View Full Version : Disaster strikes
AnthonyP
06-30-2006, 01:56 PM
So yesterday I was driving to work and my sub cut out, this isn't unusual since I have a Christmas Tree Cougar and the voltage regularly spikes to 19-20+ volts. However, this time it never kicked back on. I thought to myself, "Hmm, that's odd." So when I get to work I pull the shroud off and check my fuses, both are blown. I pick up two 30amp fuses from a guy at work and pop them in as im getting ready to leave and they both blow while I was putting them in. At this point I'm startin to get a bit worried so I start chcking all my wires, turns out the ground wire came out of the ring terminal somehow. I suppose I'll never know how this happened, it was in there just about as good as it could have been. Upon finding this I disconnect the power immediately and reconnect my ground, once I have that done I put in more new fuses and put the power wire back in the terminal. At this point I hear SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSTTTTTT and I'm like "OH ****" as smoke bellows out of the amp and fills the entire car. Obviously the amp fried but I have no idea what happened, neither the fuse on the line nor the fuses on the amp blew when this happened ... about the only thing I can guess was that there was a dead short inside the amp. Im going to take a trip to my local Kicker dealer, but suspect I'm stuck with a $700 paperweight now :cry: I suppose the bright side is that I can take almost 100lbs of weight out of my trunk ....
Let us have a moment of silence for the fallen Kicker SX650.1 which faithfully pumped out 750w RMS for a short 6 months.
ND4SPD
06-30-2006, 02:51 PM
Damn!
... I was going to say "trade ya!" - my door speakers aren't turning on for some reason... but I think its just a loose connection behind the headunit.... nothing like smoke from an amplifier! that must have been kinda scary!
cougarprophet
06-30-2006, 02:53 PM
i recomend getting a cap, it will help even out the spikes...
AnthonyP
06-30-2006, 04:46 PM
Im going to do the mod to fix it before I put another amp in there. I've been meaning to do it but it's really hard laying under the car, I need to get to a lift.
AnthonyP
06-30-2006, 04:47 PM
Damn!
... I was going to say "trade ya!" - my door speakers aren't turning on for some reason... but I think its just a loose connection behind the headunit.... nothing like smoke from an amplifier! that must have been kinda scary!
You bet it was! I grabbed my beer and smokes out of the trunk and ran away!
Tygerr
06-30-2006, 06:27 PM
You bet it was! I grabbed my beer and smokes out of the trunk and ran away!
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Screw everything else. Grab my beer!
bensenvill
06-30-2006, 06:42 PM
You bet it was! I grabbed my beer and smokes out of the trunk and ran away!
ya because insurance doenst cover damaged beer.
CoRDiTe
07-01-2006, 12:04 AM
So yesterday I was driving to work and my sub cut out, this isn't unusual since I have a Christmas Tree Cougar and the voltage regularly spikes to 19-20+ volts. However, this time it never kicked back on. I thought to myself, "Hmm, that's odd." So when I get to work I pull the shroud off and check my fuses, both are blown. I pick up two 30amp fuses from a guy at work and pop them in as im getting ready to leave and they both blow while I was putting them in. At this point I'm startin to get a bit worried so I start chcking all my wires, turns out the ground wire came out of the ring terminal somehow. I suppose I'll never know how this happened, it was in there just about as good as it could have been. Upon finding this I disconnect the power immediately and reconnect my ground, once I have that done I put in more new fuses and put the power wire back in the terminal. At this point I hear SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSTTTTTT and I'm like "OH ****" as smoke bellows out of the amp and fills the entire car. Obviously the amp fried but I have no idea what happened, neither the fuse on the line nor the fuses on the amp blew when this happened ... about the only thing I can guess was that there was a dead short inside the amp. Im going to take a trip to my local Kicker dealer, but suspect I'm stuck with a $700 paperweight now :cry: I suppose the bright side is that I can take almost 100lbs of weight out of my trunk ....
Let us have a moment of silence for the fallen Kicker SX650.1 which faithfully pumped out 750w RMS for a short 6 months.
750watts or 750rms ?????? Cause thats a hell of a lot of RMS pumping from that amp. Damn. thats pretty sweet if its rms and not wattage.
soldier989
07-01-2006, 12:45 AM
Never let the magic smoke out! It runs all electronics, once out, they die!
Sorry to hear man :-(
AnthonyP
07-01-2006, 02:46 PM
That was RMS, I have the certificate to prove it.