I was sitting in my car listening to music, the engine was turned off, the key was on Acc. I start the engine, then a loud static boom comes out of my front speakers. Now I've got only bass.

I hook up my components to my sub's amp, the speakers are playing loud and clear. So it's definetly the amp that fried. But now, why fry like that all of a sudden?

I now have a new amp for my componenets, but I do notice a similar pattern coming back. If I start the engine after listening to music on Acc, I get a whining in my front speakers and it disapears within seconds

Anybody has a clue?

Here is are inside pictures of the amp in question.

 

needa bigger fuse....make sure ur inline is still good, and then make sure ur amp fuses arent blowing...you should never fry an amp from turning on the car unlesss your ground conneciton is bad or a wire is lose. my experience is that your ground is prolly shatty or a wire is comming out somehwere that needs to have a clean conneciton....did u install your own stereo or did u have it done?

 

easy ways to see if you are running too littel fuse is to see how hot your wire is by touching it (stupid but works), see if your headlights dim when the sub hits......and watch your volts.....hooku up a volt meter to your battery sicne the lancer doesnt have one in the lcuster.....if your headlights dim when it hits, then you need a cap

but most likely its the fuse. your amp is not the problem in 9/10 situations.....its a fuse or a wire thats loose. ive done oodles of instals back in the high school days in autoshop.....crappy guage wire, small fuses, and bad connections was the main reason stuff got fried. good luck

 

I agree check the fuse but if the fuse isn't blown and the amp actually is the problem then most likely you will need to replace the whole amp unless its under warrentee. If the fuse blew thats an easy and cheap fix. Also make sure if you replace the fuse that its a quick blow fuse and that its not too big because its better that the fuse pop than the amp.

 

I've been runing that setup for over a year.
My speakers are now hooked up to another amp using all the same wiring and it works fine.

I know I'm running small power wire (8gauge), the inline fuses are 60 amp each. None of them are blown. The fuses on the amps are still good as well. If I put that fried amp back in, it is getting power, it's just giving me any music I will definetely look into ground connection though(can't wait till my next break ).

 

does the amp have a burnt smell? also, check these chips to see if they are blown (it will be obvious)