To reapir or not to repair??????

[evers 10+ year member]

I aquired this amp a year ago and never tested it. It was given to me by a friend and said it worked good. When I hooked it up it turned on but no sound, turned off the key, checked the wiring turned it on again and it played this time. As I turned up the volume (about a 1/4 turn of the volume) it blew the batt. fuse. My truck was off, I think i starved the amp. Anyways I replaced the fuse with a 200 amp turned it on and with in a few seconds my truck was hotboxed. It's an AMPLE EXONIC 1500DX. Should i send it out for repair or is this a crapy design and should just throw it out.

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[oldschool4me 10+ year member]

decent amp, get an estimate and go from there.

 

[PioneerSPL1990 10+ year member]

looks like a decently built board.

 

[evers 10+ year member]

What do you guys think caused it to go out?

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

I would almost bet its going to be $100-$150 depending on parts

 

[oldschool4me 10+ year member]

What do you guys think caused it to go out?

could be a few things really, maybe it was ran at a load it wasnt stable at.. hard to say.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[evers 10+ year member]

I'll prob. just fix it and sell it as refurbished. I dont have the electrical to back it up anyways I just wanted to test my new enclosure for my MAG V3.

 

[954runner 10+ year member]

definitely reapir. don't repair it.

 

[gunz4me 10+ year member]

Ouch! It looks like you feel victim to low voltage where a row of FETS and possibly some resistors and diodes decided to blow in lieu of your amplifier's low voltage protection kicking in.

 

[CJL 10+ year member]

it reminds me of an Audiobahn amp.

 

[ampjunkielikeme 10+ year member]

send it to me, i will fix it for you....shouldn't cost alot