WTF did i just smell?

[schism13 10+ year member]

So i was driving, and had the music on...then all of a sudden it starts to stink..real bad i thought it was outside..so i pull over, check the hood,fuse box,sub..nothing..so i get a smell of the amp and it stinks realll bad..but it was running cool...and in the general area of the amp is wires and the amp..so its either one of those..but i dont know it still played, though i shut it off..and it works fine now and doesnt smell...but im just hoping i didnt mess anything up..the only problem id see is i was at a red light for awhile playing my music therefore not getting enough power..but what happened?

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[Classick96 10+ year member]

So i was driving, and had the music on...then all of a sudden it starts to stink..real bad i thought it was outside..so i pull over, check the hood,fuse box,sub..nothing..so i get a smell of the amp and it stinks realll bad..but it was running cool...and in the general area of the amp is wires and the amp..so its either one of those..but i dont know it still played, though i shut it off..and it works fine now and doesnt smell...but im just hoping i didnt mess anything up..the only problem id see is i was at a red light for awhile playing my music therefore not getting enough power..but what happened?

Make sure your not burning your voicecoils..

 

[schism13 10+ year member]

Make sure your not burning your voicecoils..

i smelt the sub/inside the box...and it didnt smell at all but the amp itself did..

 

[kotec123 10+ year member]

ic hmmm weird....im not sure

 

[imaspaceguy90 10+ year member]

sounds like your amps ahs had it, it may go at any time, but that prolly means your amps defective or just a POS, jus my 2 cents, i know tha thappened to my friend, it was the power wire burning up in his car so he replaced it with 4 guage

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

this is why you don't keep your pet rat warm with your transformers //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/slap.gif.87520e8ca8e90076ac30e777c0de5331.gif

 

[Calhoun295 10+ year member]

Same thing happened to me, except it was my voicecoils buring cause my sub blew.

 

[schism13 10+ year member]

well im running 0 gauge...and my amp = Mark Antony 2500d..well w/e if its the amp ill go to the shop that sold it to me and hit the owner over the head with it till he gives me a new one..

 

[schism13 10+ year member]

Same thing happened to me, except it was my voicecoils buring cause my sub blew.

if thats the case..then **** RE..this xxx has barely been used..

 

[80_Cutlass_mn 10+ year member]

I would be willing to bet that its your amp going up in smoke. My friend has had a crossfire vr1000d die on him twice. Both times it was the power transistors but they would only go one at a time and you could smell the amp cooking but it would still work just not as powerful. Take it to the shop you bought it and have them look at it if its still under warranty. I gurantee theyll find some burnt components somewhere on the circuit board.

 

[drkodin 10+ year member]

i had an issue at one point with my 2400d. Cut in/out once or twice, then one day i heard an electrical 'pop', smelled that all too familliar smell, but all was well //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif . i actually drove to vegas and back (from CA) without any hiccups. however once i got back home, amp when into protect the next day and never came out. turns out the entire power supply blew.

basicly, just because your amp still works doesn't mean all is good. take it in and get it fixed now, cause you're going to need to do it soon anyway.

 

[JAZN 5,000+ posts]

take it in, just in case.