uhh so I just hooked up my amp backwards...

[select127 10+ year member]

man I'm so pissed. so my brother who lives 30 minutes away came over 2day and since my car is currently gutted out I decided to test my new Orion 2500d amp in his car just to make sure it was working fine. well I hooked everything up assuming his wiring is like any other persons wiring. I added my distro block n did two runs red power wire to 12volt on amp and dark blue wire to ground on amp. go up front and re-install fuse which blew with the quickness. go in trunk and theres this funky smell coming out the amp. checked the wiring and what do you know this guy has his red wire hooked up as ground and dark blue wire as 12volt power. I switched everything around and the amp actually worked but I dont know if its functioning 100%. opened the amp and this is what i find(sorry for blurry cell phone pics).



have no idea what thats for but it(1) should be in that square box and sit just like (2) is. so yea can anyone give me an idea if what that is and how much would it cost to fix.

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[silvercookie 5,000+ posts]

seems like a resistor.

a simple run to radioshack and a soldering iron and your good to go.

 

[bmoney9 10+ year member]

looks like an easy fix..just solder it..got lucky

 

[silvercookie 5,000+ posts]

if it blew off the board it is most likely dead

 

[thedukey42 10+ year member]

hope your power supplies are ok ...

 

[select127 10+ year member]

if it blew off the board it is most likely dead

it didnt blow off the board, it can easily be soldered but the problem is that the resistor or what ever is cracked in half. i just positioned it back together so yall can get a better look at it. after I rewired everything the correct way the amp seemed to work fine(subs were playing) but i didnt keep it on for too long to risk more damage.

 

[thch 10+ year member]

that is a diode. it conducts in only 1 direction.

In this case its used to blow the fuse and protect the amp when the amp is plugged in backwards.

by the nature of the devices, with two in parallel, the two will not share current equally, leading to this case where one can be more damaged.

the part likely costs under $1 and may even be readily available at local electronics shops.

The amp will run fine without this part. The protective capabilities might be reduced if you were to plug the amp in backwards again. eg, the second might break before the fuse blows, and then you're at the point where other components start breaking. possibly resulting in significant damage to the amp.

 

[vellocet 10+ year member]

I actually did that with both my sundown and rockford amps. Fortunately fuses blew and my amps were fine.

 

[select127 10+ year member]

that is a diode. it conducts in only 1 direction.
In this case its used to blow the fuse and protect the amp when the amp is plugged in backwards.

by the nature of the devices, with two in parallel, the two will not share current equally, leading to this case where one can be more damaged.

the part likely costs under $1 and may even be readily available at local electronics shops.

The amp will run fine without this part. The protective capabilities might be reduced if you were to plug the amp in backwards again. eg, the second might break before the fuse blows, and then you're at the point where other components start breaking. possibly resulting in significant damage to the amp.

thanks for the info man. quick question tho, the diode that blew out the amp says 6A60 with DEC below so Im guessing its a 6amp 60v. will this one from radioshack work http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062591

looks exactly the same(blk/silver) but this one in link is only 50v and doesn't say DEC.

 

[TKCARAUDIO 10+ year member]

man I'm so pissed. so my brother who lives 30 minutes away came over 2day and since my car is currently gutted out I decided to test my new Orion 2500d amp in his car just to make sure it was working fine. well I hooked everything up assuming his wiring is like any other persons wiring. I added my distro block n did two runs red power wire to 12volt on amp and dark blue wire to ground on amp. go up front and re-install fuse which blew with the quickness. go in trunk and theres this funky smell coming out the amp. checked the wiring and what do you know this guy has his red wire hooked up as ground and dark blue wire as 12volt power. I switched everything around and the amp actually worked but I dont know if its functioning 100%. opened the amp and this is what i find(sorry for blurry cell phone pics).

Well first off would you have realized that the wire in the front when you put the fuse back in wasnt Red...

2nd off when people come in when I didnt do the original install i always check there wires to make sure that they are correct... I do that just to protect myself and my business

 

[Solo-baric 10+ year member]

smoothe

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

that is a diode. it conducts in only 1 direction.
In this case its used to blow the fuse and protect the amp when the amp is plugged in backwards.

by the nature of the devices, with two in parallel, the two will not share current equally, leading to this case where one can be more damaged.

the part likely costs under $1 and may even be readily available at local electronics shops.

The amp will run fine without this part. The protective capabilities might be reduced if you were to plug the amp in backwards again. eg, the second might break before the fuse blows, and then you're at the point where other components start breaking. possibly resulting in significant damage to the amp.

Beat me to it, man second time today... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

nG

 

[SPL Blazer 10+ year member]

I did this once with my RF amp, tried to get it in too fast and crossed the power and ground wires without checking which one was which and shorted out the amp and it wouldn't power up.. I sent it in for repair and RF sent it back saying nothing was wrong and it powered up just fine.

 

[MakeshiftAudio 10+ year member]

Yeah, I wonder why they don't use more powerful diodes to sustain it, then again it's a dead short and can be quite a bit of current coming from a car battery.

It will work, I would replace it just in case. Just any simple >30V 50A+ diode. I would replace the other one as well, make sure you have 2 or more. Some of the amps I've seen have 5 or more. Just replace the two to have identical sets.

 

[BigJoker 10+ year member]

Yeah, I wonder why they don't use more powerful diodes to sustain it, then again it's a dead short and can be quite a bit of current coming from a car battery.
It will work, I would replace it just in case. Just any simple >30V 50A+ diode. I would replace the other one as well, make sure you have 2 or more. Some of the amps I've seen have 5 or more. Just replace the two to have identical sets.

not companies fault for people not double checking.