hey guys. I was drivin today and my amp and my subs had shut off. looked at my amp and no lights at all was on. Stopped side of road and checked it couldn't find nothing wrong.. popped the hood and checked the big fuse in the wire harness from the amp the fuse was blown to peices. it's a 40 Fuse pretty big and it took alot to blow it.. Must be a Major short i'm guessing. where could i check cause i have no idea what to check for... Thanks guys. hope you can help me out.

ok i need a configuration on what your hookup is. email me, i do amp install and speakers for a living. best way to get me is pm or cell 847.612.9911 and i will check back.

What were you doing when it blew? Was the stereo turned up? What kind of song was playing? Something with lots of deep bass, Bass Mekanik etc?

How big is your amp (watts RMS)? Is your sub amp a class D, A/AB? Did you notice any funny smell coming from your amp after the fuse popped?

40 amps isn't very big when it comes to car audio (my 150.1s draw well over 200 amps each at full power), and it could very well be that your amp just drew more than 40 amps on a big bass hit if you had the stereo turned up. If it wasn't up loud then you may have a more serious problem.

Check all your connections at your amp to make sure that you don't have strands of power wire touching your ground terminal (or vice versa) or PW strands touching any part of the amp's case or any metal part of the vehicle. *If* your fuse blew at low volume and you don't see any wires touching things they shouldn't be, DON'T replace the fuse, and take it in to get tested at a shop. If everything looks good, I would just replace the fuse and turn your stereo on at low volume to see if the amp powers up and makes music. If it makes music you'll know that you didn' t have a dead short. If the fuse pops at low volume then you definitely have a short somewhere.

J.J. Lecznar wrote:... bring ur @!#$ over here and i wil blow what u have to hell.... ill put @!#$in 200 dollars on it...

*wipes tears from eyes*