Vibe Active 10" problem?

[Clgale88]

My friend Has offered to give me his 10" vibe active sub but theres a problem with it. It keeps blowing fuses so thats why he brought some new subs does anyone have any idea of what could be wrong with the amp or what i could do to solve it. its one of the vibes with the built in amp. Its only 4 months old and thought it wasnt bad for a freebie.

 

[Djw John]

Its probably a problem with his wiring. Ive used and abused mine for 4 or 5 years now and its still going strong!

 

[Clgale88]

he said he kept blowing the fuses all the time he said he thinks its fuked cuz he didnt have it secured in his boot and thought maybe where it kept bangin around might of fuked it is there any more sugesions

 

[Djw John]

Yeah but if there is a slight gap in the insulation of his power cable then it'll blow fuses. And not always straight away, the cable may move around and short of the car body. Seen it before.

 

[Clgale88]

well as he is giving it to me i supose its no harm in trying the dam thing out to see if it works or not if it dosnt then there is a problem im going to buy a new 4gauge wiring kit im just going to have it with standard speakers for noe until i can afford some new ones. should be ok

 

[Mike_182]

8AWG will be plenty for that.

 

[Clgale88]

so justget a 8 gauge kit then iv always used 4 gauge do you think it will sound ok with standard speakers until i can get sum new ones.

 

[cat171]

I had one of them, I rated it quite highly, mine was a 10" too it did used to thump. No space for one now though, gutted.

 

[Clgale88]

F**k it im going to get it of my mate anyone recomend me some decent speakers to put in my car to make it sound that better?

 

[Clgale88]

went halfords today they said its a problem with the amp going to have to send it away

 

[theduck]

it could be a problem with the amp and if it is, probably isnt worth having repaired. Just take the amp out and run it as a passive sub.