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08-02-2007, 12:13 AM
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4th Gear Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: scarborough
Posts: 731
Car: 645ci
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amp started smoking but still works
ok this is really wierd i just got a new sub i wired it up, and as i was driving smoke started cominning out of the trunk pulled over opened the trunk and there as a lottt of smoke comming out of the amp, it was clearly comming from inside the amp i can see this because i have an MA audio amp and the cover has little holes all over it, i know sometimes smoke comes when the power wire touches another wire, put i am positive this wasnt the case, it was comming out of the amp for sure. So i thought ok amp is done i m screwed, the weird thing was started the car up and the amp worked just fine. Anyone know what this could have been? I know paul is one of the most knowledgeable guys on this forum when it comes to systems hes helped me out with some of my questions before, any idea what this might have been from paul or anyone else?
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08-02-2007, 06:54 AM
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Bimmerhead
Join Date: May 2006
Location: GTA
Posts: 1,053
Car: 1994 325i
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maybe water damage.....
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08-02-2007, 11:03 AM
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Moderator/Event-Coordinator
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Stance
Posts: 13,105
Car: S54 Z3M & 325iT/5
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Originally Posted by tig
i just got a new sub i wired it up
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Impedance too low for the amp. Check your sub and amp specs as well as wiring layout (if sub is DVC).
Jay
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08-02-2007, 04:04 PM
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4th Gear Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: scarborough
Posts: 731
Car: 645ci
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by Mystikal
Impedance too low for the amp. Check your sub and amp specs as well as wiring layout (if sub is DVC).
Jay
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is the amp still ok tho thats what i m worried about, it still works but i m scared something blew in the amp that gonna effect in in the long run
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08-03-2007, 11:57 PM
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3rd Gear Member
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: st. thomas
Posts: 375
Car: e46 328
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don't buy MA garbage inn the first place
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08-24-2007, 07:31 AM
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No-Budget Enthusiast
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Roslin, ON
Posts: 674
Car: 1995 325is //M
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electronics & smoke are never a good combination. There's most likely a resistor that is now a puddle of plastic inside your amp. You'll probably notice problems when you start to really work the amp.
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09-12-2007, 01:17 PM
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6th Gear Member
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Ottawa
Posts: 4,936
Car: 08 Civic
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lower_Level
electronics & smoke are never a good combination. There's most likely a resistor that is now a puddle of plastic inside your amp. You'll probably notice problems when you start to really work the amp.
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Ditto..
do you blow alot of fuses? That's what happened to my old one, running it way to hot, blew fuses left and right and then one day poof smoke. Never worked again. That amp is gone now..
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09-14-2007, 09:00 AM
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6th Gear Member
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Wooda-bridga
Posts: 2,366
Car: Mini Countryman JCW
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That's magic smoke................ and magic smoke is the amps way of talking to you and telling you it's gonna be $$$$ time soon.
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Current : 2013 Mini Countryman JCW, 2007 Z4M Roadster
Past: '88 E30 M3, '69 BMW 2002 Ti, 2000 328i, Audi A6 TT, BMW X5 3.0i , Audi A4, Mini Cooper Clubman S 1.8T
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