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lilboi 
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Posted: September 12, 2004 at 2:08 AM / IP Logged  
arg.. i'm afraid that i blew my amp. But usually when you do. i don't think that the it links the positive and ground together. anything helps. need feedback
Ravendarat 
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Posted: September 12, 2004 at 9:56 AM / IP Logged  
If you are blowing both fuses I would be far more suspicious of either the cap or a short in the power line. It is unlikley the amp is causing both fuses to blow. If you cant figure this out yourself you might wanna try to take it into a shop and have them look at it. It never hurts to get a second set of eyes involved when you cant figure something like this out.
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lilboi 
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Posted: September 12, 2004 at 1:01 PM / IP Logged  
So it us unlikely that an amp will create a short?
Ravendarat 
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Posted: September 12, 2004 at 9:29 PM / IP Logged  
If the amp creates the short It is very unlikely it will blow BOTH fuses but I have seen shorts in caps and power wire blow both fuses before. On RF amps from the last few years you must fuse them externally. I have seen customers come back after self installs were they were blowing fuse and one guy had the power wire pinched in the hood hinge (you heard me) and the other customer had a cap that had shorted out and he didnt know it. Every time he replaced fuses they blew.
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bumpingjeep 
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Posted: September 12, 2004 at 11:32 PM / IP Logged  
try taking it to a shop...i agree with a second set of eyes looking at it...i'm all about fixing everything myself without taking things elsewhere also...but sounds like you could have already paid to have it fixed with the money you have in fuses
bumpingjeep 
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Posted: September 12, 2004 at 11:35 PM / IP Logged  
by the way...what size power wire do you have...and is it the same all the way from the battery to the amp?
lilboi 
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Posted: September 13, 2004 at 10:25 PM / IP Logged  

It's 4gauge. The wires shouldn't be the problem cause the amp worked for about 3 months.

Ravendarat 
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Posted: September 14, 2004 at 12:35 AM / IP Logged  
That means nothing, problems can easily manifest themselves over time. Dont over look anything
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lilboi 
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Posted: September 14, 2004 at 12:54 AM / IP Logged  
alright. But does an amp create a short when it blows? I thought it would just not turn on. When my bro blew his amp, it didn't short or blow a fuse.
Ravendarat 
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Posted: September 14, 2004 at 1:12 AM / IP Logged  
depends on what "blows" inside the amp. Sometimes it will and sometimes it wont. I cant give  a better answer than that.
double-secret reverse-osmosis speaker-cone-induced high-level interference distortion, Its a killer
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