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<blockquote data-quote="ck311" data-source="post: 7196110" data-attributes="member: 629651">This was my first amp install and everything was going well until I went to hook up the power to the amp... got some sparks, so I double checked, and sure enough I hooked up the +/- backwards!! ughanyways, I put it in the right way and when turning on the radio the amp doesn&#039;t have the power or protect mode on.. Did I just blow the amp? It&#039;s the hifonics hfi1500d and it&#039;s supposed to have protection against reverse polarity I thought? So should I go to a speaker shop and have them check everything out (probably charge me like $100.. or just try to replace/get a new amp..?Can&#039;t believe I did this =[Edit: I&#039;m guessing since I saw the sparks it means that everything else to power the amp was ok (car was off), so I would assume this means that I blew the amp and going to the audio shop will just be a waste of time/money?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ck311, post: 7196110, member: 629651"] This was my first amp install and everything was going well until I went to hook up the power to the amp... got some sparks, so I double checked, and sure enough I hooked up the +/- backwards!! ugh anyways, I put it in the right way and when turning on the radio the amp doesn't have the power or protect mode on.. Did I just blow the amp? It's the hifonics hfi1500d and it's supposed to have protection against reverse polarity I thought? So should I go to a speaker shop and have them check everything out (probably charge me like $100.. or just try to replace/get a new amp..? Can't believe I did this =[ Edit: I'm guessing since I saw the sparks it means that everything else to power the amp was ok (car was off), so I would assume this means that I blew the amp and going to the audio shop will just be a waste of time/money? [/QUOTE]

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