quick repair question

[nutxo]

I got burned in a trade on an old eclipse amp.

The amp doesn't power on and there was no power at the fuses and no wires got warm. I popped it open and the ground for the power section had obviously gotten very hot but was intact but the trace from the power connector to the fuses is burned.

Can I jumper from the connector to the fuses safely?

[trickyricky]

Yes but after you know what caused it and have replaced those damaged components.

[nutxo]

Yes but after you know what caused it and have replaced those damaged components.

I had the same thing happen on an xs amp once. It was from touching the screwdriver to the chassis while the power wire was hooked up. I was told that the fix was what I just described.

[trickyricky]

Well it wouldn't hurt to open it up and do an visual inspection. If this is the case then I don't see why it would hurt to repair the trace with a jumper wire (proper gauge) or some solder wick that is thick enough to cover the whole trace that's open. Whatever you do, DO NOT JUMP/BYPASS the fuses if you do so make sure you have proper fusing few inches away from the amp.

I just repaired a XS4600 (second one actually) and this one had a little bit of water damage on only one part of the board that caused a bit of corrosion and open two traces. I cleaned up the mess and add a jumper wire one of the traces and solder wick on the other one. Gave it some juice and the amplifier powered up as it should. Before it wouldn't even turn on at all, so this may be a similar case but you wont find out until you opened it up and actually see those traces open.

[nutxo]

Well it wouldn't hurt to open it up and do an visual inspection. If this is the case then I don't see why it would hurt to repair the trace with a jumper wire (proper gauge) or some solder wick that is thick enough to cover the whole trace that's open. Whatever you do, DO NOT JUMP/BYPASS the fuses if you do so make sure you have proper fusing few inches away from the amp.

I just repaired a XS4600 (second one actually) and this one had a little bit of water damage on only one part of the board that caused a bit of corrosion and open two traces. I cleaned up the mess and add a jumper wire one of the traces and solder wick on the other one. Gave it some juice and the amplifier powered up as it should. Before it wouldn't even turn on at all, so this may be a similar case but you wont find out until you opened it up and actually see those traces open.

I cant find anything at all aside from the burned trace. It looks like it still has the original fuses in the thing too. Doesnt really make sense why a trace would burn but no pop the fuses though. Ill give it a shot in the next few days or when I have time off this next week maybe. Thanks for the replies.

[audiophyle_247]

If the short happened at the terminal (outside of amp) the internal fuse wouldnt have done anything but the trace could have been damaged by heat from the short if the fuse at the battery didnt pop (or was missing). Does the outside terminal show any sort of damage?

It sounds like you are just wanting to run a jumper from the terminal block to the fuse inside the amp, not bypassing it just reconnecting it back to the terminal. If thats right then it should be perfectly fine.