+ year member]

Well I just tried hooking everything up and sparks flew!!!!! Please someone me what the hell I did wrong?

I have a Dual 2 ohm XXX sub so I was wiring a 1 ohm load.

exactly like this:

I connected the positive terminal on the left side on the amp to the positive on the sub and the negative terminal on the left side to the negative on the sub. Then ofcourse wire the +'s together and the -'s together on the sub.

Turn it on in it was like the 4th of July!!!!

What could it be?!?!?!?!?!

What did I do wrong???????

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[Ingleside 10+ year member]

was the car/amp off?

 

[LIGHTBEING 10+ year member]

Initially it was off, hooked everything up then started the car and BOOM!!!!!

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

hmmmmmm was everything new?

 

[LIGHTBEING 10+ year member]

Well, I had the XXX hooked up to my VGA1600.2, worked perfectly. The MD2D was purchased from a member BNIB who got it from flakko(Jeremy). I don't think it ever saw power before.

 

[asaner85 10+ year member]

Sounds like the Power and ground connections were reversed. Check those.

 

[LIGHTBEING 10+ year member]

No, power and ground are fine. Power is on the left and ground is on the right.

 

[tRiGgEr 5,000+ posts]

Internal amp problem. May want to PM Flakko for assistance

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

does the vc not rub on the xxx or is it too shot to tell? at finals last year when mt's blew the vc shorted on some internal motor structure and burned up about quarter sized holes in the coil and former. where was the sparks coming from the amp or the sub? take a dmm set on ohms attach to speaker leads and push up and down on the cone there might be an issue there or the amp might be doa

 

[LIGHTBEING 10+ year member]

No, I don't believe they touch the sub at all. My XXX was working fine with my other amp. The smoke was coming from the amp for sure.

 

[jeepintn 10+ year member]

im sure u didnt... but make sure i didnt hook the speakers in parallel and accidentally hook one + to a - and the other + to the other -, weird thigns can happen with small mistakes like that.

 

[jeepintn 10+ year member]

and make sure no fray wire from the + wire is grounding out on the amp, i had that happen once in my early days.

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

No, I don't believe they touch the sub at all. My XXX was working fine with my other amp. The smoke was coming from the amp for sure.

ouch so wasnt playing at all then?

 

[LIGHTBEING 10+ year member]

ouch so wasnt playing at all then?

Nope, nothing. I turned it on and my interior speakers came on then I just saw sparks. Didn't hear anything from the sub.

 

[LIGHTBEING 10+ year member]

im sure u didnt... but make sure i didnt hook the speakers in parallel and accidentally hook one + to a - and the other + to the other -, weird thigns can happen with small mistakes like that.

It's defintely wired in series, I triple checked that.