holy smoke......

[big_mofo 10+ year member]

so im listening to my system today on way home from school. half way home i smell something burning so i turn off the sub from my h/u. i get home unscrew the sub and smoke pours out of the enclosure. the sub isnt blown but the amp has the protect light on. what the hell happened, worked one minute, stopped the next. please help me.

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[maldecido33 10+ year member]

f*cked up ur sub, more than likely. take a dmm to the coils and see what they read

 

[reneeb7363 10+ year member]

ahhhhhhhhhhhh...... let all the magic smoke out of it did ya?

 

[UndercoverPunk 5,000+ posts]

Yeah, sounds like you fried your coils, when they unwind they can short out and create a very low load, causing your amp to go into protect.

You'd better pray that's all the damage you did. Unless you just have all kinds of money for new stuff.

 

[big_mofo 10+ year member]

ok, so i unhooked the subs from the amp, and the protect light is still on, and the power light, likes strobes on an off, did i f^ck up the amp as well???

 

[big_mofo 10+ year member]

well....the amp doesnt have any outboard fuses, sooooo, shoudl i check the one from the batt to the amp???

 

[UndercoverPunk 5,000+ posts]

well....the amp doesnt have any outboard fuses, sooooo, shoudl i check the one from the batt to the amp???

Sounds like something burnt up in the amp.

 

[bdawson72 5,000+ posts]

ur officially screwed.......i feel 4 ya

 

[kotec123 10+ year member]

dayumm mofo whose the chick in ur avatar???

 

[bikejunkie223 10+ year member]

ideally the fuse at the battery should pop before enough current can be drawn through your amp to smoke it, but if your fuse was too big you likely let the magic smoke out of your amp- that's bad (like you hadn't figured that out) You might check your power wire for any damaged casing that may have caused a short to ground. I'm afraid I'm not a lot of help- I've never actually killed a sub or an amp. I thought I popped something in my amp today because my left door speakers stopped working, but the spade connector had come off the woofer and that fixed it.

 

[Ford302Redneck 10+ year member]

I had the same thing happen cept no smoke, fried the sub and amp.

 

[Calikid 5,000+ posts]

dayumm mofo whose the chick in ur avatar???

X2

 

[dleccord 5,000+ posts]

x3

 

[luvinthebass 5,000+ posts]

that smell is a sign of you ****ing up son

 

[luvinthebass 5,000+ posts]

hope you learned your lesson on not pushin your equipment to the limits