Sub is fried, amp is overheating, don't know what caused this.

[plantinseeds]

So I just put in my new Alpine Type R's into my Ford Contour 98' about a week or two ago and I have already run into a problem.

Just a couple of days ago I could smell my amp (Rockford Fosgate t1500) overheating and smoking a little, I didn't know it was overheating at first so I kept using the subs without any problems until just today the subs would cut out after I turned up the volume over 15 on my JVC deck. I discovered later after going to a buddies house that the left Type R had completely blown.

I don't know what is causing the amp to overheat and start smoking up, and I don't know what caused just the left subwoofer to be fried. Also how can I tell if the amp is destroyed? I recently took the amp out of my car, because I am assuming that the amp is the cause of these problems.

If anyone has any idea what the problem is, advice would be greatly appreciated //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Also if you need my to answer any other questions about my system I can.

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[T.I.K. 10+ year member]

what is your gain and bass boost set at, and what amp is it?

 

[murph 10+ year member]

probably wrong ohm load and gain setting plus clipping= burnt ****

 

[slim217 10+ year member]

sounds like u wired em at 1 ohm and amp wasnt stable

 

[plantinseeds]

Amp is Rockford Fosgate T1500-1bd, and the gain was at 8 i believe? Really not sure though. It was on 5 when I discovered that the sub was blown.

 

[05fronty 5,000+ posts]

what ohm are the subs?

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

prolly bass boost too high , the amp is 1 ohm stable , so you were prolly ok there.

 

[kramer_212 10+ year member]

sounds like u wired em at 1 ohm and amp wasnt stable

facepalm/ sound like the ohm load is either messsed up or you are having dramatic voltage drop and or combination of a bad ground.

 

[VWBobby 10+ year member]

Amp gain set wrong or voltage drop at amp would be the most likely causes.

 

[JoshC 10+ year member]

clipped it to hell, set your gain correctly

 

[05fronty 5,000+ posts]

he could have dual 2's

 

[groundpound4200 5,000+ posts]

are you sure it wasnt your sub smoking and not the amp //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[plantinseeds]

I am not really worried about the subs too much, I am more worried that I ruined the 800$ amp. How can I tell if is still in full working condition or not?

I may have gotten snow on the amp on accident, could that be the reason?

I am pretty ******* embarrassed about this whole situation, I really don't know much about subwoofers/amps.

 

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I am not really worried about the subs too much, I am more worried that I ruined the 800$ amp. How can I tell if is still in full working condition or not?

I may have gotten snow on the amp on accident, could that be the reason?

I am pretty ******* embarrassed about this whole situation, I really don't know much about subwoofers/amps.

 

[05fronty 5,000+ posts]

umm yeah electronics don't like water

 

[plantinseeds]

So should the amp be okay? Pretty bad smell coming from the speaker outputs on the amp. If not, how much to repair it?