Ok so for the past few months I have been having a little issue with my Kicker KX600.1 amp. A few months ago I noticed that the amp would click off after a a few minutes of use, then it would turn back on and be fine a few weeks, then it would do it again. So I figured that maybe the setting were set to high, so I adjusted them, but still the samething. My next thought was maybe it is over heating because it is summer, so I put a fan on it , and still nothing. Well flash forward to yesterday morning. I get in my car start driving, amp is fine, then out of the clear blue my sub stops working. I figured it would come back on in a few seconds, but to my surprise it didnt turn back on at all. I get home to see if maybe there is a loose wire somewhere, but nothing still dead . Next I unplug the sub and remote wire to see if maybe the wires were bad, nothing, but I did notice something odd. On the side of the amp there is 2 LEDS one green and one red that light up when the amp is hooked up, on, and powered properly. I noticed that if I unhook the sub and hook the remote wire up, the Red LED lights up faintly then goes out. I have no clue what could have happened. Today Im going to take it all apart to check all my wires and test the amp, but before I do that I was wondering if anyone could chime in and help me out with what could possibly be wrong? Oh this amp was made in 2002 and has a12" Eclipse 8122DVC Aluminum hooked up to it and has 0 gauge wire. I already checked all the fuses on the amp and the main lead fuse and they are fine. I tested all the voltage from the battery and I keep getting 14.4 volts everytime. Now I also have a brand new Battery as well. Im not sure what could be the issue with this. One day its fine the next it craps out. Please someone help Thanks Matt
what is the voice coil configuration on the subs? is that a dual 4 ohm voice coil sub? if it is a dual 2 ohm voice coil sub, its possible that you had it wired at 1 ohm, which that amp isnt stable at that load if i recall. if that isnt the case i would check for loose connections on the power cable and the ground. if you werent supplying the amp with enough current you could have problems with that.
also, do you have other equipment available to test whether it is a subwoofer failure, or an amplifier failure? I have a pal who has a boss amp that was doing the same thing (yes, sometimes I go slumming). It turned out to be a loose connection from the ground to the chassis of the amp itself. - easily fixed with a jumper from the amp's body to the vehicle ground. I don't think this is the best solution, but it works perfectly (or as good as you can expect a boss amp to do) try this.. (there is absolutely no harm in grounding the chassis of the amp to the vehicle), and see of it helps..
