Pioneer wtf

[Hydrastas 10+ year member]

Alright guys, been a few months for me since i last messed around on here... I learned the hard way that not paying the $30 for a year of warrenty is stupid. I had bought a $200 pioneer gm7200 amp that said it had 360w rms at 2ohms. It worked good for the first month or so, but then the 2 30 amp fuses that came in it decided to blow. For the next 3 days i replaced them so many times that i decided to get some 40 amp fuses, but everywhere i went such as BB, autozone, and CC all told me that they don't make 40 amp fuses that size even though i told them that i'd seen them. So i ended up getting some 12 gauge connectors that look just like fuses on the end. They worked just fine for 15 minutes or so until the whole car filled up with this nasty plastic smell, which turned out to be the plastic on the connectors melting off. After that the metal was still there so i was like ok and left it be. About 15 minutes later i heard a clicking sound and look back to see bright light, which was the metal pieces glowin like a light bulb and then seconds later the amp turns off. I realized that perhaps the amp had "broken in" and was somehow outputting more power then it first did, hence the fuses starting to blow, but im not sure about that. From then until now i had been just using the connectors and bearing with the plastic smell every once in a while since i would just keep the volume down more then i had had it before. However recently the metal pieces that hold the fuses in the amp have become corroded and started falling apart. So i took the amp apart and soldered the hell out of it, with no success since in the process the whole circuit board broke in half. Im jw why this all started? Do amps "break in"?

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[luvinthebass 5,000+ posts]

When i first got my Kicker amp i would power it at 1/3 power and not at max, i never play my system full tilt usually not unless i'm out on the highway where no one can hear me and i don't cause a disturbance.

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

Wow. You're an idiot. You buy a pos amp, then ****** rig it to make it work. When your amp's fuses blow, that means there's a short somewhere, not that the amp is "breaking in." You risked lighting your car on fire! Even if you had bought the warranty, they may not have warranted it against dumbassed-ness. When the fuses blow, never replace them with larger fuses, ever. Fix whatever is causing the problem, and then replace the fuses.

**** kids.

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

That amp isn't stable at 2 ohm mono...only 2 ohm stereo and 4 ohm mono...If you wire it at 2 ohm mono...you'll cook it...

 

[BassAddictJ 5,000+ posts]

that was perfect case of man aquires amp, doesnt know shit of how they work, it malfunctions, he tries to play mcguyers game blindfolded, and is lucky the amp fried internally before the wire melted and burned the ****ing hell out of everything (possible car fire anyone? i had mine when i was a noob).

if you installed it yourself ill bet ya there's something in the install causeing the fuse blowage...possible arching near the power terminals? who knows....bet ya its simple...

bypassing the safey wasnt a good idea....nice try though //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

get a new amp and read up, ALOT. if you love car audio the readings will be really interesting. use the serach button.....

 

[Dynamo8706 10+ year member]

i had the same problem with my piece of Sh!t BOSS amp.... same exact thing... the plastic melted but it kept going with that nasty smell, except my fuses were more amps than the original.... but then again BOSS is a piece of sheet anyway.... i sold it to this guy and it works fine now dunno what they hell was wrong with it... wasnt even pushing it hard

 

[96GTIVR6 10+ year member]

i had the same problem with my piece of Sh!t BOSS amp.... same exact thing... the plastic melted but it kept going with that nasty smell, except my fuses were more amps than the original.... but then again BOSS is a piece of sheet anyway.... i sold it to this guy and it works fine now dunno what they hell was wrong with it... wasnt even pushing it hard

As previously stated, regardless of the brand you shouldn't change fuse sizes because you blow them. If it doesn't get loud enough for you without blowing fuses because you have it gained too high, then buy a larger amp. /story. The fuses are sized that way for a reason, it keeps the internal components in the amplifier from frying. What the original poster did was one of the most idiotic things I've heard of in a long time, just jumping the two sides of the fuse spot together instaed of using a fuse.

In both the OP's case, and Dynamo8706 while sometime it can be refreshing to see someone with a little "ghetto" ingenuity, at certain points you have to realize when you shouldn't be working on anyones car, including your own. Next time have it professionally installed.

 

[Hydrastas 10+ year member]

lol, so it wasn't the amps problem? Why did it work for the first month just fine before the fuses started blowing? There were no flaws in the hookup... no sparks, not even the power wire getting warm at all, let alone melting. As to what Lousiana mentioned about 2 ohm mono and stereo... im just wondering whats the difference between them?

 

[Hydrastas 10+ year member]

for the posters who flamed my stupidity in the above posts... i now have 2 more of the same amp lol, lets see if i can burn my car down this time!

 

[pimpedout97x]

OMG LOL @ this thread

 

[Hydrastas 10+ year member]

get a new amp and read up, ALOT. if you love car audio the readings will be really interesting. use the serach button.....

i work 70+ hours a week, i don't have time for reading

 

[pimpedout97x]

you should be able to afford better amps and not ghetto rig them then.

 

[Hydrastas 10+ year member]

i know i can, but i couldn't wait for the mail

 

[pimpedout97x]

overnight shipping?

 

[Hydrastas 10+ year member]

that was too long as well... you see i decided to get them on one of my days off which was short notice so i had to have the amp/s then so i could put them in as well