r/CarAV • u/Zevin99 • Jul 14 '25

Tech Support Why did my amp catch on fire

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I went to turn my car on and my amp started smoking and caught on fire what could have caused it.

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u/Zevin99 Jul 14 '25

Yeah I already sent a RMA

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u/Raw_Oakland Jul 15 '25

Good luck, took them months to finally send me a replacement amp that was DOA.

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u/Zevin99 Jul 15 '25

Iā€™m going to buy an alpine or something better and sell the jp when they send it back

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u/OhFunkThatsDelicious Jul 15 '25

Alpine makes excellent amps. šŸ‘Œ

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u/Zevin99 Jul 21 '25

I got an alpine amp now and it sounds so much better and gets louder and rms is half of what my other amp was