son of a *****

[IgnoreMe 5,000+ posts]

yea the HU was not on, the circuit was disconnected so it couldnt have been on. and yea the wire was in the terminal for about 45 secs before it all started happening

lol, i seem to be forgetting you had the batteries disconnected.

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

yea the HU was not on, the circuit was disconnected so it couldnt have been on. and yea the wire was in the terminal for about 45 secs before it all started happening

See, something just isn't making sense.

Any chance we can get some pics of the install? Was the amp completely hooked up to the rear battery? Positives and grounds?

 

[IgnoreMe 5,000+ posts]

Yup
http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=180050

isnt the maxximus, just two goliaths in 1 case? this doesnt look good...

 

[tapout 5,000+ posts]

your grounds to your battery werent hooked up? Sounds like you touched something and grounded it and fried it.

 

[DSMW 10+ year member]

heres another thing. after it got done smoking. it was actually flaming for a little bit. but i unhooked everything as fast as i could. as many wires as i could. after it stopped flaming i slowed down a bit. after disconnecting the bottom wires from both bottom inputs. the tops were still in, or one power wire was in at least. and the hifonics symbol was lit up. now if these amps are only straipped, and only the bottom board was smoking, and once i unplugged that top power wire, the light went off (which i dont know why, the remote wire wasnt even plugged in..) could only the bottom boards mosfets be burned?

 

[PsychoTheRapist 5,000+ posts]

isnt the maxximus, just two goliaths in 1 case? this doesnt look good...

Yes it is.. the xxv board is completely different from the xx board iirc. So essentially it is not the same board as bamaboy's goliath.

edit: clarified lol

 

[DSMW 10+ year member]

the amp was completely hooked up the rear battery (s). i have 4 batts back there, i took a ground and a postive off each batt so not to strain them. each batt had a ground hooked up into the amp, and 3 postivies off 3 batts were hooked in. the last positive was in and being tightening down.

and to tapouts response. but the allen wrench had touched the case plenty of times before i tightened down the alst one, but maybe that is the case.

 

[DSMW 10+ year member]

i have pics of the amp sitting in the van also, but not of the wire plugged into it

 

[PsychoTheRapist 5,000+ posts]

So the back battery's had life in them but were not grounded to the car(frame)??

 

[DSMW 10+ year member]

and the xxv line is still two goliaths in one case

 

[DSMW 10+ year member]

maybe, i cannot recall exactly, but if thats the case could that have messed it up?

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

pwnt

 

[DSMW 10+ year member]

but if the batts were gorunded to the cars frame but had life, wudnt that have messed up with the first three sets of inputs?

 

[DSMW 10+ year member]

i was seriously pwnt. but after i get this fixed. its going up for sale, so anyone interested, contact me. but looking to get it fixed still.

 

[SkatinBassPLaya]

pwnt

lol