amp failures

i have been doing this for a while now and i still wonder about amps. sometimes i get them faulty right out of the box and sometimes maybe i fry them. my biggest problem is when the amp wont come out of protection mode or blows fuses or just quits. what fails in an amp when it isnt 2 ohm stable and you run it in 2 ohms? what's the common failure in amps?
do others have problems too. i hate to say its the electronics and they fail all the time but i know its true. its not like installing them is rocket science.

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owner of
Motion Marine & Car Audio
the florida keys

Usually it's overheated transistors that just short out and take out a few others with them. Generally it does not cost more than $20 to fix an amp if you can do it yourself, but if you have to pay someone, your paying for their knowledge witch is usually worth $100 an hour, I sometimes spend an hour just finding all the fried parts and then another hour locating them to be purchased, then another hour to install and test the amp.

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2003 Chevy Avalanche,Eclipse CD7000,Morel Elate 5,Adire Extremis,Alpine PDX-4.150, 15" TC-3000, 2 Alpine PDX-1.1000, 470Amp HO Alt.

Alpine Guy wrote:

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Usually it's overheated transistors that just short out and take out a few others with them. Generally it does not cost more than $20 to fix an amp if you can do it yourself, but if you have to pay someone, your paying for their knowledge witch is usually worth $100 an hour, I sometimes spend an hour just finding all the fried parts and then another hour locating them to be purchased, then another hour to install and test the amp.

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aint that the truth...just made me chuckle... did that saturday after noon hahah having to order the part online...

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If we learn from each success and
each failure, then we can improve ourselves

That sure is the truth! The hardest part is finding the parts since everything is tiwanajapanisapora made these days, it's hard to cross reference american made parts.

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2003 Chevy Avalanche,Eclipse CD7000,Morel Elate 5,Adire Extremis,Alpine PDX-4.150, 15" TC-3000, 2 Alpine PDX-1.1000, 470Amp HO Alt.

guess what i did the other day. first let me say that i'm not good at rushing. when i do i make mistakes like this. i was installing an amp in a boat that already had speakers ran. i cut the speaker wires halfway down the console going to the stereo, extended them and ran them to the amp. little did i know that i ran the wrong side. the amp output was going into the stereo output. well this was a first and now i can say i did it. its amazing how fast you realize you've made a mistake when you see the stereo smoking, oops

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owner of
Motion Marine & Car Audio
the florida keys

ouch... helps to now where the wires are going too....

:)

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If we learn from each success and
each failure, then we can improve ourselves

What amps are you buying that are DOA out of the box?

clarion marine apx480.m

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owner of
Motion Marine & Car Audio
the florida keys