mrteacha Posted September 4, 2009 Report Posted September 4, 2009 Can anyone see anything on the board that may be causing this? I can't see anything burned or smell anything burned onit : Quote
1992Chevy K1500 Posted September 4, 2009 Report Posted September 4, 2009 Is it blowing fuses on the amp or on the inline power wire on going to the amp? Quote My comp setup (Not bad for what it is): HP Compaq Presario V6120US laptop with: 15.4" widescreen AMD Turion 64 X2 1.6GHz processor 2x1GB stick DDR2 SDRAM (667 Mhz) Seagate Momentus 500GB SATA HDD 128MB shared video memory Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit 12 cell Lithium Ion battery (actual battery usage time: 6 hours) What it does: On a USB 2.0 Wireless card
mrteacha Posted September 4, 2009 Author Report Posted September 4, 2009 Is it blowing fuses on the amp or on the inline power wire on going to the amp? the amp fuse is a 150 which blew twice the one under the hood is a 250 that one didnt blow but it did get red Quote
1992Chevy K1500 Posted September 4, 2009 Report Posted September 4, 2009 the amp fuse is a 150 which blew twice the one under the hood is a 250 that one didnt blow but it did get red On the amp or inline? And 150 is a bit small considering those Rockford amps do about 2000 RMS. What size power wire are you running? Quote My comp setup (Not bad for what it is): HP Compaq Presario V6120US laptop with: 15.4" widescreen AMD Turion 64 X2 1.6GHz processor 2x1GB stick DDR2 SDRAM (667 Mhz) Seagate Momentus 500GB SATA HDD 128MB shared video memory Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit 12 cell Lithium Ion battery (actual battery usage time: 6 hours) What it does: On a USB 2.0 Wireless card
mrteacha Posted September 4, 2009 Author Report Posted September 4, 2009 On the amp or inline? And 150 is a bit small considering those Rockford amps do about 2000 RMS. What size power wire are you running? The amp came with a 150 in it and the specs call for it as well. The wire is 1/0 gauge and the fuse on the power line is 250 Quote
1992Chevy K1500 Posted September 4, 2009 Report Posted September 4, 2009 So the fuse on the amp blew... How did you set the gains? By DMM, O-scope, or by ear? Quote My comp setup (Not bad for what it is): HP Compaq Presario V6120US laptop with: 15.4" widescreen AMD Turion 64 X2 1.6GHz processor 2x1GB stick DDR2 SDRAM (667 Mhz) Seagate Momentus 500GB SATA HDD 128MB shared video memory Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit 12 cell Lithium Ion battery (actual battery usage time: 6 hours) What it does: On a USB 2.0 Wireless card
Crump Posted September 4, 2009 Report Posted September 4, 2009 (edited) That 150 amp fuse should be fine.... Both of the T-1ks i used never pulled more than 100 amps of current, amp defective? Edited September 4, 2009 by Crump-T1 Quote Team gg Team doa Installs I have doneMy 2010 Rebuild 144 db so far....2 DC xl 10s Firing into cabin on a RF 25002 12" AQ HD's powered by a Saz 2k + Lots o Mids+Highs
1992Chevy K1500 Posted September 4, 2009 Report Posted September 4, 2009 (edited) That 150 amp fuse should be fine.... Both of the T-1ks i used never pulled more than 100 amps of current, amp defective? Oh, for some reason I though it was a T1500. My bad. I fail at reading... But if he drove the amp into clipping, it could blow the fuse. Not likely, but maybe. Edited September 4, 2009 by 1992Chevy K1500 Quote My comp setup (Not bad for what it is): HP Compaq Presario V6120US laptop with: 15.4" widescreen AMD Turion 64 X2 1.6GHz processor 2x1GB stick DDR2 SDRAM (667 Mhz) Seagate Momentus 500GB SATA HDD 128MB shared video memory Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit 12 cell Lithium Ion battery (actual battery usage time: 6 hours) What it does: On a USB 2.0 Wireless card
mrteacha Posted September 4, 2009 Author Report Posted September 4, 2009 Oh, for some reason I though it was a T1500. My bad. I fail at reading... But if he drove the amp into clipping, it could blow the fuse. Not likely, but maybe. the gain was set to the lowest point on the amp and onthe bass knob the HZ was also set low to about 40... I was planning on tuning it by ear but as soon as it saw power the fuse at the amp burned. I bought it used from someone on another forum. Does anything looked messed up in the pictures from original post? Quote
Guest Posted September 4, 2009 Report Posted September 4, 2009 first thing that popped into my mind was a strand of power wire grounding out somewhere on the body of the car or frayed wires on the amp battery terminals touching ground and + together Quote
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