Marantz PM6005 Amplifier short. Protect mode activated. Lasting damage?

[OldWanderer]

Hello dear Whathifi forum users,

Thank you for your replies in the last thread I made about purchasing Dynaudio Emit M20 speakers.

I've enjoyed these speakers a lot until my idiot little brother came over and pulled the banana plugs from them while on, after which positive and negative touched causing a short and my amp going into protection mode. Now my amp is luckily still working. But I'm very anxious about any permanent damage done to my system. Has any lasting damage been done to any component of my amplifier when the short happened? It's still functional, but who knows how long that's gonna last...

Again, thank you all for any replies.

 

[Blacksabbath25]

Hello dear Whathifi forum users,

Thank you for your replies in the last thread I made about purchasing Dynaudio Emit M20 speakers.

I've enjoyed these speakers a lot until my idiot little brother came over and pulled the banana plugs from them while on, after which positive and negative touched causing a short and my amp going into protection mode. Now my amp is luckily still working. But I'm very anxious about any permanent damage done to my system. Has any lasting damage been done to any component of my amplifier when the short happened? It's still functional, but who knows how long that's gonna last...

Again, thank you all for any replies.

it should be ok as The protection mode is there to protect your amp so it does not cause damage to the amp and should reset itself .

 

[OldWanderer]

So even though the amplifier suffered a short and tripped the protection mode, everything is still completely intact and free of permanent damage which could cause trouble down the road? Sorry that I might sound a bit paranoid. I'm rather careful with my stuff and hate to suffer damage just after I got my new speakers.

 

[GCE]

Mara 6004 protections are very good, I too made a mistake in connections, but after few seconds all was ok.

 

[Al ears]

So even though the amplifier suffered a short and tripped the protection mode, everything is still completely intact and free of permanent damage which could cause trouble down the road? Sorry that I might sound a bit paranoid. I'm rather careful with my stuff and hate to suffer damage just after I got my new speakers.

Rest assured that a decent protection mode will do just that. Think of it like a fuse, it blows to prevent any damage to other components, an intentional weak-link if you will. If amp has reset itself and works normally, as it should, you'll be fine. Well you will as long as you keep little brother away from kit.

 

[OldWanderer]

Wew, that's a relief!

And he probably learned a valuable lesson about not messing with running electronics. Can't really be that mad at the little ****** anyway, he's way too curious sometimes.

Thanks for the replies everyone. Consider this topic closed.