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I once hooked up two 2-0hm Kicker XPL 12's in parallel to an Earthquake 300TX bridged mono. The amp kicked in protection mode and then blew the fuse. I hooked it up correctly and it worked fine for about a month and then it fried. Moral of the story- never listen to ignorant friend who thinks a regular amp can handle one ohm bridged mono. boxman
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Posts: 13 | From: Ranburne, AL 36273 | Registered: May 1999
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I picked up a Infinity Kappa 202a for about $50 from a really rich friend who just wanted to get rid of it.
I used this amp while I was looking my PPI A600.2
Well the day came around that I found the amp I was waiting for and I had about 7 subs laying around in my basement that me or my little brother weren't going to use anymore..
2 older 2 ohm Kicker XPLs 3 older 4 ohm Kicker COMPs and 2 Pioneer Premier 4 Ohm subs (these are actually great subs but I decided to through them in there anyway)
well I brided everything and hooked it up just to see what would happen..
I put them in my car and I cranked it up..
after about 5 minutes I opened the trunk and that aluminum amp was a pinkish color and all of the silk screening was curled up around the edges
and the plastic piece that covered the setting was bubbled up and melted to it.
I waited a while and put onlt the pioneers on it and it seemed to work fine.. I sold the amp for $40 the kid is still using it today
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Posts: 305 | From: State College - Penn State University | Registered: Jul 1999
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in my first car, i was running two 10" rf audiophiles off of a rf series 1 4600. shouldn't have been any problem, right? seperated the spider on both tens first. after those were replaced, i burned up the right side RCAs. that was in 95, and i just got it in the mail, repaired, two days ago.
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The first amp I smoked was a little Orion 220GT.Power wire came loose and shorted it out.Never knew such a bad smell could come out of such a small amp! Oh ya,it was a borrowed amp...oops!My second amp I blew was a PPI A600.It didn't like running at a 1 ohm mono load!OOPS AGAIN!Actually played for 3 hours or so and was damn loud,but then just stopped.HA!Did have a warranty so they fixed it and I still have it.
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quote:Originally posted by Funk0delic: I've killed one amp so far, and that was a Jensen. When I first started getting into car audio, my first amp was a Jensen (50x4, probably really did 15x4 or something). Anyway, I was washin' my baby, and I guess the seal on my trunk isn't all that great and some water got on my Jensen. When I turned on my car, I didn't have any stereo. I was like, WTF?! So I walk back and there my Jensen is, smoking and water all over it.
I still haven't killed my RF 800a2 though. I've been runnin' her at 1ohm mono, and she has yet to cut out on me. I don't see why people say they don't make RF's like they used to...
sorry i live in coldwater right off 69 like 20 mil from marshell
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About 2 weeks ago I was helping a friend hook up some subs in his truck that he bought from some guy for like 50 bucks. Really old MTX 10's and a little THUMP amp. Anyway we hooked it up to his Jensen CD Player, wow! Anyways, shot the RCA jacks out of the amp and burnt a hole in his carpet.
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just the other day, i was helping my buddy put his new(well new to him) amp in his car, the amp kickted for like 30mins, then just shut off, we opned the trunk to find flames comming out of the side of the amp, we just cut the wires and trought it in the snow, man what a mess. the amp was a little mtx bluethunder pro 725
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Jensens seem to be the popular amp to destroy in here, so I guess I'll join the party w/ my melted Jensen story. The very first amp I owned was a used Jensen I bought from a guy at my old high school (been so long, i don't remember the model) I took it home and hooked it up (already had the truck wired and waiting). It was bridged to 2 ohms on a pair of 12W0-4's. I turned on my head unit, had bass for about 30 seconds, and them just smoke. When i opened up the amp, most of the board had actually fused together into a big green and silver blob... good learning experience for me, Jensen sucks!
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ok, here's an update.... the 250m2......caught on fire....had flames coming out of it....
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