3vil Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 Or make a rack for the rear hatch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lutkeveld Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 The amp was trying to make some serious power when it blew fire out of the side of the transistors. The failure does not sound possible but we have proof that the amp is toast. If something in the install caused this then it will happen again as soon as you put another amp in. We need to rule out all possible causes starting with the things that are easy to check. 12vdc on the RCA inputs would put the amp at full power at zero hertz. Check your head unit output with a volt meter to make sure the outputs are good and don't have a DC potential on them. DC would've been blocked by the AC coupling capacitors of the amplifier. 12V on the speakers would also not be a problem. Looks like an internal short to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasteland_Audio Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 Can you mount it to the back of the second row of seats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALPINE408 Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 I have seen an amp blow when it was turned off its electronics shit happens sometimes Have you ever had your woofers blown? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluethunder Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 Same thing happened to my audioque 2200.1, volume was at zero when I smelled burned electronics. Opened the trunk and had a smoke show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotorCityFats13 Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 my last amp went into protect while listening to sports talk radio... the funny thing is when baseball season starts I pretty much stop playing music and only do sports talk.... so this amp went into protect around September of 2014, 6 months into the season and the guts show no signs of failure unlike your picture...... electronics are unpredictable as hell ..... amp was 1.5 years old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reedal Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 I call bull on the whole "vibration from being mounted on the enclosure" thing. No matter where you mount your amps, they're susceptible to vibration. Whether it's from the subwoofers output, the bumps in the road, etc. It's going to happen, and rubber insulators on the feet don't do as much as people think. If you can feel vibration, your amp is feeling vibration for sure SMD Tool Map https://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/193176-smd-tool-map-new-november-2014/ Build log https://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/197217-reeds-03-tahoe-hat-sqaq-singer-xs-shca-cockbox-80prs/?page=32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepherd92683 Posted February 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 Can you mount it to the back of the second row of seats? I can't mount it there because the Boston 4100 is already there. 2017 Honda Accord Touring Build coming soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will77530 Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 what was it wired at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepherd92683 Posted February 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 1 ohm 2017 Honda Accord Touring Build coming soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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