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A//// Guy
09-30-2004, 10:32 PM
I bought an MTX RT2400 amplifier off ebay from a big seller.

Finished hooking it up tonight, hooked it all up right and made sure (triple checked it). Well I finished hooking up the fuse holder and connected the 60Amp fuse for one second and then I heard a quiet pop coming from the trunk (I was under the hood).

I take the fuse out quickly.. I was basically just holding it together to see what would happen when its connected all up. Well I go back to the trunk and theres smoke coming out of the bottom of the amp. I look at all the fuses (the 60A up front-and the 2 30 amp fuses on the amp and none of them are burnt up...

Thats why Im wondering WTF happened and was it just a POS from the start? I havent contacted the seller yet but will tommorow unless anyone has some advice.

-Peter
Matt D.
09-30-2004, 10:57 PM
I'd just pop the cover off the amp and take a look. Not that it matters but did the remote wire have power at the time?
A//// Guy
09-30-2004, 11:05 PM
The car was off so the remote wire shouldnt have had power. Ill pop the cover and take a look, also tommorow Ill check all the connections over again with test light.

Im just surprised it the wiring has a short why the fuses didnt blow.
LightningGSX
09-30-2004, 11:22 PM
Thats usually what happens when power and ground are reversed.If you're sure it was hooked up correctly, it was probably defective in the first place.
INTRIGUED
10-01-2004, 05:30 AM
I'd say, if you want my guys to take a look at it PM me. I will get it fixed or at least find out what happened. I have a pretty good connection to people up here in Dull-luth that will give me a decent price on anything. Let me know.
IneedaGSX
10-01-2004, 08:55 PM
Hey if you need a multimeter pm me I should have one as of monday.

:goodluck:
A//// Guy
10-01-2004, 09:01 PM
Well I ran all new power cable again just to make sure there were no shorts in the cable and I grounded it in a much better location but the unit seems to be garbage.

Now I can hook up the power wire but when you turn the key on and the remote signal turns the amp on it does the same thing (sparks and smoke).

So I emailed the seller and wish me good luck!