Donohue96M6Z28

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I was driving earlier, and after about 5 minutes, I heard the rear speakers "crackling", looked back and saw sparks coming from my amp. I pulled over immediately and unhooked the amp. Any ideas of why this happened? Fair to say the amp is toast?

dilatedpeoples28

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wire came loose and was hitting other metal? if not then something happened internally which isnt good.

02ws666

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more then likely the ground came undone or loose... have oyu checked that?

ImpSS07

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Both of them could be right. Only way to know if your amp is toast is the hook it back up. Check your fuses on the amp and under the hood. What kind of amp was it? What were you pushing?

kmgsix08

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ground wire would be the first place id check

Donohue96M6Z28

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I'll check that tomorrow before class, thanks for the help guys.

mr_montellano

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if the ground came loose then well maybe...

seen this happen when the wires come loose on the speakers and they ground out! check it all out see what happens... first check every wire slowley n make sure everything's ok....

Donohue96M6Z28

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I didnt have much time to look at other wires... But the ground wire was fine, and the wires going to the speaker were fine as well.

dilatedpeoples28

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if all the wires are fine then hook it back up and see what happens

Donohue96M6Z28

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I just hooked it back up. It works... Im a little weary on using my stereo though . It scared the **** out of me when it started sparking the other day.

TurdsOfMayhem

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Are you using spade connectors or just wedging the wires under the screw and tightning them down? LOL If doing it w/o spades, probably had a few threads (thats all it takes) to ground it out.

So, if not using spades, would recommend them.

Donohue96M6Z28

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Nah man Im not using spades, guess I'll get a few