What can cause an amp to stop working out of nowhere? Was driving home and switch songs and amp just stopped working for my sub. I checked the fuse in the amp and the power cable and neither is blown. I rechecked all wire connections and nothing was knocked loose. I thought maybe it got to hot or overworked, but the protect indicator light doesn't come on nor does the power light. Any ideas?

 

do you have an inline fuse?

 

He said he checked it.

I had amp do the same thing. I have no clue what happened to it. It never worked again though....

 

The power light does not come on?
Did it have a funky smell?
Is there any chance of a water leak in the trunk?

 

most amps have a fuse on the amp itself and if the installer wires it correctly it will have an inline fuse.

Do you have a capacitor or anything like that?

 

smell you amp see if it smells like something is burning it is **** get a new one unless you paid alot for it it can be fixed i have had my kicker just burn out on me twice so far within a year

 

nothing smells burnt. But it was very hot..but its cooled for about an hour and still nothing. I dont have a capacitor (only 600w, 300RMS) so its not extreme. It has an inline fuse but it wasn't burnt out either, and if neither fuse was burnt...can the amp still really burn (still no burn smell).

 

from my battery i have a 200 amp fuse, then from there to distribution blocks, then fuses in line with both amps... then fuses on/in the amps... im pretty secure i hope

 

if you amp is hot you need a new one it is to small or a bad brand i bought a 1000w sony amp had it on for about 30 min after putting it in and it over heated and shut off i went out and bought a 750w kicker and i can blast it full power as long as i want and it doesn't even get hot

 

I would try switching them out just in case. I've personally had an inline fuse blow and it must have blown at the very end because I couldn't see where it busted. I changed the fuse and boom it worked again. I'd personally try changing both fuses before you go buy a new amp. they're cheap...

 

i have a kicker too... although it does get warm... it never gets too hot... but its behind the sub box on a seat with ~ 1 inch of room that could be why

 

Get a multi meter, test the end of the pwer wire to make sure there is power.
The burnt smell is usually from a cap or a resistor, they tend to be acompanied by a litlle smoke show.
If you fucked the power supply who knows.
There a re a million different things that could go wrong inside of an amp, heres a pic for visual reference
Emp- I figured you might like this one

If any one of those tiny little parts go then the whole amp goes

 

did you check all of the wiring to make sure nothing came loose? last year my amp did that but it was just because my remote turn on came loose.

edit: never mind i just saw you said you checked everything and nothing came loose

 

1 word remote

lol is that a sundown? looks familiar as hell. Ya the power supply or output stage would take the mosfets with it and smoke.