Subject	Wiring may be fine, amp may be in thermal protection>>
Posted by	John P. on June 06, 2003 at 8:17 AM
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In Reply To	Need some amp help>>> posted by Tikigod ZX on June 06, 2003 at 12:51 AM
Message	I had a situation that sounds just like this in a Nakamichi amp I had in my old Prelude. Amp would play, then just cut out. Wiring was checked and doublechecked and turned out to be OK. Turned out that there was a solder joint inside the amp that had cracked, causing the amp to go into thermal protection every few minutes and shut itself off. A few winter-summer cycles in New England will do this to electronics sometimes. $100 and a visit to a Nakamichi service center later, all the solder connections in the amp had been touched up and the problem never repeated itself again. I would agree with the advice here about doublechecking all the wiring (may even want to pull the amp out of the car and try running it off of a 12V power supply) but if the wiring is good, this could be an amplifier fault. -John P :I know a question similar to this has been asked before by the kid with the orange Z and dumb wing but its a little different so hear me out please :I have a Kenwood amp that is running 4 kenwood speakers. Hook up with the proper guage wire powering it. I bought a wiring kit from Car Toys. I believe it to be 8 guage wire, too dark to check now. :Well about 2 weeks ago, the amp starting turning on and off repeatly, so i turned the stereo completely off and checked all the wiring. From the power line to the RCA cables to the remote wire to the speaker wires. Even completely un-did the deck and re-did that wiring to make sure the connections were good. :Amp still keeps turning on and off and wont play for more then 5 minutes. It ran fine for over a year and half, and just now started doing this. :Anyone have any ideas - is the amp dead? :Thanks :Chris
Follow Ups	Need some amp help>>> - Tikigod ZX 00:51:13 06/06/03 Did you check the grounding point from the amp to your car? - Bobby12many 00:53:07 06/06/03 yeah looks good - - Tikigod ZX 01:00:49 06/06/03 Re: grounding point - Bobby12many 01:05:47 06/06/03 amp clicks on and off - light on amp turns on and off - Tikigod ZX 01:08:42 06/06/03 SOme thoughts> - Bobby12many 01:15:50 06/06/03 check battery terminals. possibly corroded. if not then - JustinChien 02:17:27 06/06/03 check your fuse also. this past week my mids and highs - hehateme 03:06:19 06/06/03 Wiring may be fine, amp may be in thermal protection>> - John P. 08:17:40 06/06/03 Does it shut off at a consistent time all the time? If so - dilly yo 08:39:55 06/06/03 Re: Need some amp help>>> - Ballistic 10:04:04 06/06/03 could be .. bad fuses.. sometimes they look good but there - GodZilla(noVA) 10:59:34 06/06/03 Try this... - Jeff_94 20:25:40 06/06/03 The amp is dead (n/m) - zxtaz 22:24:57 06/06/03
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