Think I fired my amp have questions

[smokeum99ta 10+ year member]

So I've been installing 4 speakers and a amp over the past week when I get off from work. Well somehow I hooked up the + and - backwards on the amp I just got. Long story short it doesn't work. I purchased it used and didn't have a way to test the amp before buying (yeah I know I'm a dummy). So I'm not sure if it ever worked in the first place. So with that said where would you send it to get fixed (east coast if possible). Or could I open it up and fix it myself? I'd need to know what to look for and what not. Any ideas? The amp is a alpine pdx 4.150

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[wew lad 5,000+ posts]

yeah its definitely blown, call up alpine and ask how much itll cost to repair - be honest and tell them you hooked up the pos/neg backwards, dont be embarrassed we get a lot of people who do that.

make sure you have +12v on the pos, and remote wire, and that you have a good ground before you pull it out.

 

[smokeum99ta 10+ year member]

yeah its definitely blown, call up alpine and ask how much itll cost to repair - be honest and tell them you hooked up the pos/neg backwards, dont be embarrassed we get a lot of people who do that.
make sure you have +12v on the pos, and remote wire, and that you have a good ground before you pull it out.

Thanks.

I planned on calling them first. But was hoping I could find or someone could tell me of a local place that might be able to help me out.

 

[joinaunion]

I assume you checked the fuses? Dose a red or blue light come on at all?

 

[miller83815]

I assume you checked the fuses? Dose a red or blue light come on at all?

Yep, I did this a couple of years ago, Being in a hurry and not paying attention. All that happened to mine was the fuses blew, Replaced them and it worked for years.

 

[miller83815]

I assume you checked the fuses? Dose a red or blue light come on at all?

Yep, I did this a couple of years ago, Being in a hurry and not paying attention. All that happened to mine was the fuses blew, Replaced them and it worked for years.

 

[joinaunion]

If you do indeed need service you can check on alpines site for service in your area.

Alpine

 

[smokeum99ta 10+ year member]

I sent it to some authorized alpine repair shop in NY. They said I blew the power grid or something like that.