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While driving home the other day out of no where my subwoofer cut out. It was close to the end of the song so I tried a different song to see if it was the song... no luck... I turn off my radio and turn it back on... maybe the breaker on my amp went off... my subwoofer was working again with no problems... about 20 seconds later I smell something burning... like an electrical fire. I pull into a gas station and pop my hood because at one point in time my power wire from my battery to my amp had gotten loose and I checked to see if it had got cut or burnt, it's fine and the fuse is fine. I pop my trunk and before I even open it I can see smoke bellowing out from the sides. I open it and am greeted with a nice cloud of smoke. I look around and everything look fine though... until I check my amp... the fuse on my amp is burned/melted and my power light is also melted. I'm very confused now as to why/how this happened. If my amp was getting to much power wouldn't the fuse blow and them my amp no longer work? It still works but has no fuse or power light. I should have taken pictures but it was pretty late. Since my amp is still working fine I figured I just need to replace the fuse but would it even do anything? The fuse is supposed to be the safety measure so your amp doesn't catch fire/burn up but instead of blowing the fuse itself melted along with some of the amp casing and power light(it literally turned the top half of the glass into ash, I would think you'd need alot of heat to turn glass into ash). Any comments/help is greatly appreciated as I've never come across anything like this.
(Also I unplugged my amp and power wires to prevent further damage/burning.)
(Also I unplugged my amp and power wires to prevent further damage/burning.)