Hi guys, hoping you can give me some help here; I have a pair of Sapphire 3.0x amps that have been giving sterling service for years, but one of them draws around 300mA when it's off (standby) which obviously kills my car battery!
Any ideas what the problem may be? I have a fair level of electronics experience so I reckon I could possibly fix it if I know what the issue is.
Is there a possibility that the power wire may be touching metal somewhere? Over time, the plastic can ware through under the constant vibration. Ya might check it at the firewall for sure but from battery back would be a good idea.
Those tender little burgers with them little, itty-bitty grilled onions that just explode in ya mouth like flavor crystals every time you bite into one.. just makes me want to burn this muthafuka down.... Come on, Pookie, let's burn this muthafuka down!!!
The system was de-installed from one car and has sat in the new car disconneted for a while because I know this amp has a problem, the cabling is all fine (I've visually inspected it since taking it out of the old car) plus if it was shorting on the firewall to cause this problem, the other Sapphire that is in the system and daisy chained to the problematic one would also have the same problem (but it doesn't).
Got an Exile X300.2 for £80 ex-demo from a friend that runs a car audio store and then some meathead jumped on the roof of my car Saturday night which looks like it will be an insurance write off.
