Power wire touches ground a few times

[tramont 10+ year member]

I have a kenwood kac m3004 and when I was trying to adjust some wires my power and ground kept rouching because of a stray wire now only one rca plays. I took it part and found a blown 22uf capcitor also

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[cfox10 10+ year member]

I have a kenwood kac m3004 and when I was trying to adjust some wires my power and ground kept rouching because of a stray wire now only one rca plays. I took it part and found a blown 22uf capcitor also

Awesome. This is why you should always disconnect your battery before working with electrical components, especially expensive car related components.

Edit: Why do you have stray wires? Maybe I'm OCD but my wires are clean as hell and heatshrunk to avoid anything like this from happening.

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

:facepalm:

 

[mazdakid 5,000+ posts]

Do you think the blown cap that you found inside the amp might have something to do with you shorting out the wires? Lol

 

[adulbrich 5,000+ posts]

What's your point? Just wanted to share your mistake?

 

[Popwarhomie 5,000+ posts]

Cool story bro.

 

[tramont 10+ year member]

What's your point? Just wanted to share your mistake?

I just wanted to know could that be the culprit? How would I go I about testing the ics of the circuit?

 

[tramont 10+ year member]

You guys EVERYONE MAKES MISTAKES how else would we learn?

 

[tramont 10+ year member]

It was one strand of my 0 gauge wire

 

[wew lad 5,000+ posts]

well, you are doing the right thing by getting help.

you don't want this to happen again right? go recheck every single point of connection/termination of your wiring. fix it now, so you dont have a fire later - that's my advice

you'll have to buy a new amp, no one will repair them if they're less than $100. not worth it imo

and in reference to fiverman below me, generally its not that easy. OP can fix one cap if he wants but i doubt itll fix his issue. it's a $100 amp and one capacitor isnt usually the only problem

for the hell of it OP, post pics of the amp guts

 

[TheFiverMan 10+ year member]

Lets see here. You touched the power to the ground and you figured out you blew the cap, Correct? Replace the cap

 

[C1500martin 10+ year member]

Look at the bright side now you have a reason to buy a better amp!

 

[MrFoca]

I've heard of this happening before. Dude did it on a HCCA 2100 years ago.

 

[Bomber Z 10+ year member]

A fuse or breaker used?

 

[adulbrich 5,000+ posts]

I just wanted to know could that be the culprit? How would I go I about testing the ics of the circuit?

Yes, that's obviously what broke your amp. If you can repair it, go for it, but I'd say the amp is not a paper weight. Judging by you questioning if that's what popped your amp, I don't think you can repair it.

A fuse or breaker used?

That wouldn't have blown/tripped fast enough to protect anything in this situation