MuRKRoW Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 Well today I was driving to work with my bass up and I started hearing a lot of feedback through my speakers. Then my sub stopped playing so I looked back and to my amazement, lots of black smoke and flames were coming out of the amp. I almost got into a car accident trying to pull over and get the amp unhooked from power. Luckily I have a warranty so i'll be replacing it, but I figured some people may want to see the inside of these amps (and see what blew up ). I've only taken 2 pictures with my phone and i'm really tired, but i'll get my digital camera and get some good close ups later. Quote Sound Solutions Audio ZCON 18 Crescendo Audio BC3500D JVC KD-R80BT headunit Alpine/Pioneer mids & highs 4 group 34 agm batteries Knukonceptz 3x0ga. terminals Kicker/XS Power 0ga. wiring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardy Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 · Hidden by newls1, September 23, 2011 - nothing to add Hidden by newls1, September 23, 2011 - nothing to add Well today I was driving to work with my bass up and I started hearing a lot of feedback through my speakers. Then my sub stopped playing so I looked back and to my amazement, lots of black smoke and flames were coming out of the amp. I almost got into a car accident trying to pull over and get the amp unhooked from power. Luckily I have a warranty so i'll be replacing it, but I figured some people may want to see the inside of these amps (and see what blew up ). I've only taken 2 pictures with my phone and i'm really tired, but i'll get my digital camera and get some good close ups later. Link to comment
cardy Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 was it profesiionally installed and did u have the gain all the way up just curios cause a dealer has been trying to get me to buy that amp but i didnt think it was worth my money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuRKRoW Posted September 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 (edited) I'll take a quick pic of the gains to show what they were at. The amp was powering a Kicker Solo x 18 @ a 1-ohm load (Dual 2-ohm coils). I have 2 group 34 batteries with stock alt. and only had between .2 to 1.2 volts drop on full tilt. My alt. sits at 14.4volts at idle so voltage drop shouldn't have messed it up. One thing I was noticing the last few days was how much power the amp drew when it first turned on. When I turned my head unit on, the amp would turn on 2 seconds later and my voltage would drop down to around 13volts and then go back up. I don't remember it doing this when I first started using it. By the way, the amp is 4 months old :/ EDIT: Not professionally installed. I would never pay an installer around here... unless I wanted to waste a good $200 on something very simple. The only local audio shop is outrageously priced, and will never get my business Edited September 23, 2011 by MuRKRoW Quote Sound Solutions Audio ZCON 18 Crescendo Audio BC3500D JVC KD-R80BT headunit Alpine/Pioneer mids & highs 4 group 34 agm batteries Knukonceptz 3x0ga. terminals Kicker/XS Power 0ga. wiring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuRKRoW Posted September 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 Well these pics are pretty big! Hopefully they display on here Here's the settings. Kinda blurry, sorry. The rest of these are just pics of the internals and the burnt spot lol Enjoy Quote Sound Solutions Audio ZCON 18 Crescendo Audio BC3500D JVC KD-R80BT headunit Alpine/Pioneer mids & highs 4 group 34 agm batteries Knukonceptz 3x0ga. terminals Kicker/XS Power 0ga. wiring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmedina Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 well thats re for ya... lol what year is that amp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuRKRoW Posted September 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 well thats re for ya... lol what year is that amp? I think these XTX models came out this year. I know they're RE Audio's newest line Quote Sound Solutions Audio ZCON 18 Crescendo Audio BC3500D JVC KD-R80BT headunit Alpine/Pioneer mids & highs 4 group 34 agm batteries Knukonceptz 3x0ga. terminals Kicker/XS Power 0ga. wiring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACnonsence6 Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 thought amp manufactures wouldnt cover an amp that was opened? Quote I picked up an MTX Sw1212 powered subwoofer today. This thing sounds amazing. 130 watts, 12" woofer with a passive 12" woofer tuned to 27 hz. Moving the pictures on the walls and my girl got wet from the bass when i showed her haha. Tonight should be good haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFF Larry Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 thought amp manufactures wouldnt cover an amp that was opened? dont they usually put little stickers or tabs somewhere on/inside the amp to see if its been open? Quote Team Clearly Louder (MECA)Team DC Audio ++* SELLING the CACTUS SOUNDS K12 for $1550 shipped *++ HMU!!! 3 flips. nollie flips. big flips. hardflips. - steez Youtube Channel My Build Log 95 Bonneville SSE - WALLED/4th Order - ~30 cubes - *thanks LoganBerry, CortezDVT, Cj18, SuperCharged DC, Ryan-RAM Designs,LoudNLow931* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuRKRoW Posted September 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 (edited) Yeah all the other amps i've owned had those stickers with half on the lid and half on the heatsink, but this one doesn't have any so I decided to take a look inside. I made sure to not leave any fingerprints inside it ahaha Edited September 23, 2011 by MuRKRoW Quote Sound Solutions Audio ZCON 18 Crescendo Audio BC3500D JVC KD-R80BT headunit Alpine/Pioneer mids & highs 4 group 34 agm batteries Knukonceptz 3x0ga. terminals Kicker/XS Power 0ga. wiring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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