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Anonymous Posted on Feb 28, 2010

I have a mtx thunder 7801 and a sledge hammer box

I have a mtx thunder 7801 amp and a sledge hammer box with 3 10inch mtx 5500 my amp just quit and smells funny and all 3 subs are locked up, any ideas what happened?

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Sounds like the subs are blown with the voicecoils fused together which means the amp is/was seeing a dead short ( zero Ohms reisitence) not good for any amp. Disconnect the speaker terminals from the amp and see if it turns on. The funny smell might have been the subs blowing up, i'll keep my fingers crossed for you.

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