the water is probably causing a short somewhere...put a fan on it for a few days...it should be ok.

 

pop the top open, let is dry out for a few days.

 

PULL THE FUSE BEFORE YOU OPEN THE AMP. also get some rubbing alcohol and some Qtips and clean any contacts that could have gotten wet. there will be residue left over if you just let it dry and it can cause problems later down the road.

 

well the thing is it got wet like 2 weeks ago and its still doing it... should i still try to clean off all the contacts? (contacts are all the soldering dots on the chip board right?) lol

 

yep. disconnect it completely and take it apart. you may see the prolem.

 

yep. disconnect it completely and take it apart. you may see the prolem.

i had it disconnected for about 5 days now, i did it too see if i could visibly see the problem, which i cant

but when i was just now cleaning it off with rubbing alcohol there was a good amount of mildew in a little spot, i cleaned it off but i dont know for sure if that is why it was heating up and not working

im going to go to radio shack tommarow and pick up some new fuses and see if it will work, lets yall know what happens

 

well? what happened?

 

well i hooked it back up and this time right after turning the car to acc. i ran to the back to see where heat/smoke was coming from on my amp

one of the resistors (i think its a resistor) was very hot and i had notice a little bit of smoke come off of it..

soo i took the amp apart and got my soldering iron and took off the 'resistor' off the board, im taking it into radio shack tommarow to get a replacement

let yall know what the deal is after that

 

Yup, sounds like it got power sometime when it was wet...

I recently had the same thing.. I got caught in a severe thunder/hail storm, 20 miles from home with my top, but no windows or doors. So my back seat is apart and drying (I never did get around to painting my personal box.. go figure...) but the wood suprisingly didn't get wet. And the amp is also still drying... I will put it back together this weekend. It's been about 2 weeks...

Everyone knows my system so, let's just say.. I had 6" of standing water in the rig (and this happened twice in the same week, second time I left the windows down to try to dry it out when a rainstorm hit and the runoff of the garage went RIGHT in the window... Enough water it was pooring out the door seams...)

Anyhow, the key to surviving this problem is just time.. the longer you let it dry out, the more likely it will work ok. Also opening it and removing any mildew or surface corrosion is also key.

 

well i replaced the resistor and hooked the amp up, and smoke still came from the same resistor. im thinkig the problem lies inside the board and i have no control over fixing it... in other words im about to flush 300 dollars down the toilet!

 

No, the problem likely isn't that resisiter, it's something feeding it. Something else in the circuit is causing that resister to get too much power. If you take it to an electronics repair shop, they can probably track it down for you.

 

No, the problem likely isn't that resisiter, it's something feeding it. Something else in the circuit is causing that resister to get too much power. If you take it to an electronics repair shop, they can probably track it down for you.

and for less than 300 bucks.

 

I've been working on a design for a water proof amp enclosure for a Jeep. But in the process I didn't figure there'd be a high demand as I didn't think many people had that much of a problem. Do you guys think there's enough of a demand to put one or two out?

 

I've been working on a design for a water proof amp enclosure for a Jeep. But in the process I didn't figure there'd be a high demand as I didn't think many people had that much of a problem. Do you guys think there's enough of a demand to put one or two out?

wouldnt the amp get to hot inside an enclosure?

 

wouldnt the amp get to hot inside an enclosure?

Not with a fan cooling system. That's the idea.

 

Fan enclosure huh....Then it wouldnt be so water tight would it? YOu cant just seal and throw fans in there, pushing hot air around inside ther enclosure is not going to cool down the amp.

 

Fan enclosure huh....Then it wouldnt be so water tight would it? YOu cant just seal and throw fans in there, pushing hot air around inside ther enclosure is not going to cool down the amp.

Once the prototype is built, I'll post it up.. Even with the fans bringing in outside air it will still be completely sealed from water.

 

how can you seal something but have air flow to cool?

 

how can you seal something but have air flow to cool?

You use tubing to route air in from elsewhere. Similar to a snorkel for the Jeep. You don't want water in your air filter just as you don't want water in your amp.

 

id like to see this, you could have a fan that sucks in air from a diff. place that is cool and a fan that puts the hot air out and to a diff spot

 

id like to see this, you could have a fan that sucks in air from a diff. place that is cool and a fan that puts the hot air out and to a diff spot

Exactly. Inside a 1/2" plastic sealed enclosure. If anything you'll short out the fuse going to your battery with the water, but then you're out $3.99 or whatever to get a new fuse.