i bought a 3000 watt amp from ebay.

i hook it up "correctly" no bad wires or bad connections, everything was perfect

and the amp caught fire and the fuses didnt blow.

raaaawr!

what can i do? return it and ask for a refund?

its got a 2 year warranty but i just got it yestrday and it went in flames.

should i use the warranty? or return it, get a refund and get another amp "i paid 120 for it."

i ran 8 gauge wire from the battery to the amp, same for the ground.

i have 2 subs wired into 4 ohms. they played fine on my 250 watt amp.

This post has been edited by XS4lv1Truch0x: May 24, 2007 - 6:04 PM

wow, that suks.
Shouldent you be using like 0 guage for 3000 watts.

Any video/pics?
-dave

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i was thinking the same thing - its 3000 watts, but how many RMS watts was it?

also, 3000 watts is ALOT for a celica's small alternator! (in fact i wouldnt even consider such a large amp lol)

This post has been edited by bman: May 24, 2007 - 10:21 PM

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3000 watts is full power, which i wasnt running at.

i had the 2 subs running at a 4 ohm load.

so that would give me... 400 rms. but i dont understand how it got toasted.

the amp looks normal, its all internal damage.

i just hooked up my other 2 channel 250 watt maxx amp.

i have 2 infinity speakers in the front and i have the subs bridged.

i havent had any problems with this setup but i still dont understand how the 3000 watt amp got toasted.

you get what u pay for see if they will take it back and say it was defective and caught fire... hope u didnt have the settings all mismatched, that could cause problems