Cant Win For Losing

[bgowdy 5,000+ posts]

So i was just driving around, no bass, have the sub control on HU was completely off. and all of a sudden i hear somthing that sounds like "pop corn" or something and my wife looks in the back says my amp is rolling smoke.... So needless to say the amp fried with out using the bass. Does anyone have a clue what could cause this?

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[bgowdy 5,000+ posts]

anyone ever had this problem

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

Just because you weren't using the amplifier doesn't it mean it wasn't on (obviously). There's a lot of different things that could have gone wrong and you've given us very little information. Gut pics of the amp would be a good place to start...

 

[dumple 5,000+ posts]

rcas still plugged in amplifier still receiving signal and prolly ahitty signal

 

[bgowdy 5,000+ posts]

Just because you weren't using the amplifier doesn't it mean it wasn't on (obviously). There's a lot of different things that could have gone wrong and you've given us very little information. Gut pics of the amp would be a good place to start...

cant open up amp it would void warranty(idk why but it does) but its the board that burned the smell on the RCA side of amp(where gain/bass boost settings ext are) is way worse then smell on the side were my power ground and remote go. i really didnt know bad rca signal could cause a amp to fry

 

[bgowdy 5,000+ posts]

rcas still plugged in amplifier still receiving signal and prolly ahitty signal

i remeber before i was having a rca problem with a previous amp. one of my cables was giving feedback and the other was not.

but when i switched amps it stopped(i think) and thought it was fixed but that may be the problem

 

[bgowdy 5,000+ posts]

but anyway im not using bass boost at all, i think my gain may have been 1/2 way up or alil below, and theres a deal with my pre out on my hu.

the amps setting reads pre amp sensitivity 1v-2v or 2v-8v, i set it 2-8 because thats what i was told. but the hu pre out is not 2v-8

 

[LosIsATool 5,000+ posts]

I know the problem. It a Planet Audio. But really something could of shorted out inside and made contact with something it shouldnt have

 

[bgowdy 5,000+ posts]

I know the problem. It a Planet Audio. But really something could of shorted out inside and made contact with something it shouldnt have

i figured someone would say. but yea i figure it could have just been a defect, something could of got messed up during shipping. it really didnt seem packed very good.

but like a above can a bad rca signal cause a amp to fry

 

[LosIsATool 5,000+ posts]

I would say yes cause they do have current flowing but I have never had it happen

 

[bgowdy 5,000+ posts]

so thats not a possible seeing i was just driving listening to highs only at the time when it happened

 

[sacsking916 5,000+ posts]

its not that its planet audio, its the cheap cheap planet audio. when you brought it up, both rabbit and i both said get the BIG BANG series. and you decided not too.

 

[bgowdy 5,000+ posts]

dude i know ppl who has and have these for a while anot have a problem out of it...

 

[sacsking916 5,000+ posts]

dude i know ppl who has and have these for a while anot have a problem out of it...

but they havent been through several amps like you have in that past few months.

 

[bgowdy 5,000+ posts]

whos been through several amps??? the memphis was a loner.... ive been through 2 this year. my sundown was stolen and this fried i havnt had anyother amp. ive used planet audio amps before and never had a problem i know planet audio is cheap but never hurts to try. this was just a freak accident. hell it wasnt on. probly a defect part.