exalted512
05-19-2004, 11:27 PM
yes, thats right, to add to my amazing luck, ive blown a sub
well actually, a few weeks ago i posted that my amp blew and i sent it back to RF and they said they fixed it, but im not sure if anything was wrong with it b/c i just automatically assumed it was the amp because of my infinite faith in Polk
well i go to install the amp today...ive had it for like 2 weeks and its just been in my room sitting there
and the damn thing wont even turn on
i switch the power wires and the REM wire from another amp that was working to the one that wasnt
nothing
call RF
after another 30 minutes of trouble shooting over the phone...nothing
i get an RA number and they send me some UPS thing to my email that i print out and put on the box so it doesnt cost me money to ship
well one of the things i did over the phone was switch out fuses, even though the one on the distro block did not appear to be blown
so i switched, still the amp would not turn on
well i get off the phone with RF and go to reinstall everything i have pulled apart
now the amp for my components wont turn on
at this point im about to kill somebody
i troubleshoot it with no results
i take out the fuse and replace it with another one
comes on
and im like hey...this might be the fuse i used to test the 550S that i just got back from RF
so i get another fuse and put it in the distroblock going to the "blown" 550S
success
it turns on
turns out the fuse that i originally had was blown
and the fuse i used to test it with was right out of the distro block of another amp that was working
well i guess when i snapped it in it broke as well
none of them appeared to be blown, but they were
at this point im think...alright! everything IS working
hook it up to the speaker
nothing
wtf?
switch out some wires on the amp even though im 99% sure theyre right
nothing
so i hook it up to the sub that is working
the sub starts playing
at this point im thinking maybe the wire somehow came off the terminal on the inside of the box, either on the sub itself or the spring-loaded terminal on the box
i mean i did take the grill off, even though i did not move it at all, i didnt think i did anyway...i had it upright when i took it out so i wouldnt have to mess with it
well i take the sub out and hook it up directly the speaker wire on the amp
nothing
at this point i knew...the mm124 was dead
i press the cone in and it sounds like sand paper
im guessing the voice coil is TOTALLY FRIED
i have never heard a speaker sound like this
if i hit it kind of hard i can actually hear the metal that has come apart
sounds like a spring almost
so Polk is getting a call tomorrow...its still in warranty for another 3 months...lol
i am just having one awesome week...:rolleyes:
-Cody
well actually, a few weeks ago i posted that my amp blew and i sent it back to RF and they said they fixed it, but im not sure if anything was wrong with it b/c i just automatically assumed it was the amp because of my infinite faith in Polk
well i go to install the amp today...ive had it for like 2 weeks and its just been in my room sitting there
and the damn thing wont even turn on
i switch the power wires and the REM wire from another amp that was working to the one that wasnt
nothing
call RF
after another 30 minutes of trouble shooting over the phone...nothing
i get an RA number and they send me some UPS thing to my email that i print out and put on the box so it doesnt cost me money to ship
well one of the things i did over the phone was switch out fuses, even though the one on the distro block did not appear to be blown
so i switched, still the amp would not turn on
well i get off the phone with RF and go to reinstall everything i have pulled apart
now the amp for my components wont turn on
at this point im about to kill somebody
i troubleshoot it with no results
i take out the fuse and replace it with another one
comes on
and im like hey...this might be the fuse i used to test the 550S that i just got back from RF
so i get another fuse and put it in the distroblock going to the "blown" 550S
success
it turns on
turns out the fuse that i originally had was blown
and the fuse i used to test it with was right out of the distro block of another amp that was working
well i guess when i snapped it in it broke as well
none of them appeared to be blown, but they were
at this point im think...alright! everything IS working
hook it up to the speaker
nothing
wtf?
switch out some wires on the amp even though im 99% sure theyre right
nothing
so i hook it up to the sub that is working
the sub starts playing
at this point im thinking maybe the wire somehow came off the terminal on the inside of the box, either on the sub itself or the spring-loaded terminal on the box
i mean i did take the grill off, even though i did not move it at all, i didnt think i did anyway...i had it upright when i took it out so i wouldnt have to mess with it
well i take the sub out and hook it up directly the speaker wire on the amp
nothing
at this point i knew...the mm124 was dead
i press the cone in and it sounds like sand paper
im guessing the voice coil is TOTALLY FRIED
i have never heard a speaker sound like this
if i hit it kind of hard i can actually hear the metal that has come apart
sounds like a spring almost
so Polk is getting a call tomorrow...its still in warranty for another 3 months...lol
i am just having one awesome week...:rolleyes:
-Cody