MDGIII Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Newby here, My RW-12d won't power up. So first things first. At the risk of sounding really lame I can't find a fuse and there is nothing about the existance of a fuse except the note on the back panel to always replace with same type fuse and rating. Do I need to take the back panel off to get to it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Smith Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 mine is built into the male plug on the sub (rt-10d), just below the prongs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msutton Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 the rw-12d is also built into the male plug..get down close and look. its hard to see but its in a little tray that slides out with your thumbnail or screwdriver. my amp failed and would blow fuses as soon as i turned it on..had to send it off to klipsch. repair cost was $120 with free shipping back to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Smith Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 the rw-12d is also built into the male plug..get down close and look. its hard to see but its in a little tray that slides out with your thumbnail or screwdriver. my amp failed and would blow fuses as soon as i turned it on..had to send it off to klipsch. repair cost was $120 with free shipping back to me. $200 for me to send the amp in ..so either the rate has raised or it varies by model. either way, it's more cost efficient than buying a new sub altogether (unless you've been wanting something different and needed a reason) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msutton Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 hopefully your amp has just blown a fuse and a fuse change will fix it, but if it keeps blowing fuses you will need to get it repaired. my amp was repaired just two months ago. i wrote klipsch parts and told them the amp was blowing fuses as soon as i turned it on and they gave me this quote back via email before even looking at the amp. here is the email below, so i do hope they offer you the same pricing. if you do not use klipsch i can recommend a very good guy who will look at it for free and do the work usually at the same rate as klipsch, $120 with free shipping back, out of texas. his email is eliott4113@yahoo.com or you can go to elliot-tronics.com heres my email from klipsch: Matt, What you’ll want to do is call us and setup a repair on the amp. The cost is $120 for the repair plus shipping to us, wecover return shipping. Just call the number below to get the process started. Greg Niehaus - Product Support Representative Phone: 800-554-7724 | Fax: 317-860-9194 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Klipsch Group, Inc. Klipsch | Jamo | Mirage | Energy 3502 Woodview Trace, Indianapolis, IN 46268 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDGIII Posted December 25, 2009 Author Share Posted December 25, 2009 Thanks Matt, The fact that I have seen so many issues with this speaker and that Klipsch could tell you how much it was going to be without even seeing the panel smells fishy. When I initially googled my issue there seemed to be an aweful lot of folks out there with the same problem with this speaker. Sounds to me like it must be a real design flaw in this line of Subs. I can't really imagine they would have the same issue with so many of their subs out there and suggest it was anything but that. I'm not a huge audiophile by any stretch but amazingly after buying my first system over 40 years ago I have never had a speaker panel to blow on me. I don't ever push the sound levels and actually I have only turned it on a couple dozen times. I would appeciate anyone at Klipsch offering me insight into why such a well built speaker would have such a common problem and ongoing problem and feel good about charging customers $120 to fix a problem that appears from all accounts to be a design flaw. I have had my Sub for over 3 years and certainly outside of the manufactures warranty but I can't imagine Klipsch can in good conscience would charge anything more than the shipping costs to fix these flawed panels. After all isn't the purpose of the fuse to protect the speaker from damage? HMMM.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wstrickland1 Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 Klipsch had a similar problem with their pro media 4.1 systems. Good luck getting them to do anything about it. I damn near got banned complaining about it but I can get a tad riled up at times. FWIW, you're wasting your time and energy. Just get it fixed and move on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noobboy612 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 My rw=12d has blown a fuse. Can someone please tell me specifically what fuse to look for at radio shack? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djk Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 "Sorry to learn of theissues with your RT-12d subwoofer. Have you replaced thefuse? If so, were you using a "SLO BLO" type fuse? If you may have beenusing a fast acting fuse, these will blow immediately. If you havea Radio Shack near you, their part number for the appropriate slow blowfuse is: 270-1068. If it blows the slow blofuse, then the amplifier portion would need to be serviced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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