crate amp blows

MONGO · Post by **MONGO** » Tuesday Sep 13, 2011

have an old crate 150 watt amp with a ev 12 inch
when i fired it up it had a loud hum and the speaker smoked.
very expensive speaker but why would that much current melt the coil in 30 seconds?

Jasaoke · Post by **Jasaoke** » Thursday Sep 15, 2011

I think the main problem is that it says "crate" on the front. Try one that doesn't...

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Thursday Sep 15, 2011

was that an EVM12L?

at 200W rms rating, they are pretty hard to burn up!

The amp probably went DC on ya.

floodcitybrass · Post by **floodcitybrass** » Monday Sep 19, 2011

You can blow speakers by clipping them with underpowered amps.

ToonaRockGuy · Post by **ToonaRockGuy** » Tuesday Sep 20, 2011

Jasaoke wrote:I think the main problem is that it says "crate" on the front. Try one that doesn't...

EPIC. Jasoke FTW.

LHSL · Post by **LHSL** » Tuesday Sep 20, 2011

lonewolf wrote:was that an EVM12L?

at 200W rms rating, they are pretty hard to burn up!

The amp probably went DC on ya.

If it was humming, I doubt it was DC.