Reversed polarity on JBL amp and blew fuses.....

[31337hxr 10+ year member]

Hey guys, when i was wiring up my car today...i accidentally put the Ground wire on the + of the amp and the power wire on the GROUND...then i went to my battery and hooked up the power...

POOSH..a spark in the JBL Bp600.1's two fuses.........

both fuses blew my and friend was like "oh sh!!@#!#!"......then i was like..oops...reversed polarity....

and then i wired it back up and everything worked...

does anyone know..if that was okay? did it sort of "hurt" my amp or the fuses were there to protect it?

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[indosia 10+ year member]

Without the fuses your amp would have gone up in smoke. Always double check connections.

 

[Slaymon 10+ year member]

You should try to have as many fuses as you can. You should put one up by the battery and a fused distribution block as close as you can get it to the amp. Like indosia said with fuses it would have been fried.

 

[indosia 10+ year member]

While fuse are nessesary for saftey, they will also limit the current going to the amp.