USA 2000x Self destructed. Why? PICS

[Mynameismcgyver 10+ year member]

Has been flawless for over 1.5 yrs till the other day it shut off at low volume level. I only had the car on for 10 min aswell And then the car turned into a BBQ....What in the world happend? Is this fixable? Guess im going to have to talk to Greg I am assuming?//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

These are all the same MOSFET on one side closest to the power imputs

This is on the other side halfway on the board

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[J31Rob 5,000+ posts]

sorry for your loss. warranty? or is it going to dB-r..

 

[cx-7heaven 10+ year member]

Looks like that black wire is your problem.... got stripped and shorted. Probably from vibrations. Did you mount this on the box?

 

[J31Rob 5,000+ posts]

Looks like that black wire is your problem.... got stripped and shorted. Probably from vibrations. Did you mount this on the box?

uhh.. i don't think so. the jacket on 8ga doesn't just "strip from vibrations"..

that looks like it happened during the BBQ.

 

[Mynameismcgyver 10+ year member]

I initially thought the same thing but definitely appears it was roasted and not the cause. The wire tie looks to be somewhat intact to where it was attached. An no I have it on a amp rack separate from the box.

What is dB-r?

 

[J31Rob 5,000+ posts]

dB-r ElectronicsAmplifier Repair Sales & Service

http://db-r.com/

 

[cx-7heaven 10+ year member]

uhh.. i don't think so. the jacket on 8ga doesn't just "strip from vibrations"..
that looks like it happened during the BBQ.

Why would it cook right there next to the clips, where it is closest then? Blowing rail transistors will not cause that heavy guage wire to melt, however that wire shorting out will cause transistors to blow.

 

[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

Sad to see such a nice amp toasty //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[J31Rob 5,000+ posts]

Why would it cook right there next to the clips, where it is closest then? Blowing rail transistors will not cause that heavy guage wire to melt, however that wire shorting out will cause transistors to blow.

then it's likely that the heat on the OUTside of the wire caused it to melt FROM the outside.

not "strip".

 

[J31Rob 5,000+ posts]

Sad to see such a nice amp toasty //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

troof.

 

[cx-7heaven 10+ year member]

Of course, I could be completely wrong, I am far from an expert in these things.

 

[Mynameismcgyver 10+ year member]

Sad to see such a nice amp toasty //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

Tell me about it. Ive always been quite scared to think about if the amp broke how I would get it fixed and or justify spending money on it. Such an old amp...Id shit if it were $500 to fix...

 

[cx-7heaven 10+ year member]

You can also send a pm to ampjunkielikeme he repaired my PPI PC2350. dbr sent me to him cuz he didnt have enough time for me

 

[groundpound4200 5,000+ posts]

shouldnt be $500 but there are a lot of parts to replace in an amp that big.

 

[Mynameismcgyver 10+ year member]

Id hope not but thanks for the confidence!