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New amp smoking - HELP
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<blockquote data-quote="hispls" data-source="post: 8839830" data-attributes="member: 614752"><p>A speaker wire shorted to ground could cause something like what you described as could failing/shorting RCA or bad RCA signal. Double check anything you can see or access and do polish the paint off of that ground spot on general principal. If you can warranty/swap that amp do yourself a favor and spend a few bucks on one of those little inline fuse holders at the parts store and some 5A fuses to run the amp power through while you test and troubleshoot. Still be ready to shut it down immediately if you hear anything unusual but 5A fuse should open before the amp can hurt itself. Try connecting just the amp to power, ground and REM first then test, then connect speaker wires and test, then connect the RCAs and test again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hispls, post: 8839830, member: 614752"] A speaker wire shorted to ground could cause something like what you described as could failing/shorting RCA or bad RCA signal. Double check anything you can see or access and do polish the paint off of that ground spot on general principal. If you can warranty/swap that amp do yourself a favor and spend a few bucks on one of those little inline fuse holders at the parts store and some 5A fuses to run the amp power through while you test and troubleshoot. Still be ready to shut it down immediately if you hear anything unusual but 5A fuse should open before the amp can hurt itself. Try connecting just the amp to power, ground and REM first then test, then connect speaker wires and test, then connect the RCAs and test again. [/QUOTE]
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