wrecked both my amps?

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Topic: wrecked both my amps?

Posted By: whiterob
Subject: wrecked both my amps?
Date Posted: July 22, 2007 at 2:16 AM

I had a Hifonics Brutus 500xd running my subs at 1 ohm and a phoenix gold 2 channel amp running my back speakers. One day my subs went out and the amp started to smoke but i didn't know why. my amp powered up and my 2 channel still worked too. I took my amp apart and saw that there where a couple of transistors fried. a couple of days later my 2 channel stopped working but made a thump repeating pattern in my back speakers. I looked at it and the power light would go on and then off repeating. i want to know if anyone has any idea why both my amps would go bad and if my 2 channel can be fixed easily.

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Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: July 22, 2007 at 2:33 AM

1. I'd say check your voltage. A low voltage condition will make the amps want to pull more current...

2. Not likely. I mean, YOU couldn't do it easily, but a repair facility could handle it.

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Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: July 22, 2007 at 12:43 PM

Your Pheonix Gold amplifier has one or more shorted output transistors. It needs to be repaired. It being a Pheonix Gold amp, Haem is right it will not be an easy repair for you to do.