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shawn
Posts: 2 Joined: Sat Jul 11, 2009 8:35 am
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by shawn Sat Jul 11, 2009 8:45 am
I just got this amp for free and I hooked it up and it keeps blowing the first 2 fuses any ideas?
bogart
Posts: 1533 Joined: Thu Dec 18, 2008 6:30 pmLocation: SE PORTLAND
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by bogart Sat Jul 11, 2009 9:47 am
if a fuse just pops like that there are generally power supply issues. If you have a power supply try to power it with a very light load and see whats up...like 5 amp and watch to see where it is shorting
shawn
Posts: 2 Joined: Sat Jul 11, 2009 8:35 am
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by shawn Sat Jul 11, 2009 2:09 pm
The fuses that are popping are 20 amp. There the ones in the amp. There are four and two keep popping
ttocs
the Floor Sweeping Hack with Golden Ears
Posts: 14797 Joined: Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:53 pm
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by ttocs Sat Jul 11, 2009 6:10 pm
take the cover off and take a look for anything that looks wrong. Swollen caps, blackened componants or parts of the circuit board ect....
gridracer
RIP
Posts: 1853 Joined: Wed Dec 20, 2006 7:19 pm
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by gridracer Sun Jul 12, 2009 12:24 am
I bought a new XS2500 for my cousin from my favorite shop and it was sent back to PG 3 times for the same power supply problems when it happened the 4th time he tossed it in the saskatchewan river in Saskatoon
Cox
Posts: 30 Joined: Tue Jul 14, 2009 8:04 am
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by Cox Wed Jul 15, 2009 10:16 am
ha ha, im like a km away from that very same river.....
Bfowler
Briaans..... BRIAAAAANNNNNNS
Posts: 10769 Joined: Wed Dec 06, 2006 11:06 amLocation: So easy, a cavewomen could do him
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by Bfowler Wed Jul 15, 2009 10:27 am
^you are going to rent scuba gear right now aren't you...
my ex-girlfriend said "its car audio or me"
fuzzysnuggleduck
Soy Milquetoast
Posts: 4423 Joined: Wed Dec 06, 2006 1:08 pmLocation: The best place on earth
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by fuzzysnuggleduck Wed Jul 15, 2009 10:46 am
Sass-catch-a-wahne!
SOLD: '91 PG 4Runner
smgreen20
Posts: 2873 Joined: Wed Dec 20, 2006 11:23 amLocation: Somewhere in Between
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by smgreen20 Wed Jul 15, 2009 2:32 pm
Bfowler wrote: ^you are going to rent scuba gear right now aren't you...
I was thinking about it.
"ZPA's will have the same sound essentially as you get from the MS, they just feature a bigger shinier set of balls."
waynehead
No, you're a towel.
Posts: 938 Joined: Fri Aug 01, 2008 8:26 amLocation: Butthole of Ohio
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by waynehead Sun Jul 19, 2009 2:37 pm
I had a xs2300 that was blowing fuses and it was the mosfets.
We don't need no stinkin' bass boost!
