kenwood 1000w fixable?

[playyamxz550 10+ year member]

so my kenwood 1000w peak amp shitted after my freind hooked it up with the fuse in, no fuse on his wire,battrie hooked up and it sparked and hasnt turned on since........it has a 40 fuse all i had was a 30 fuse and it still didnt turn on is it done?

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[thevic24 5,000+ posts]

By sparked, do you mean he shorted the power to the ground??

And as far as being fixable, anything is fixable. The question should be, is it worth it or not.

 

[playyamxz550 10+ year member]

he touch the power wire to the back of the amp and it sparked

 

[thevic24 5,000+ posts]

he touch the power wire to the back of the amp and it sparked

Well in that case, the amp is most likely done.

You NEVER, NEVER hook an amp up with the fuse installed in the power wire, let alone not having one in the first place.

Yes, the amp can be fixed but it may not be worth it as you can likely find another one for the same cost to repair?

And last, do not let this friend of yours install anymore of your gear.

 

[playyamxz550 10+ year member]

yea he told me he got it and i was to lazy to do it but hes a goodfreind and he gave me 60$ for this ****** kenwood 1000w

 

[Kangaroux 5,000+ posts]

yea he told me he got it and i was to lazy to do it but hes a goodfreind and he gave me 60$ for this ****** kenwood 1000w

what subs are you running?

 

[Spooney 10+ year member]

I have repaired several kenwoods with this same issue after somebody shorted the power wire to the heatsink. In all of the ones that I have worked on there is a very small ground trace on the underside of the circuit board that burned open. Its almost like kenwood designed it as some sort of fuse. A little tinned desoldering braid laid over the blown trace and they usually fire right back up. Not saying this is for sure the issue with yours but I have seen it at least 5 times in various generations of kenwood amplifiers. I'd be willing to look at it for you if you don't think you are up to the task.

 

[playyamxz550 10+ year member]

where are you located cause i dont no if it would be worth shipping if it doesnt work and do you have pictures to work cause i no someone that can fix amps but if we can predignoise the problem i think it would be alot easier to fix, or can i post pics to help you tell me what the problem is

 

[AndyWood7 10+ year member]

I have one of these that I had fixed last year by mike. Works fine. Never had any issues with it, there just underpowered and get muddy sometimes. lol.

 

[Spooney 10+ year member]

I am located in Charlotte,Michigan. If you can get the amp disassembled and flip it over to see the solder side of the circuit board it shouldn't take too long to find the problem if it is the same thing I have ran into. If you could get me some good pics I could take a look at it for you.