This cannot be good! Fried my amp. (Gut pics inside)

[l Droopy 10+ year member]

Not to be a **** or anything but isn't listening to it at max unclipped volume pushing it hard..? Not sure what else would be pushing it hard //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

What for 5 minutes? ive pushed it pretty hard before on long drives to baker city and bacc and it barley gets warm.

 

[l Droopy 10+ year member]

I think db is probably right tho. when i opened up the amp there were wet spots on parts of it. Just look at the pictures. Coincidentally it happened after i washed my car.

 

[Wingman0121 10+ year member]

From pics it looks like it got wet shorted the ic bored that fried the fets

That brown liquid doesn't look like water, it might be resin from solder from the factory or a leaked/blown capacitor nearby. OP if the "water" is not gooey or solid then it's probably from the car wash, and you have more things to worry about if your car leaks in a car wash.

 

[l Droopy 10+ year member]

That brown liquid is not water, it's either resin from solder from the factory or a leaked/blown capacitor nearby.

Yea it kind of looks like i spilled Dr.pepper on parts of the board. At this point i am kind of stumped. I emailed Soundstream about repairing it or replacing it, now i am just waiting for a response bacc.

 

[l Droopy 10+ year member]

Ill have to take my amp apart and checc if it truly is water or not.

 

[l Droopy 10+ year member]

Ok i took my amplifier apart and tested the liquid substance and it is not goey. In maybe a couple tiny spots it is, but mostly i think it was just water. I touched it and rubbed it between my fingers to test it and i also found where it burnt or fried. pics will be below. please let me know what you think...

 

[Wingman0121 10+ year member]

Yeah that amp is going to need service by a repairman. What did you pay for the amp? If you paid less than $150 then it is basically not worth it to get it fixed.

 

[terra 5,000+ posts]

Back is spelling with a c and a k. Check is also spelled with a c and a k. English words very rarely end in cc, if ever.

 

[destined2race 10+ year member]

Sounds like a awesome amp lol.

This.

 

[ECA]

Do NOT ever mount this particular amplifier on the subwoofer box! Well, this is cheap (good enough for that money) amplifier, main PCB is not enough secured from vibrations, sooner or later the the transistors, regulators and rectifier legs will broke off the board. Also the weak point of this amplifier is the driver board (vertical baord), SS could design it better, or at least fix the "bugs", because it's a clone amp.

 

[l Droopy 10+ year member]

Yeah that amp is going to need service by a repairman. What did you pay for the amp? If you paid less than $150 then it is basically not worth it to get it fixed.

I paid $209 for it on onlinecarstereo

 

[l Droopy 10+ year member]

Do NOT ever mount this particular amplifier on the subwoofer box! Well, this is cheap (good enough for that money) amplifier, main PCB is not enough secured from vibrations, sooner or later the the transistors, regulators and rectifier legs will broke off the board. Also the weak point of this amplifier is the driver board (vertical baord), SS could design it better, or at least fix the "bugs", because it's a clone amp.

Yup had to learn that the hard way of course. Thanks for all of the responses guys, I really appreciate it. Idk what to do at this point in time...

 

[l Droopy 10+ year member]

This.

It was an amazing amp while it was still working lol I had it pushing a Sundown Sa-12 D2 at 1 ohm and it absolutely slammed!

 

[CaddieJapan 10+ year member]

Time to go with something better, Used AQ, Crescendo, or Sundown. Onlinecarstereo may take care of you, it's worth a shot.

 

[PocketRocket]

Sounds like a awesome amp lol.

Yes!! Amazing quality