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#4547 - 02/27/04 12:08 PM signal to powered sub
Cowrock Offline
Gunslinger

Registered: 01/05/03
Posts: 16
I was swapping out sub woofer on my 1050. I unplugged the sub cable at the sub and carelessy dropped it on the floor. The outer edge of the RCA conector contacted the metal base of a floor lamp, there was an ugly pop and an electrical arc. Now I'm not getting any signal to the sub. The 1050 was off, first thing I checked, why would there be an electrical arc when the amp was most definately off? I'm wondering if the amp is damaged. Any thoughts?

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#4548 - 02/27/04 12:54 PM Re: signal to powered sub
Scott Offline
Desperado

Registered: 01/07/10
Posts: 673
Hello Cowrock,

Was the subwoofer on when this happened?

Scott

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#4549 - 02/27/04 01:14 PM Re: signal to powered sub
Cowrock Offline
Gunslinger

Registered: 01/05/03
Posts: 16
Scott,

I can't honestly remember if I unplugged the power to the sub first or not. Lets say I didn't for argument sake, would that somehow cause this sort of problem?

Thanks for your quick response

Dave

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#4550 - 02/27/04 01:45 PM Re: signal to powered sub
Cowrock Offline
Gunslinger

Registered: 01/05/03
Posts: 16
Got it. The arc tripped the circuit breaker, works just fine now. Still wondering why the thing arced to begin with

Dave

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#4551 - 02/27/04 07:36 PM Re: signal to powered sub
John Di Lauro Offline
Gunslinger

Registered: 12/31/01
Posts: 15
Cowrock,

Not sure if this could be it, but I would check to see that the lamp base is properly grounded. It sounds like there might be voltage there.

John

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