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the amp was not mounted but i never really had a problem with it moving around too much ( the box kinda wedged it up againt the back seat) and besides i have good terminals on the end of the speaker wire so any positive to negative contact wasnt really too much of a concern. also since installing this is the first time ever disconnnecting the amp from power. i do agree the whole seatbelt thing is not the best but it did work flawlessly for 3 months. i never even had the gain more than 75%. i guess thats why i think its strange. i think the only thing that could have happened is something rolled around in the trunk and somehow bridged the positive and negative terminal or maybe its just bad luck. thanks for all the responces. i guess im off to buy a new amp. i wanna hear my 2 jl 12w0v3s ......new amp, mount it. turn down the gain. and triple check your wiring. while we are at it the r500 amp i was using was only powering a single jl 12w0v3 sub. now i have 2 of them in a sealed box. i think im going to upgrade to a bigger amp. im thinking about this one http://www.amazon.com/Hifonics-Brutus-BRZ1200-1D-D-Class-Block/dp/B0036B8URK this should be just fine for the 2 i now have. a big requirment for me is the bass knob so tell me what you think of this one. i noticed this is a class d and my old one is a class ab. will i really notive a difference?

the amp was not mounted but i never really had a problem with it moving around too much ( the box kinda wedged it up againt the back seat) and besides i have good terminals on the end of the speaker wire so any positive to negative contact wasnt really too much of a concern. also since installing this is the first time ever disconnnecting the amp from power. i do agree the whole seatbelt thing is not the best but it did work flawlessly for 3 months. i never even had the gain more than 75%. i guess thats why i think its strange. i think the only thing that could have happened is something rolled around in the trunk and somehow bridged the positive and negative terminal or maybe its just bad luck. thanks for all the responces. i guess im off to buy a new amp. i wanna hear my 2 jl 12w0v3s

i have had a rockford fosgate prime r500.1 for a few months now. it has been a great amp. all of a sudden one night i got into my car and there was no sub power no power light or protect light. checked fuses found they were blown replaced them and everytime the amp would turn on the fuses would just keep blowing. i noticed whenever i replaced the negative battery cable back on the amp it wasnt sparking whick i thought was odd so i checked the ground. as far as im concerned its exactly how it was 3 months ago. the ground wire is under the seat belt bracket. i sanded both contact sides down and put the wire in between it. i repositioned and sanded a little more and tightened it down real good when i put the wire on the amp it was now sparking a little when i went to put it on. but i also heard sort of like a fizzling sound coming from the amp and a little bit of smoke. i wasnt really sure what to think but hey the fuses didnt blow so i turned the key on and all hell broke loose. the amp littlerally puffed out smoke it was quite the show. by the time i got the battery cable off the whole car was full of smoke. what happened. everything was working so good? the amp has a 1 year warranty so i hope its covered. maybe i should have been removing the positive terminal not the negative. i just cant see how anything i could have done could have caused this. i had the right fuses on the amp and also have a inline fuse in the engine compartment.