my amp sparked, smoked, but still works. why?

[CrazedCat 10+ year member]

not negitive, always the power wire by the battery, it you disconnect the negitive you still have power back there, and everything is a ground in a car pretty much. shitty explanation but yea always the power

umm ok

 

[Zakerid 10+ year member]

not negitive, always the power wire by the battery, it you disconnect the negitive you still have power back there, and everything is a ground in a car pretty much. shitty explanation but yea always the power

if you disconnect the ground at the battery... there is no ground...

 

[Fear Of Theive 10+ year member]

Maybe now your music from the sub will sound chopped and screwed

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[XHiFiX 10+ year member]

i guess i blew something inmy rca's. only the left side plays now. if i switch the rca's around, the right side plays. never at the same time. so i ordered the EA2000 eclipse. wait time FTL. no music until it gets here //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

Hook up another source to the PA4212 and I think you'll see that both the left and right RCA inputs are ok. I suspect the preouts on the Pioneer HU are the one's that got fried. It's happened to me before. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[reed dollaz 10+ year member]

Hook up another source to the PA4212 and I think you'll see that both the left and right RCA inputs are ok. I suspect the preouts on the Pioneer HU are the one's that got fried. It's happened to me before. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

well now both of them play. but at times, one side will cut off. sometimes it plays really distorted, all kinds of crap is going on. i already have a pioneer that came with shitty preouts. my front channel preout gives out massive alt whine, as well as my sub preout. so i have my front stage on my rear HU preout. only one that works. i even tried using a LOC, by the amp, and at the HU. still had alt whine

 

[XHiFiX 10+ year member]

well now both of them play. but at times, one side will cut off. sometimes it plays really distorted, all kinds of crap is going on. i already have a pioneer that came with shitty preouts. my front channel preout gives out massive alt whine, as well as my sub preout. so i have my front stage on my rear HU preout. only one that works. i even tried using a LOC, by the amp, and at the HU. still had alt whine

Sounds like the ground on your HU's preouts has gone bad. Have you done this already? http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=198477