Amp Help?
sup2jzgte
12-23-2005, 04:01 PM
Ok so for the past few months I have been having a little issue with my Kicker KX600.1 amp. A few months ago I noticed that the amp would click off after a a few minutes of use, then it would turn back on and be fine a few weeks, then it would do it again. So I figured that maybe the setting were set to high, so I adjusted them, but still the samething. My next thought was maybe it is over heating because it is summer, so I put a fan on it , and still nothing. Well flash forward to yesterday morning. I get in my car start driving, amp is fine, then out of the clear blue my sub stops working. I figured it would come back on in a few seconds, but to my surprise it didnt turn back on at all.
I get home to see if maybe there is a loose wire somewhere, but nothing still dead . Next I unplug the sub and remote wire to see if maybe the wires were bad, nothing, but I did notice something odd. On the side of the amp there is 2 LEDS one green (power) and one red (protection) that light up when the amp is hooked up, on, and powered properly. I noticed that if I unhook the sub and hook the remote wire up, the Red LED lights up faintly then goes out. I have no clue what could have happened. Today Im going to take it all apart to check all my wires and test the amp, but before I do that I was wondering if anyone could chime in and help me out with what could possibly be wrong? Oh this amp was made in 2002 and has a12" Eclipse 8122DVC Aluminum hooked up to it and has 0 gauge wire. I already checked all the fuses on the amp and the main lead fuse and they are fine.
I get home to see if maybe there is a loose wire somewhere, but nothing still dead . Next I unplug the sub and remote wire to see if maybe the wires were bad, nothing, but I did notice something odd. On the side of the amp there is 2 LEDS one green (power) and one red (protection) that light up when the amp is hooked up, on, and powered properly. I noticed that if I unhook the sub and hook the remote wire up, the Red LED lights up faintly then goes out. I have no clue what could have happened. Today Im going to take it all apart to check all my wires and test the amp, but before I do that I was wondering if anyone could chime in and help me out with what could possibly be wrong? Oh this amp was made in 2002 and has a12" Eclipse 8122DVC Aluminum hooked up to it and has 0 gauge wire. I already checked all the fuses on the amp and the main lead fuse and they are fine.
CBFryman
12-23-2005, 04:19 PM
sounds like your amp blew, open the amp up, if there is a burn mark either on the circut board or heat sink or a burnt componet the amp is toast. you can either have it fixed or get a new one.
sup2jzgte
12-23-2005, 04:59 PM
sounds like your amp blew, open the amp up, if there is a burn mark either on the circut board or heat sink or a burnt componet the amp is toast. you can either have it fixed or get a new one.
Well I just got done checking ALL my wiring, fuses, voltage and nothing the amp still wont power on. SO I took it apart to see if there was any burn marks anywhere and nothing. So Im not sure where to start testing parts. I kinda have a hunch it could be a cap, because it looks like it was replaced once before, because it looks like it has scratches on it from an install. Im going to post some pictures of the board so you guys can see what Im talking about.
Well I just got done checking ALL my wiring, fuses, voltage and nothing the amp still wont power on. SO I took it apart to see if there was any burn marks anywhere and nothing. So Im not sure where to start testing parts. I kinda have a hunch it could be a cap, because it looks like it was replaced once before, because it looks like it has scratches on it from an install. Im going to post some pictures of the board so you guys can see what Im talking about.
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