well me and my friend pull up ionto my driveway and his amp turns off due to a stuborn ground that we didnt take the time to get a good firm connection. so i say fuck it man lets do it right. i get a great connection and go to test it it doesnt work so we check the infile fuse block near the battery and its blown we replace it and the fuse in the amp itself and we go to test it this time and i hear "crack, pop".... and then "sizzlleee....." and smoke. it came right in the amp where you hook up the power wire. so im thinking maybe it can be repaired..... (hopefully) can anybody fix it?? or should i take it to Auto Audio and see what they can do?

and he replaced the fuses before and im not sure what they where before he replaced them because i wasnt there but he said he put in a lower amperage fuse which i really didnt like its a 1000 watt amp is there anyway that you guys can tell me what amperage fuses should be used??

Thanks, Joe

 

The crack was either the caps exploding or the Fets cracking open. either way that will not be pretty. The sizzle was the solder on the main board boiling. The smoke was the printed board coating burning away from the electronics they coat. Unless thats a JL 1000.1 its not worth repairing. It would be a good project amp but it will always give you problems if you melted the board.

 

well what if it is a JL 1000 wuold you be able to rebuild it or would it be Auto Audio? i say this because im not exactly sure which amp it is.....

Thanks

 

I just started my sophomore year into my EE degree, not quite time to start rebuilding amps.. almost.. but not quite.

If its like one component then I could do it but usually smoking amp means more than a few things burnt out, try Auto Audio but for the price you could buy a new one.

 

alright man ill check with them and see what they want to rebuild it. he only bought it for 100 bucks and that was installed by a friend i dunno i hope that they arent to expensive where are u getting ur EE degree from and what is it exactly lol i'm guessing its about electronics lol.....

 

Auto Audio isnt known for their great prices - A fosgate P1 is $129(avg retail is 89.99 LOL)
I'm going for electrical engineering @ USF. I might change my focus to computers though, writing viruses that spam people to buy penis enlargement products seems to be very lucrative.

 

wel he opened the case and he said it didnt look like it was burnt anywhere on the board so im not sure well see.... and do you have any idea what size fuses we shjould be using?

 

1000 watts/4ohms = 250amps peak draw how many slots are there?

 

use 30 amp fuses safest way if you dont know

 

well there is only one fuse slot on the amp but there is one inline with the power cable running off the battery....