Got my new amp today...blew it up

[justin146]

I got my new amp today and spent all day tearing out the stock sub/amp and hooking it up. It is a Blaupunkt pa2150. It worked fine for about 4 seconds, but then it died. When it was coming on, the light on it would stay lit, but now when I apply power to it, it just clicks trying to come on as if the speaker wires are shorted. It sounds like a clock clicking while trying to come on. It is drawing current when it clicks because the dome light dims with each click. I have my input off of my stock CD players sub out. I spliced into the signal wires and put on rca connectors. The signal there is supposed to be 6 volts there, but i put an attenuator after the splice just in case there was more(the max input of my amp is 6v). I used the brown/orange(-) and the red/black(+) for the splice. What could possiby have happened to the amp. I dont want to open the amp because I dont want to void the warranty.

 

[huskyfan23]

I don't get it, you spliced somewhere with RCA's?

 

[IAmTodd]

You put amped current into a pre-amp jack? That just might be your problem.

 

[justin146]

I added RCA's to the low level signal feeding my sub amp. The signal is run with a twisted pair wire with a grounded shield. I just cut the ends of some patch cables and wired them to these stock wires. The signal here is only 6 volts.

 

[entinnovations]

I ran an amp off of my factoy head unit. I have the RCA Y-adapter spliced in after the factory AMP and then run into my aftermarket AMP. Works great.

 

[IAmTodd]

I added RCA's to the low level signal feeding my sub amp. The signal is run with a twisted pair wire with a grounded shield. I just cut the ends of some patch cables and wired them to these stock wires. The signal here is only 6 volts.

That should be fine then. I was thinking you ran it off of the wires that have already passed through the amp. Could be one of those freak things and it just crapped out. Did you check the fuses. I guess that wouldn't matter since you said it was clicking.