Where to get Audiopipe 3000d repaired

[BFeezy 10+ year member]

guys i want to repair the amp not buy another new one...

 

[BFeezy 10+ year member]

no one knows? :\

 

[benchambers80]

heh, depending on the damage it might be cheaper to get another one.

 

[BFeezy 10+ year member]

well how do you know how much it will cost...

 

[Haunz 10+ year member]

Audiopipe is junk, not many repair shops will want to touch it. I'd just buy something else, but if you really want to get it fixed try taking it to a local electronics repair shop. Just look in the phone book.

On that note, a lack of power will not cause an amp to blow.

 

[akheathen Premium Member]

lol.....how will it not blow an amp? possibly a total lack of power, meaning it would be off... but a lack of power, while in the 10v+ range(even lower in simpler non-regulated power supply amps) can really screw things up. anywhoo, take pics of the guts. since there was smoke, then there is a smoking gun of some of the damage. also, could be another possibility that it was killed by vibration, too..... i've seen cheap transistors snap the legs off several different units in the same amp, and dry connections blow holes in the circuit board....

 

[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

^^^
cept for the hifonicz i dont care for em

neither do I but they are decent enough and an upgrade from audiopipe so that is why I suggested it

 

[Haunz 10+ year member]

lol.....how will it not blow an amp? possibly a total lack of power, meaning it would be off... but a lack of power, while in the 10v+ range(even lower in simpler non-regulated power supply amps) can really screw things up.

Wrong. Voltage drop can stop the op amps from working properly which is why amps have low volt protection.. it can not cause the psu or output stage to blow...

 

[akheathen Premium Member]

lol, ok boss

 

[treadburner 10+ year member]

from what i seen is low voltage dones not damage them but they will cause it to run hotter which in turns damages them

but i also do not have proof of this just my personal experience

 

[BFeezy 10+ year member]

guys please dont start arguing here...all i was looking for was some help. here are pics of the guts...there seems to be marks on both sides

 

[BFeezy 10+ year member]

anyone?

 

[akheathen Premium Member]

well, the pics are pretty grainy, but that one power supply section is definitely toast, which is probably about $40 in just parts, if nothing else was wrong. now, that should be 2 1500's strapped in one case, iirc, so there is a whole other amp with both power supply and outputs, along with the output section not pictured. the blackening of the speaker cables leads me to believe that is likely that the output sections were pretty stressed, and that their failure is the root cause of the power supply section failure. often, there is also the driver circuits/ic's that fail due to the main fets shorting them, and there are drivers for both power supply, and output sections (4 total driver circuits for this amp) the repair for those is more time consuming than simple blown transistors. another disconcerting thing i see is that glob i can't make out in the first pic. could be foreign metal that shorted the power supply in the first place? you can do a quick ohms check on the output transistors, and other power supply and get somewhat of an idea of how far the damage is, but no way of telling without actually tearing into it and checking all the circuits. to check the outputs, simply place your test leads across the legs of the transistors that are clamped to the heatsink. none should read low/no resistance, for the ones labeled either "q" or "fet"... if the number has a "d", then it's the diodes, and you will get low resistance from them normally. luck

 

[Timmothy Web 10+ year member]

i just rebuilt a 1500. all new driver transistors in the ps and output. new inductor and new transistors for the ps and outputs plus a rebuilt driver card...it takes time.

 

[Haunz 10+ year member]

98% of the retards on this site have no idea what they are talking about. Take it to someone who has actually repaired something. I'd recommend DBR but I don't think they will touch audiopipe junk. FYI you will have to replace every fet on the board if you want a good repair. SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A NEW AMP INSTEAD!!!!! Otherwise take it to a local shop. Why are you even posting after getting that kind of advice??

Also anyone who tries to tell you voltage drop caused the amp to blow does not understand ohms law.. lulz.. fail..