i recently bought an amp and i just for fun took it apart to check everything out. Upon opening it up, i noticed a few things seemed to be held in with hot glue. the amp came from ebay, and it came with everything original packaging and everything, so i figured it was fine, but is the hot glue normal?

 

does the amp work?

 

i havent hooked it up, i'm collecting parts for my new system right now, do u think its a really big deal?

 

it wouldn't suprise me...i have seen some things held in place by glue.

 

so it shouldnt be anything to worry about?

 

what exactly is it thats held in place with glue?

 

i dont even know wut they r called if u look at from above, they look like doghnuts made out of wire if that makes any sense

 

actually, i just looked at the box cover, and in one angle noticed that there is hotglue on some of the things, so i'm assuming that its fine.

 

Are you sure it's not epoxy?

 

thats the way most are held in the amp, i have had many amps with the same as your described

 

I have been installing and working on car audio products for 8 years and the "glue" that you saw is completely normal. The wire that you see is a coil for the power supply.

 

QWK is right

Those are the coils you have seen and glue is used because its non-conductive to the board that its resting on, unlike some other "bonding" materials such as solder (conductive) which is used to actually transfer engergy in the form of a connector

 

those are power coils..........there should'nt be anything wrong w/ your amp. the factory uses glue just to hold parts in place .

 

thanx for all ur help guys, u said the words i wanted to see