Power In-Line fuse keeps blowing

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Mar 7, 2015 | 08:18 PM

haze324

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Power In-Line fuse keeps blowing

I have a PPI 900.4 in one of my bags and the other day riding I hit a bump and the inline fuse blew. Figured I had a short somewhere. I replaced the fuse and it blew right away. I pulled my cables and noticed the power cable had some frays on it at the entry point/hole of the bag (it was kinda tight).

So tonight I pulled the wires out, made the hole a tad bigger and used smaller speaker wires and a 4 channel into 1 cable to make some space, along with 8ga power and ground wires. Plenty of wiggle room.

I hooked it up, the amp turned on and immediately I heard a light "whining" type noise and pop the AGU fuse blew.

All wires are new. No speakers were connected. I have a second amp in the fairing connected the same way and it turned right now. If I fried my amp, I'm getting a BT4180

Mar 7, 2015 | 08:23 PM

davidwruth

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When fuses blow instantly, almost always shorting to ground somewhere. You need to trace all the wiring. Sorry it's a bummer

Mar 7, 2015 | 08:30 PM

haze324

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Originally Posted by davidwruth

When fuses blow instantly, almost always shorting to ground somewhere. You need to trace all the wiring. Sorry it's a bummer

I'm gonna re-check it now. Thing is I just replaced EVERY wire/cable.

Going to try and pull it out and connect some short wires to see if it still blows.

This blows!

Mar 7, 2015 | 08:39 PM

haze324

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........ehhhhhhh, pretty sure the amp is fried!! Fak.

So I connected it to the same connections of my other amp (was working so figure they are fine). Connected ground, remote, and as the power cable touch the amp it started to spark. Then after a second or two smoke came out of the amp.

Can't be good.

Mar 7, 2015 | 09:01 PM

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That sucks, but deep down you really wanted the 4180 anyways. They need to make electronic components with more smoke in them. I've let just a tiny bit out of a few things and that does it every time - it doesn't take up much room so they really need to start with more or sell replacement smoke.