Hi all. Noob to this site here.
I've had an old Power Acoustik TS980 amp around from a previous car and I decided to put it in my sailboat lately. I wired it up in test fine bridged mono to my 12 DVC sub and it was great. Then I wanted to conceal the wires better so I drilled holes and rerouted them through hidden channels in the hull. Unfortunately I did it with all red wire and taped the ends of one to indicate ground. Naturally one end slipped off while pulling the wires through a hole and I wound up switching them like a dipsh1t. Touched the wire to the amp and sparks flew. Touched it again quickly thinking that the amp's caps were just empty and blew both 30 amp fuses... The remote was left unconnected and no sound source was connected. That's what it finally took for me to check my wiring and see it was backwards.
So I replaced the fuses and corrected my wiring. Same thing... Even without the remote, speakers, and input. I pulled the cover to look for any solder I may have melted and created a short but no luck. All looks good. Has anyone else had this experience or quick guesses as to what I may have fried?
Thanks
I've had an old Power Acoustik TS980 amp around from a previous car and I decided to put it in my sailboat lately. I wired it up in test fine bridged mono to my 12 DVC sub and it was great. Then I wanted to conceal the wires better so I drilled holes and rerouted them through hidden channels in the hull. Unfortunately I did it with all red wire and taped the ends of one to indicate ground. Naturally one end slipped off while pulling the wires through a hole and I wound up switching them like a dipsh1t. Touched the wire to the amp and sparks flew. Touched it again quickly thinking that the amp's caps were just empty and blew both 30 amp fuses... The remote was left unconnected and no sound source was connected. That's what it finally took for me to check my wiring and see it was backwards.
So I replaced the fuses and corrected my wiring. Same thing... Even without the remote, speakers, and input. I pulled the cover to look for any solder I may have melted and created a short but no luck. All looks good. Has anyone else had this experience or quick guesses as to what I may have fried?
Thanks