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by Chris from MI » Tue Jan 03, 2006 7:26 pm

well on a positive note, this will probably take care of you shorting problem that you where having.

by smoker » Tue Jan 03, 2006 7:09 pm

it loooks to me like the only thing that broke is the end piece of plastic.....if this is true the wire will still stay under the screw if you use spade connectors crimped onto the end of the wires

by Darthness » Tue Jan 03, 2006 6:28 pm

My amp is fine... i blew a fuse at the battery (which seemed odd, because the fuse at my distrobution block)(thank go di didn't, i only had 2 fuses left)

but lesson learned i guess.. also, the shop that i payed to do my ground wire put it way too far and that is what helped snap the peice off my amp. I found ou that i have a drill powerfull enough to drill trhough the floor so i redit that ground wire, its much shorter now. only thign i have left now is to reposition the amp again.. but thats no biggie.

*phew* i hope the hot glue holds. i forgot one thign up there, i wrapped the wire with electrical tape so no wire owuld be exposed... the 8awg wire barely seems to fit.

by Ryan from Ohio » Tue Jan 03, 2006 5:27 pm

You learn the hard way sometimes...

1) Use an electricians screwdriver. It is covered to prevent this and effective upto 1000V.

2) Use terminals, not just jam wire in there

3) DO NOT over tighten

Your amp like this is NO GOOD. Best bet is to get someone GOOD to solder a piece of 10 GA right to the terminal and use a butt connector here on out. WIll look like hell but save you $$$

THat is if the amp still works...

by Chris from Washington » Tue Jan 03, 2006 2:54 pm

Ya best thing to do is, just try it and see what happens.

Did the smoke come out of the amp itself, or just from where you shorted the wire?

by William from NOLA » Tue Jan 03, 2006 2:04 pm

I messed up mine like that, well, i had a screwdriver in the positive terminal and 3 sparks went from the shaft to the casing before I could move it away. Puff of smoke and a blown fuse later, nothing. Everytime I hook the amp up, it blows its fuse. Funny thing is that I can't find anything fried on the circuit board itself.


Edit: Pioneer 4 channel amp is what I did it to.

by sinister audio » Tue Jan 03, 2006 2:04 pm

ya you can mess an amp up like that but some times you dont. i have messed a rockford up that way.

by Darthness » Tue Jan 03, 2006 2:00 pm

i could swear i've heard of peopel fucking amps up liek that.. but anyway, i need to figure out how to get that plastic peice back on, otherwise im not actually oging to beable to use the a\mp.

by sinister audio » Tue Jan 03, 2006 1:59 pm

ya the best way to know is just hook it up again what harm can you do.

by audiobass10 » Tue Jan 03, 2006 1:57 pm

Justin from Detroit wrote:I doubt it's toast. Just wire it up and try it. I've accidently touched wires togetehr before and made the smoke, no big deal.
Same here..I've done it a couple times and i've never blown an amp.

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