So say you have an amp hooked up with speaker wire in place, and then the + and - for the speakers meet w/o a speaker being there. What happens? A short obviously, but how would I know if I accidentally did this? (assume amp had power.. i dont think deck was on though, so no remote, so amp wouldn't have been on.... but assume it was just for kicks)

I did a similar sort of thing with a walkman a while ago just to see what it would do. The walkman still played, just at a very low volume. Would an actual car amp respond the same way, or is there some protection against this? I'm wondering if I accidentally killed a perfectly good amp because of a silly mistake. Was testing it w/ different wiring and was repeatedly removing ground strap from batt to be safe, but forgot it one time =\

What do you think?
-Mike

 

Well a fair amount of amps on the market today actually have short protection, I know both of mine do. What kind (brand/make/model) of amp is it?

 

The amp in question is an Esoterics Audio E7054, which is basically the same as a Diamond D7054. Diamond bought the design from Esoterics. Hooked it up today and it sounds fine.
-Mike

 

if its protected it shuts off then reset it by taking the ground off. and if its not your output resistor blows or the umm whats it called again.... aarrrr i cant get the word lol the black chip with 3 legs on thats stuck to the heat sink of you amp lol. ya sooo that blows and makes a nice little smoke and you need to change that

 

Transistor.

 

Ok well seeing as how I hooked it up and it makes the speakers sing nicely I'll assume that there wasn't a short and that the amp is fine. =P
Phew.
-Mike

 

i was expecting picutres of burn amps