Hi all. Thanks for a great site:
Maybe someone can help me out here:
What happened:
My truck had the battery installed on reverse polarity. Blew a bunch of fuses in my truck. I replaced them all and the truck runs great. No problems. Now my FATBOY 4pill 2879 amp is another story. It seemed to survive the reverse polarity issue upon initial inspection. There was NO amp fuse inline with the hot unfortunately. Spare me the finger pointing. I realize I should have one....ok anyhow: The wire beneath the keying relay in the box has melted aka seperated. This is a wire that is directly near the bottom of the board and exactly in front of the relay....this is the wire that has melted. They are no longer connected. What was between that wire; What blew? Any help? I will post pics soon.
Note: I keyed it up, looked at my DOSY and NOTHING. Nothing showed up at all. Turned it off, and checked my Radio with the amp still inline: perfect SWR readings 1.2/1.3 and showing the correct amount of wattage and DK from radio as always. Soon as the amp is turned on: NOTHING. I keyed it twice just to see WTF and smelled that terrible electronic burning smell.
all PILLS in amp are fine.
Thanks gang.
Maybe someone can help me out here:
What happened:
My truck had the battery installed on reverse polarity. Blew a bunch of fuses in my truck. I replaced them all and the truck runs great. No problems. Now my FATBOY 4pill 2879 amp is another story. It seemed to survive the reverse polarity issue upon initial inspection. There was NO amp fuse inline with the hot unfortunately. Spare me the finger pointing. I realize I should have one....ok anyhow: The wire beneath the keying relay in the box has melted aka seperated. This is a wire that is directly near the bottom of the board and exactly in front of the relay....this is the wire that has melted. They are no longer connected. What was between that wire; What blew? Any help? I will post pics soon.
Note: I keyed it up, looked at my DOSY and NOTHING. Nothing showed up at all. Turned it off, and checked my Radio with the amp still inline: perfect SWR readings 1.2/1.3 and showing the correct amount of wattage and DK from radio as always. Soon as the amp is turned on: NOTHING. I keyed it twice just to see WTF and smelled that terrible electronic burning smell.
all PILLS in amp are fine.
Thanks gang.