My Hifonics Brutus Amp Just Smoked What Should I Do??

[babaganoush123 10+ year member]

I Was Using My Amp Today Off A Kicker L7 Then The Bass Just Stopped So I Stopped The Car And Opened The Trunk And There Was Some Smoke? I Opened The Amp And The Little Gray Metal Things That Have A Screw On The Sides In The Inside 1 Off Of Each Side Of The Green Board Was Covered In Brown Smoke Residue???? What The Hell Do I Do Really Pissed Off.

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[TheFiverMan 10+ year member]

buy a better amp..

 

[OoMesKoO 10+ year member]

Throw it away.

 

[ZEUSGT 10+ year member]

Man, that sucks... I keep having a problem w/ my Hifonics amp going into protection mode... no reason, the amps not hot nor is the speaker...I dunno.

I have a Hifonics Brutus 1606 that I push pretty hard.

I think the next amp that I get is going to be a Zapco.. I haven't really thought about it yet, but I know that I am going to have to get another one soon.

Good luck man, I know, it sucks.

 

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

wire it all back up and grab some marshmellows

 

[fbi90909 5,000+ posts]

wire it all back up and grab some marshmellows

x2

 

[babaganoush123 10+ year member]

lol what .

 

[profundus-sanus 10+ year member]

figure out what you did wrong

 

[dillinja666 10+ year member]

pull it out of your car, and leave it for someone else to install in their car...lol

 

[miker 5,000+ posts]

You know whats funny? Everyone recommends hiphonics for a cheap amp... And I have heard several people say stuff like this... I however bought a Power Acoustik, and don't even get close to heating up that much...

 

[babaganoush123 10+ year member]

You Know How Amps Have Little Gray Metal Things Screwed On To The Green Board. 1 Of Each Side Has Brown Smoke Residue On It.

 

[fbi90909 5,000+ posts]

You Know How Amps Have Little Gray Metal Things Screwed On To The Green Board. 1 Of Each Side Has Brown Smoke Residue On It.

yes we know that, you already mentioned it in the first post.

so take it out, call the company you bought it from, tell them you did not know what you were doing.

 

[Savage Sucks]

Kiss that smokey SOB goodby, lol.

 

[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

for more clarification, those things that are browned are mosfets and I'm guessing the power supplies are blown. You can get it fixed, or buy a new one. I'd say buy a new one

 

[babaganoush123 10+ year member]

two of those are blow then if there mosfets 1 on each side??