amp troubles

[Bayt 0]

Alright so I had a nine.1 I bought used. Worked great for a couple months then all 4 fuses would blow on it. So I sent it to eD under warranty. Finally recieved one back after like 3 months of waiting. Installed the amp, worked for about 5-10 minutes then did the same thing. The amp was extremely hot to the touch also. eD wasn't much help so I decided to say fudge it and I purchased a used SAZ-1500D from Jacob which should be arriving Monday.

I've been talking back and forth with Jacob about this problem and he said that there might be a short in my power wire. Theres only one spot where the rubber encasing is wore down a little bit but none of the wires inside it are poking out and that part of the wire doesn't rest on metal. So I'm just seeing if anyone else has any input. I personally think its eD's amps but I don't know. I don't want to install the 1500 and have the same thing happen and be SOL.

I took the bottom off of the amp and the bottom cover had blackened around the green wire/mosfet area. also the green wire in the middle seemed to not have solder on the end of the connection.

[JimJ 11]

How did that get worn down in the first place?

Other than that, I'd have to say Value Electronics FTW

[Bayt 0]

How did that get worn down in the first place?

Other than that, I'd have to say Value Electronics FTW

I have no idea. heh.

Value Electronics?

[johnecon2001 82]

Possibly a short in your speaker cables? Maybe its making like a .05 ohm load for some reason.

Shorts are crazy things. I would test EVERYTHING before installing the new amp to verify functionality.

[Bayt 0]

Possibly a short in your speaker cables? Maybe its making like a .05 ohm load for some reason.

Shorts are crazy things. I would test EVERYTHING before installing the new amp to verify functionality.

I looked over the speaker cables and they looked fine.

How would I go about testing "everything"?

[JimJ 11]

Use a DMM to check continuity in the speaker wires, power cables...

[johnecon2001 82]

Use a DMM to check continuity in the speaker wires, power cables...

What he said.

[Bayt 0]

update: recieved the amp today, installed it, its good to have some thump in my trunk now.