oOP'S. wHAT HAVE i DONE??

[imthedaddy121]

I take out my sub and amps on a night for security, When I was wiring them this morning I

mad a BIG mistake, yes I wired the live to the neg, and vice-versa ( the fuse on the amp had

been removed) but the live was "live" when I plugged up the phono lead from the head unit

my amp started to smoke, I pulled of all the wire immediately . What damage could I

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[flakko 5,000+ posts]

dead. that sux man. y dint you have any fuses?

 

[JAZN 5,000+ posts]

possible that it's dead and you'll have to get it repaired. power it up and find out.

 

[imthedaddy121]

dead. that sux man. y dint you have any fuses?

I do have fuses but I remove the one's from the amps when I am replacing them in the car.

 

[imthedaddy121]

possible that it's dead and you'll have to get it repaired. power it up and find out.

Just about to. I feel stupid!!!

 

[Basshead808 10+ year member]

Aw man //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[theCybe 5,000+ posts]

1) you let the magic smoke out, amp's dead.

2) isn't it more conspicious to remove your amp and sub nightly??

3) oops doesn't have an apostrophe, idio't.

 

[stones 10+ year member]

Most amps have protection circuits that will protect the amp from reversed polarity, try hooking it up and see if it still works.

If it no longer works then you have just found out the hard way that your amp does not have this protection circuit and you will need to get the power supply repaired.

 

[imthedaddy121]

I take out my sub and amps on a night for security, When I was wiring them this morning Imad a BIG mistake, yes I wired the live to the neg, and vice-versa ( the fuse on the amp had

been removed) but the live was "live" when I plugged up the phono lead from the head unit

my amp started to smoke, I pulled of all the wire immediately . What damage could I

done?? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crying.gif.ec0ebefe590df0251476573bc49e46d8.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crying.gif.ec0ebefe590df0251476573bc49e46d8.gif

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif How lucky was I. Every thying works ok!

 

[SSS 18734 5,000+ posts]

sweet!

 

[stones 10+ year member]

You should maybe invest in some quick disconnect terminals for your power wires to avoid this in the future.

They look like this-

http://quickcar.net/electric/57704.html

 

[bg_Swishahouse 10+ year member]

doesnt it seem that some damage has to be done to some component in that amp for smoke to pour out? i know it may appear to work fine but there has to be something messed up.

 

[imthedaddy121]

1) you let the magic smoke out, amp's dead.2) isn't it more conspicious to remove your amp and sub nightly??

3) oops doesn't have an apostrophe, idio't.

The Amps fine, it still works as well as it did before.

So who's the IDIOT??? FOOL.

 

[theCybe 5,000+ posts]

Good, you're learning! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

So, I wonder where all that smoke came from. Did you open the amp up yet?

 

[THUNDERBIRD 10+ year member]

You should maybe invest in some quick disconnect terminals for your power wires to avoid this in the future.They look like this-

http://quickcar.net/electric/57704.html

i have then and they work great. and my suggestion is that u should get a car alarm. i know i would get tired of lugging around my setup