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<blockquote data-quote="HardofWhoring" data-source="post: 8829695" data-attributes="member: 674149"><p>Just to make sure did you remove the bass knob and try? It will just see it at full volume, (you can at least make sure it's not the knob).</p><p></p><p>You don't need to disconnect the battery to reconnect a fuse. I certainly wouldn't have done it with current running through. You didn't say that, but you either had it on when you put the fuse back in, or you have a hot wire that shouldn't be. You can pull and put back in fuses all day long if their is no load, (which there would have had to have been if you got a puff of smoke).</p><p></p><p>If its going in and out, it SHOULD be one of the three things (from how this sounds)</p><p>1. You are overheating and needs to cool. - If it is not playing for a while before this happens, (long enough to get it nice and hot), then I don't think that's it.</p><p></p><p>Now these next two might be tough to admit, but when you say you had electrical tape holding the wire in place. I just have to question the overall quality of the install.</p><p></p><p>2. Your power wire is not connected securely. It jarred loose and may have come in contact with your ground wire at the amp's terminals.</p><p></p><p>3. You don't have a good ground. - This is my guess, (because it's more common). It probably took two years for a semi-secure connection to jar loose. Did you check all the connections are SOLID? Did they use sheet metal screws to secure a ground? Did they use lugs? How were the lugs attached?</p><p></p><p>How is it all wired, specifically the power and ground cable ends. How and where they are wired, would be my starting point.</p><p></p><p>Pictures help the most, or describe in as much detail as possible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardofWhoring, post: 8829695, member: 674149"] Just to make sure did you remove the bass knob and try? It will just see it at full volume, (you can at least make sure it's not the knob). You don't need to disconnect the battery to reconnect a fuse. I certainly wouldn't have done it with current running through. You didn't say that, but you either had it on when you put the fuse back in, or you have a hot wire that shouldn't be. You can pull and put back in fuses all day long if their is no load, (which there would have had to have been if you got a puff of smoke). If its going in and out, it SHOULD be one of the three things (from how this sounds) 1. You are overheating and needs to cool. - If it is not playing for a while before this happens, (long enough to get it nice and hot), then I don't think that's it. Now these next two might be tough to admit, but when you say you had electrical tape holding the wire in place. I just have to question the overall quality of the install. 2. Your power wire is not connected securely. It jarred loose and may have come in contact with your ground wire at the amp's terminals. 3. You don't have a good ground. - This is my guess, (because it's more common). It probably took two years for a semi-secure connection to jar loose. Did you check all the connections are SOLID? Did they use sheet metal screws to secure a ground? Did they use lugs? How were the lugs attached? How is it all wired, specifically the power and ground cable ends. How and where they are wired, would be my starting point. Pictures help the most, or describe in as much detail as possible. [/QUOTE]
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