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Car amplifier and capacitor problem

I have a 1200 watt amp with a capacitor hooked up to 2 12" MTX Subwoofers. I've had them hooked up good the past couple weeks and everything was sounding fine. Yesterday I noticed my ground wire running from my amp was loose, so I went to quickly tighten it down, while the radio was still on. When I was tightening it, it sparked, and all power to the capacitor and amp went off. I checked both radio fuses in my car, the fuses in the amp, and the fuse on my power wire, and al of them look fine. Anyone know what happened?? Any help would be appreciated.

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confusion1431
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You may have sent voltage spikes into the control components of your amp.

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Reply to
Meat Plow

Is there any way it can be fixed or do I need to get a new amp all together?

Reply to
confusion1431

You'll have to take it to the shop, or get under the cover. We can't diagnose it remotely. Is there an internal fuse that may have blown?

I once fixed a high-power auto amp someone had thrown out; they had miswired it, but all that fried was a small section of track inside. A bit of wire and solder, and I had a nice-sounding amp.

Hope that's all it takes for yours.

Reply to
Randy Day

Probably blown the output transistors.

Reply to
Marra

So sorry, however, I won't miss ANY car that needs 1200 watts of audio amplifier.

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Lord Garth

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