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I have a t30001bd amp that my "friends" said they would hook up for me. after they half way installed it before deciding that they wouldn't be able to do it, i took it to a car audio shop to look at my equipment and give me an estimate. after he looked at it, i got back in my car to leave. when i started it up, A LOT of smoke was coming from under the hood and within the car. the remote wire inside of my car also caught on fire, burning a trail into my carpet. i ran back into the shop to get the audio pro to put it out. he then found that the cause of this was that my remote wire was pierced by the board, causing the fire. if we would have waited any longer, my battery and car could have exploded. he also found that my outputs were blown and said something about my circuit board was shorted, but the fuse still wasn't blown. is there anything that i can do to fix my amp now?
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well, the fuse isnt there to protect the amp (unfortunately) its there to protect your car. The reason it didnt blow the fuse is because it takes alot to blow the 250 amp fuse or so and the short didnt create that much of a load. The amp can still and probably is blown. If in fact you bought it from an authorized dealer you can take it to them and see if they would replace it for you under warranty. The trim panels in your vehicle are held in place by metal retainer clips and if the reomote wire or any other wire for that matter is piched in there it could cause a short. and damage the unit.they said the output was blown? was that from the amplifier or the remote output from the radio? if its the remote output from the radio it would be an easy solve by hooking the remote wire up to the ignition wire of the radio (the red wire on an aftermarket unit) that way it would still turn on and off when the key was turned on or off.
Not sure what "pierced by the board" means but since this occured before the amp physically, I would think the amp should be ok. If the amp was the cause or power wires were shorted through the amp, then it's gone. A new one is the only option.
What type of amp should I use?
This is why you should have fuses on everything.
Usually an amp's fuse just pops like it's supposed to and not blow the amp, otherwise, whats the use of a fuse. Just try rewiring the burnt wires and this time please put a fuse, usually 30A, as close to your battery as possible to stop your whole car from burning up...
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