Weird Amp Fault :/

[nissanskyrice]

So I just spent all bloody weekend installing my new sound system into my R34. eclipse 2way splits in the doors and then yesterday the headunit and amp. long story short at 11pm last night i connected the battery and the amp buzzed and then produced quite a large amount of smoke I put my crappy $100 boss amp in its place and it worked fine. also tested the ground again and its fine. I put the eclipse amp back in and it worked! WTF? I have disconnected it and am taking it back. better be replaced under warranty. has anyone else had an amp smoke like that and then work fine afterwards?

None of the fuses blew. I only had the two front channels hooked up and nothing in the rear channels.

[Adelaideprosound]

I have never had a faulty amp straight out of the box, especially a brand name like Eclipse.

[nissanskyrice]

I have never had a faulty amp straight out of the box, especially a brand name like Eclipse.

Yeah I've never had that happen before either. I've done heaps of installs and this is the first time I've actually spent money on some decent quality gear and to have this happen really pi$$es me off. I always do everything really slowly and more than tripple check things because I'm always afraid I'll forget something and I did that even more this time since it aint cheap stuff I'm using. I even got my housemates to check everything over a couple of times to make sure it was all correct before connecting the battery. The only other time I've had an amp go was when a mate shorted the battery with a socket wrench. Was his stuff though.

[Kane_R32]

Would hope the place that sold it replaces it, usually voids warrenty unless installed by a dealer.

I have 2 eclipse amps, sub and deck with no dramas installed professionally.

[TRD1JZ]

yep had an old alpine V12 smoke before and worked fine after...

was due to a poor ground...

what size cable you got for your earth?

what fuse is on the eclipse amp?

[DRD-00F]

I've had shit smoke and work fine... normally it is wires inside the unit heating up and either burning off plastic or bits of itself, but it still has connectivity... so it still technically works...

Most places are fine with amplifier warranty, but only warrant the subs if installed proffesionally...

Bet it scared the shit out of you though huh

[nissanskyrice]

Ive got 4ga from battery with an 80amp fuse thru to boot and that splits into 2x 8ga via a distro block to both the eclipse amp and my crappy boss amp. these both have 8ga grounded to the same point. also i have a 60amp fuse inline for the eclipse which can draw 90 and a 40 on the boss which can draw 60 so aint gonna be maxin out the amps ever. been working fine since so not too worried anymore but yeah i needed to change my pants.

[Chris Rogers]

I had one (elcipse) do that. no idea why. was a 4ch one that did it. seems to be a common thing.

[nissanskyrice]

maybe there should be a warning sticker on them sayin they will smoke on first use or something