Is my HU toast?

[bannock 10+ year member]

hey guys,

driving home the other day when my car died on me. No biggie since i have CAA but i figured i would check it out before calling. After a bit of looking i decided to check in my trunk. There must have been snow on the wheels of the stroller that melted and dripped onto my amp so i took the power and remote wire off. Car started right after and i made it home. HU didn't turn back on after i removed the wires and started the car so i checked the fuse in the car and as well as on the back to the HU, not blown. Could that have caused some internal damage to it or is there something else i should look at? HU is an Kenwood, about 3 or 4 years old.

thanks!

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[beat-down69 10+ year member]

best thing i could say is run you a jumper wire from pos post on battery to the red and yellow wire to see if i comes on. If so then one of the wires in stock harness in car is dead. Could be your main 12 all time wire or accessory wire.

 

[Dirtrider4eva 10+ year member]

do that ^^^

if not, then not sure why that would occur. i have heard of instances from amps frying, taking the HU within due to an RCA signal issue.

actually how i fried my first pioneer, but simply by-passed the pico fuse.

 

[bannock 10+ year member]

Thanks for the ideas, ill try that out. Everything else in the car works fine, its just the HU that won't turn on so i hope its not a wire in the main harness

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

after 3 or 4 years its probably time for an upgrade anyway

 

[Dirtrider4eva 10+ year member]

after 3 or 4 years its probably time for an upgrade anyway

cant believe you said that, with all the os gear you got. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/sneaky.gif.7189749b3a3f769e8815b47e8ae87f88.gif

also check your factory fuse panel sir.