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mattross
Joined: 01 Jan 2006
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Location: Battle Ground, Wa.
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| Posted: 9/8/08 6:44AM Post subject: MTX Amp problem |
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| I have an MTX Thunder 3401 amp and it shut off on me this weekend. It still gets power but the short light just flashes anybody know how to fix this or is the amp finished? |
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GQQSE13
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Location: Decatur, illinois
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| Posted: 9/8/08 6:50AM Post subject: |
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| is it running hot when it was running? check to make sure your ground is good and the fuse is good |
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mattross
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Location: Battle Ground, Wa.
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| Posted: 9/8/08 7:43AM Post subject: |
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| It has a fan and the fan is constantly on now. all the outside fuses are good as well as the ground. |
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GQQSE13
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| Posted: 9/8/08 7:52AM Post subject: |
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| hmmm. sounds like it might be running hot since the fan is constantly on. is this still underwarranty by chance? if so i would send back as there might be something internally that's causing it to run hot |
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mattross
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| Posted: 9/8/08 9:57AM Post subject: |
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| Nah not under warranty. I think I might try to remove the top and see if there is an internal fuse that is blown. I had power off of it for 2 days and as soon as I powered it back up the fan kicked on. Kinda weird. |
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GQQSE13
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| Posted: 9/8/08 10:10AM Post subject: |
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| oh ok. was gonna say if under warranty send it. ya it might be an internal fuse; because it definatley shouldn't run constantly right off of power on |
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mattross
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| Posted: 9/9/08 6:39AM Post subject: |
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| Looks like the amp uses a special Torx bit so I'll have to go buy one to open it up. This sucks! |
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GQQSE13
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Location: Decatur, illinois
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| Posted: 9/9/08 6:59AM Post subject: |
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mattross wrote: Looks like the amp uses a special Torx bit so I'll have to go buy one to open it up. This sucks!
ya all of MTX equipment uses it. (all my roommate's stuff does anyways) check autozone; you can get it cheap |
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Clean_XB
Joined: 30 Mar 2005
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Location: Brea, CA
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| Posted: 9/10/08 11:43AM Post subject: |
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check your grounds as said before. also check your remote and power leads.
The only thing that should make an amplifier heat up that badly is if you are using an impedance too low than designed for that amplifier. make sure the speakers or sub it is powering have good connections and are loaded properly to the amp |
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