kx2500 going into protect..

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

alright. Got the wire in and put it in last night. Everything worked good. I didn't turn the gain up any but it wasn't shutting off even with the headlights on and the heater on. Drove for about an hour and never had a problem. I woke up this morning and turned my car on and the amp immediately entered protect mode in and out of it, even with the volume all the way down. So I had to turn my cd player off. I got out of school, started my car and turned my cd player on and it once again immediately went into protect mode in and out, so I turned my cd player off again. I got home and popped the trunk and the amp had some smoke coming out of it. I checked the connections and everything looks good. The fuse under the hood is good also.

Smoke=not good

 

[slikrider20 10+ year member]

Smoke? Bugger

 

[aaron7114 10+ year member]

oh also. I dont think it is kicking into protect mode. It is powering on and off. I dont know why I didn't pay attention to this but what is happening is my cd player is powering on and off and on and off causing the amp to of course come on and turn off.

I guess the first thing I am going to try is takin the fuse out to see if the cd player will turn on properly with the amp unhooked.

What confuses me though is it worked just fine last night.

 

[15nissen 10+ year member]

Smoke=not good

magic smoke gone = trouble:blackeye: //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/blackeye.gif.66a1670f5aaf7f406e783a63e3387dc5.gif

 

[aaron7114 10+ year member]

anyone suggest anything?

 

[fakename 10+ year member]

dam that sucks. hope the amps okay. wish i could help out with a suggestion but im not sure on this one.

 

[Calikid 5,000+ posts]

amp is no longer good //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[aaron7114 10+ year member]

amp is no longer good //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

i hope thats not true.

 

[SoloXjeep 10+ year member]

Do you want to try hooking it up to my sub again?

 

[Calikid 5,000+ posts]

i hope thats not true.

it's true

 

[Blove1991 10+ year member]

If the CD player is turning it on and off........find you a Continuity tester ( http://www.chain-auto-tools.com/electrical_auto_tools/MET026L.htm ) and find a fuse in your fuse panel on the inside of your car that does NOT have power when the car is NOT running.

Run remote wire into that fuse,,,only downside is that you cant play subs if the car is not on/running

 

[aaron7114 10+ year member]

alright the amp is fried. Cd player works fine with the amp unhooked. Hooked the amp back up, as soon as the cd player came on there was a loud pop and smoke just rolling out of the amp.

I wonder how much it would cost to have kicker fix it?

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

alright the amp is fried. Cd player works fine with the amp unhooked. Hooked the amp back up, as soon as the cd player came on there was a loud pop and smoke just rolling out of the amp.
I wonder how much it would cost to have kicker fix it?

you'll have to get ahold of kicker and get an RMA # and send the amp in. They will call/email you and let you know how much it is going to cost.

The price will vary depending on what is the problem. On a side note, you may want to troubleshoot your system and figure out WHY the amp fried.

I still say that your electrical system isn't strong enough even though it was playing fine with the 1/0 wire.

 

[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

I once had a kx850.2 and I accidently got water into the vent and it smoked. Today that amp is still running fine and is probably being treated like shit because my buddy is pushing two l7 15's with it

 

[aaronmiiller 10+ year member]

Man that sux dude! Im with tommy on this one, i think the electrical has got to be lacking in some way shape or form to do that.