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stoop

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Posted: January 01, 2005 at 11:11 PM / IP Logged

Hello all, I have 2 8 inch subs in a ported box with a 100 watt amp all fosgate Iam running a factory head unit and my question or statement is this. I wanted to hook my rca wires to my factory speaker wiring so I purchased a set of rca female ends, wired them up and pluged my cables in , when I turned on the key to see if it worked I heard loud cliking sound from the rear speakers so I went to the back and noticed smoke coming out of the amp not sure why but shut key off and it stoped smoking.

any thoughts would be greatly helpful

stoop

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Ravendarat

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Posted: January 01, 2005 at 11:24 PM / IP Logged

Umm, you may have fried the inputs on that amp. To properly hook that amp up to a factory deck you need to use a aftermarket line level converter which is a box that you hook up to change speaker wire signal to RCA line level signal. Simply splicing RCA ends onto the speaker wires is a serious nono. Get a high level converter, hook it up right and se if the amp still works, if not it will have to be repaired.

double-secret reverse-osmosis speaker-cone-induced high-level interference distortion, Its a killer

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jeffchilcott

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Posted: January 02, 2005 at 4:08 AM / IP Logged

Electronics work on smoke, When you let the smoke out they quit working. Kiss that one goodbye. I have had a few people here in town come to me with the same issue, I just shake my head.

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bluetruck

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Posted: January 02, 2005 at 6:33 AM / IP Logged

if you know the magic words, the enchanted smoke will turn into a genie and grant you 3 wishes, one of them better be a new amp cause that one is toast.

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