my favorite minivan.....really!

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dtraylor

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Blast! My cheap MTX 240 amp is no more. One of my friends was using it and I guess he did something wrong and it caught on fire! The fuse sparked and lit right up, so he ripped it out and smoke came billowing out of it. I took the board out of it since its pretty much wasted, and the fuse link is melted pretty bad, and the board underneath the link is actually warped! This thing got it bad! Oh well, it was just a cheap amp I got in a trade I made, and I really wasnt going to use it, so its not such a loss, and the friend has already paid me for it :) Later everybody,
 
WOW BUMP.



The power fuse didn't protect it? They are suppose to blow before any wiring gets hot enough to catch fire. Maybe he shorted out the AMP.
 
Well, the guy who put the last fuse in put in a 30 amp fuse when a 20 amp should have been used. He said that it was blowing the 20 amp ones though. This thing is worthless pretty much, unless I get a new link and a few little parts. I did sell the case today :)
 
That explains it! A larger fuse will let it burn longer.



I guess he did not know better. If it was blowing the correct size fuse it must have had a problem internally or too small of a power cables.



Good luck!
 
People have also said it was a power wire problem too. Oh well, I wasnt going to use it and it gives me an excuse to buy something new and better :)
 
Any regular on this forum had probably seen one of my posts complaining about all the trashed minivans I do. Well there is one that I actually look forward to. Owned by a much older couple ( he's a WWII vet ) with no kids or pets that ride in the van. They get a complete detail every 6 months. When I finish I always roll up the seat belts and tuck them into the seat. When I return in 6 months only the front 2 seats and the surrounding area have gotten dirty. The best is every time the seat belts have not even been unrolled in the rear 2 seats. Just a vac and light steam clean. I love these guys!!! Here is a pic from when I showed up the other day:





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.....now if I could just clone them!!!
 
wish my wife would take car of our minivan..i detailed it once took me 9 hours. and that was uaeing an aio . and it was trashed 3 weeks later. i give up. im actually thinking about getting it detailed by this shop nearme . they charge 175 in and out.. yes they use glazes and cover up swirls .but its good enough. thi inside is what reallyneeds a good cleaning..
 
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