subs don't work, death by electricution? Options

[chandy1986]

I just got my car back from the shop and she is looking superb . I just hooked up my subwoofers to the why they were when I disconnected them. I accidently set off a spark when I was connecting the power wire. I think it sparked because I touch the power to the ground and it set off a spark. With this said would my subs not work if the amp is fried?

[Negative]

I just got my car back from the shop and she is looking superb . I just hooked up my subwoofers to the why they were when I disconnected them. I accidently set off a spark when I was connecting the power wire. I think it sparked because I touch the power to the ground and it set off a spark. With this said would my subs not work if the amp is fried?

Sounds like you fried the amp but I didn't follow you 100%. Do you have an in-line fuse? are there fuses on the amp? Check those you might just get lucky. That's what they are for after all.

[chandy1986]

The fuses are in the amps but i check those and they are not blown. so my amp is most likely fried? now i have a huge box taking up 85% of my trunk with no real purpose beside taking up space

[Lovo]

well if the fuses haven't blown then maybe the spark wasn't enough to even break the fuse... your amp should be working, in theory of course

[chandy1986]

if i wanted to get this fixed where can i take it and how much do you think they would charge? i preferably would like to do it myself lol

[D_Dawg]

id check the fuse on the power wire. i sparked mine and blew it up one time.

[soven]

amp still turning on? There should be a light which would show whether it is on or going into protection mode.(red usually)

[chandy1986]

hmmm i check the fuses on the amp but didn't check the fuse on the power line yet. thats probably the problem cuz i sparked my fog light wires like that b4 and the fuse blew lol. I'm sure if there is a light on the amp that tells if its on. I'll check it out tomorrow

thanks for the your help

This post has been edited by chandy1986: Feb 6, 2007 - 11:27 PM

[tim86]

yea man... the fuse on the power line will be the first to blow... replace that and your good... this happened to me a couple times when i was stupid taking subs out awhile back... If this isnt it, take it to an audio shop and they will prob check it out for free and only charge u a small service charge to fix it, depending on the problem and if the amp is still good (which it should be)

This post has been edited by tim86: Feb 7, 2007 - 12:18 AM

[Negative]

hmmm i check the fuses on the amp but didn't check the fuse on the power line yet.

That's what I meant by in-line fuse. Usually it will be on the amp's power wire just after the battery under the hood. That is what was supposed to blow in the sit you had. I have seen an amp blow and not the fuse before though so cross your fingers. Then your only problem will be getting a replacement fuse as they are usually huge versions of the blade type fuse our car uses and you will have to go to an audio shop to get one [buy an extra just in case ]
I hope thats all it is.
Edit - Oh yeah. Make sure to replace it with the same amperage.

This post has been edited by Negative: Feb 7, 2007 - 9:25 AM

[K-ESD]

hmmm i check the fuses on the amp but didn't check the fuse on the power line yet. thats probably the problem cuz i sparked my fog light wires like that b4 and the fuse blew lol. I'm sure if there is a light on the amp that tells if its on. I'll check it out tomorrow

thanks for the your help

you should turn off any live source before working on electrical. I hope you find a blown fuse.