Possible overheated amp question

[john3387 10+ year member]

well, i think this great texas weather may have ****ed up my amp. a few days ago, i poped a fuse, so i fixed it and go check the wires to may sure that wasnt the problem. i notice that the power wire was melted black and really ****ed up. i fix the wire, and now my amp will not stay on for more than a second. i just get one little push to the sub and it blows. its been a really hot summer here averaging about 100 or so the last few weeks. ived check the ground and power lines for any little thing wrong with them, and i can not find anything wrong with them, so is there any way to fix an amp that has overed heated due to extreme heat, or am i ****ed? thanks for any help!

also i have not been pushing it very hard either, i got the gain down nearly half, so it hasnt been over used, just a little fyi so you dont think im an idoit pushing it that hard when its already so ****ing hot outside

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[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Did you run the power wire through the firewall with a grommet?

The fact that the wire got hot enough to not only blow a fuse, but melt the wire tells me you've got a short somewhere...

also i have not been pushing it very hard either, i got the gain down nearly half, so it hasnt been over used,

The position of the gain really has nothing to do by itself with how hard the sub is being driven.

 

[john3387 10+ year member]

no i do not believe i did, i checked everywhere for a short and can not find anything wrong with the wires

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Check it with a DMM, just to be sure.

 

[john3387 10+ year member]

ight i will, thanks for the help

 

[oldschool4me 10+ year member]

that and what size wire are you using and what amps are you running?

 

[john3387 10+ year member]

its 4 guage and the amp is an mtx ta80001 here are the specs http://www.mtx.com/caraudio/products/amplifiers/thunder81001.cfm