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Hi, I have an eclipse amp model 3242, its a 4 channel amp. Besides it specs I will get to the point.

When I power it up, the power LED goes green for a second then it turns off. I checked, and changed all the fuses but no go.

Does anyone have any ideas ?

 
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ne1?

 
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Gound maybe? Make sure your grounds are tight on bare metal. Does you amp have a "protection" mode, and is a lit indicating it?

 
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the ground is fine because I have another amp connected now to it ( rockford) and it works fine. It doesn't have a protection LED. I have unscrewed it to try to narrow it down to maybe a fried component, but i'm stumped.

 
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Do you have another amp that you can hook up to see if all the connections work with another amp?

 
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yes, I have the rockford hooked up right now.

 
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Ok, try swithing them up and see if the Eclipse works on the RF wiring and visa-versa.

 
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i had an RF laying around and I hooked it up yesterday and it works. I dont have 2 amps installed.. its just 1, and 1 set or wires...

I put a can of Co2 at the amp.. I"m gonna try it now to see if it might have been a short of some sort.

 
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nope, did nothing...
I have a small 12v power supply at home. I powered up the amp, it stayed on longer then it did when hooked up to the car, BUT ! it drew soo much power that it melted the cables to the power supply...