Another HELP MY AMP WON'T COME ON AND I DON'T KNOW WHY Thread

[christopher0825 10+ year member]

Okay.....my amp won't come on, its an kenwood KAC-8103d. I ran my cable from the battery(+) to the amp,its grounded, and the control switch from my reciever is hooked up to the amp also, but no power!! Any suggestions for troubleshooting? Thanks bunches!!!

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[Firebirdguy 10+ year member]

did you check your ground to make sure there was a good connection, also are all of the fuses (inline and amp) good?

 

[22mountaineer 10+ year member]

Make sure you control wire has 12v going to it.

 

[christopher0825 10+ year member]

did you check your ground to make sure there was a good connection, also are all of the fuses (inline and amp) good?

Yep,

And as far as the 12 volt do you mean fromt the reciver or from the car, and constant or 12-

 

[Firebirdguy 10+ year member]

does the amp work if you direct connect to the battery?

 

[audiobahnuser18 5,000+ posts]

Check your remote wire that you should of spliced into the back of the remote wire coming off the hu which is the blue wire with the white stripe you should tie your remote wire into that wire try it. If that does not work check your ground to the amp making sure that the ground is sanded down to bare metal having good contact. If that is not it either check the fuses in the amp make sure that they are not blown also check your power wire anl fuse in the fuse holder upfront in your engine bay. Try all these options.

 

[christopher0825 10+ year member]

I stopped last nite cuz it got dark and cold. But when I got up this morning my car wouldn't start, so I disconnected the power cable from the battery and my car started right up!!! is this a problem? And does it have anything to do with my amp not powering on?

 

[christopher0825 10+ year member]

I stopped last nite cuz it got dark and cold. But when I got up this morning my car wouldn't start, so I disconnected the power cable from the battery and my car started right up!!! is this a problem? And does it have anything to do with my amp not powering on?

 

[kidwolf909 10+ year member]

I stopped last nite cuz it got dark and cold. But when I got up this morning my car wouldn't start, so I disconnected the power cable from the battery and my car started right up!!! is this a problem? And does it have anything to do with my amp not powering on?

Hahaha, do YOU think it's a problem? Your car won't start with the amp hooked up? I'd say so man. And yes, this is probably related to your amp not powering up.

Call Kenwood's technical service, they'll know how to diagnose it.

 

[spark plugs. 10+ year member]

have a multimeter? check to make sure you're getting the right voltages to the amp

 

[christopher0825 10+ year member]

Okay, I have a plug in volt meter and red is +12 and blue is-12. So I disconnected everything and checked the connections nearest the amp. I turned on my radio and checked the control wire, and it was red..... the ground was blue......and the wire from the battery didn't read anything.... so what do you think? I'm thinkinking I need to get another amp kit, I think the inline fuse blew in the cable from the battery. Could I be right, do you think I'm close to a solution??