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<blockquote data-quote="ThxOne" data-source="post: 8647255" data-attributes="member: 675210"><p>If a single speaker was smoking I could see it possibly being just a faulty speaker but if NONE of the speakers are working now connected to that amp then I suspect the amplifier. So, what makes the amplifier work? 12v+ coming in - 12v remote wire - Ground wire - RCA cables - Speaker wires. Inspect all cables connected to the amp and look for frayed or strands of copper that may be touching another connection. Make sure they are tight connections. Make sure the RCA are ALL in the INPUTS and not a pass through connection. Make sure all speaker wire connections are tight, not frayed or touching other terminals. If they are screw terminals, the frayed wire can actually touch the chassis of the amp and cause an issue to a speaker. Check your ground wire and make sure its clean to bare metal and tight. Check the fues on the amp or going to the amplifier.</p><p></p><p>My first thoughts are that one of the speaker output wires may have bridged with another wire and sent a lot of voltage to that speaker, melting it and possibly damaging the amp or putting it into protect mode.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ThxOne, post: 8647255, member: 675210"] If a single speaker was smoking I could see it possibly being just a faulty speaker but if NONE of the speakers are working now connected to that amp then I suspect the amplifier. So, what makes the amplifier work? 12v+ coming in - 12v remote wire - Ground wire - RCA cables - Speaker wires. Inspect all cables connected to the amp and look for frayed or strands of copper that may be touching another connection. Make sure they are tight connections. Make sure the RCA are ALL in the INPUTS and not a pass through connection. Make sure all speaker wire connections are tight, not frayed or touching other terminals. If they are screw terminals, the frayed wire can actually touch the chassis of the amp and cause an issue to a speaker. Check your ground wire and make sure its clean to bare metal and tight. Check the fues on the amp or going to the amplifier. My first thoughts are that one of the speaker output wires may have bridged with another wire and sent a lot of voltage to that speaker, melting it and possibly damaging the amp or putting it into protect mode. [/QUOTE]
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