My hifonics Brutus 2000 watt has a dead short in it somewhere,as soon as you put power to it it blows the fuse,no lights nothing.any body got any ideas?i have it all tore apart now,but no burn spots

Amps getting power that's good it seems as though either you have a cross in your bridge or you fried your amp

replace the tail lamps... one is dead shorting (filliment broken and grounding to the body of the bulb).

Short answer: NOPE!

The Hifonics Brutus 2100 is stated to produce 2100 watts RMS @ 1ohm load. Most amplifier manufacturers overstate their claims. The 2100 watt output is most likely at 14.4 volts and not the 12.6 volts your car will actually be providing the amp.

But, even if the actual output was 2100 watts that would be 1050 watts to each 12w7. The 12w7's are rated at 1000watts RMS and 2000watts peak. As a MECP certified installer, any system I have done using 12w7's have had a MINIMUM of 1000 watts being provided to each speaker. My personal preference is to run 1500 watts each and keep the gains adjusted lower on the amp. Thus allowing the amp to run cooler and allow the additional headroom for those "show-off" moments!

there is a step up converter inside the amp that likes to come loose from the board. This may be your problem. Otherwise Check all the chips for burns or disconnect

Hello beaugarcia26,

Unless the amp itself is defective, there's a short or ground somewhere.

First disconnect the speaker wires and RCA (or high level) inputs, leaving just ground, remote turn-on and power leads connected. Then see if the amp powers up normally. If it doesn't check the ground with a multimeter and make sure it is good. If the amp powers up normally, check the speaker, speaker wires and inputs for shorts or grounds.

Hope this helps.

If an RCA took a dive your amp has most likely seen a very nasty input spike and may never be the same as its circuitry has been damaged.....sorry

I’m happy to assist further over the phone at https://www.6ya.com/expert/robert_aad3edb7dfa380b9

http://www.hifonicsusa.com/

they have warranty info any manuals for all amps

thanks

erik

have u tried using thicker wire from the battery to the amp u need to put a fuse in there thats a minumum 60

Have you confirmed that you have a good signal feeding the amp?

Have you confirmed that the speakers are in good working order and don't have any breaks in the wiring?