SQ_Bronco

I'm guessing you've resolved this by now, but if you haven't, or for future users who may search this forum, the answer is that it is the same harnass used by PPI, earthquake, kicker, etc for their processors. The part number is a "WECO WB-23" harnass, and the ebay seller "juicyrobot / robot undergound" has them for $10. This is assuming you don't care about the 12V aux out. http://cgi.ebay.com/Power-plug-for-Kicker-...oQQcmdZViewItem The 4-pin connector is here: http://cgi.ebay.com/AudioControl-Audio-Con...oQQcmdZViewItem The part number ont he 4-pin is 'WECO 121-A".

lol, I put a second set of eyes on it tonight and we figured out what I did wrong- it was almost certainly user error on my part that destroyed it. Aaargh. It's been a long, long time since i did something that stupid. The good news is that it will be easy to fix. The original purpose of the thread is still valid, however- if anyone has an amp that they are sure is a milo-made amp, any information about how to discriminate between it and a factory amp would be appreciated. Also, if a mod could remove the bad stuff said about the seller it would be good. he fulfilled his part of the deal and I don't want to see his reputation damaged because I was an idiot.

Well, congratulations on your good judgement And I appreciate the fact that you didn't run the price up on it... lol. My bid was for almost twice what the auction ended at, so I got really really lucky imho even though I kinda got screwed.

Yeah, i'm pretty sure it has been repaired, unless US-AMPs QC was just horrible out the door. I guess what I am asking is, if it is an original US-AMPS amp I'm going to try to get it fixed by them, or by TIPs or whoever, and suck up what it costs, because I really did get a good deal on the amp. If it is a milo amp I'm going to get my money back from the seller and try to find another one elsewhere... I'm kind of hesitant to take the thing apart if I'm going to send it back.

So against my better judgement I bought a used US-AMPS DE-3000 off of ebay. The seller had over 200 positive feedbacks and no negs, and the price was too good to pass up; and the seller was NOT the guy-who-might-be-milo in the thread below. When I got it and hooked it up, it belched white smoke before I even put a load on it. One of the capacitors inside actually caught on fire, without blowing the fuse I was using to protect the amp, which was a first for me. Anyway, is there any easy way to look at the components used and verify that it was an original US-amps product? It has obviously been repaired once at least because the caps don't all match, thermal goo was applied very carelessly, and some of the mosfets were obviously hand-soldered, but most of them look clean. Are there any traits that just scream "milo amp"? I'm thinking brand of wire used internally, or maybe capacitor or resistor brand or thermal rating (the big ones are all 85c, which surprised me, I would have guessed 105c) etc. Thanks for any help...