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boardrider
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Amp won't turn on!
So I am trying to power an older Kenwood KSC-WA80 basstube. All I wanted was a cheap setup. The tube has an amp in itself, but the wiring harness is $40+, so I bought a coustic amp on ebay for $20. It is brand new, I can't get it to power on. I have the connections right and the fuse isn't blown and I have the Remote connected to the HU. I also tried connecting the remote to the power to get continuous power, but still nothing. Should I open the thing up? Something loose? I don't frickin' get it and it's driving me nuts. If the amp is fried - Does anyone know how I can figure out how to get power to the bass tube and jst use it's built in amp. HELP! Please!
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 05-06-2005 05:07 PM |
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NiteScort
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RE: Amp won't turn on!
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Originally posted on 05-06-2005 by boardrider
So I am trying to power an older Kenwood KSC-WA80 basstube. All I wanted was a cheap setup. The tube has an amp in itself, but the wiring harness is $40+, so I bought a coustic amp on ebay for $20. It is brand new, I can't get it to power on. I have the connections right and the fuse isn't blown and I have the Remote connected to the HU. I also tried connecting the remote to the power to get continuous power, but still nothing. Should I open the thing up? Something loose? I don't frickin' get it and it's driving me nuts. If the amp is fried - Does anyone know how I can figure out how to get power to the bass tube and jst use it's built in amp. HELP! Please!
i dont think you can use an outside amp to power a tube that already has a built in amp anyway but i could be wrong. doesnt the tube have wires on it for power ground and remote?
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| 05-07-2005 07:37 AM |
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Hobbes4149
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Are you getting a good ground? Try running a wire from the ground terminal on the coustic amp to the negative terminal of the battery. If it turns on then you need to fix the ground. Use a grinder to get to bare metal then use a big ring terminal to get good contact area. When you screw it down cover the area with some 5 minute epoxy to seal it and prevent corrosion.
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| 05-07-2005 10:54 AM |
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boardrider
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The tube had been converted to be able to use an external amp as well. There is no power/ground on it (well there is) because I need the harness that fits into the socket with all the connection wires. Thanks for the ground comment, I will give it a shot. So if it doesn't work going to the negative terminal of the battery, am I screwed?
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| 05-07-2005 12:45 PM |
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NiteScort
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Originally posted on 05-07-2005 by boardrider
The tube had been converted to be able to use an external amp as well. There is no power/ground on it (well there is) because I need the harness that fits into the socket with all the connection wires. Thanks for the ground comment, I will give it a shot. So if it doesn't work going to the negative terminal of the battery, am I screwed?
where the harness plugs in...are there little pins in it? if so you should be able to get some female "push-on" connectors and make your own harness. if there are no pins but a bunch of slot type holes you could use the male push-ons. this is all based on if you can isolate what pins/slots do what(power, ground, etc...). maybe with a multimeter but thats not my area.
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| 05-07-2005 01:21 PM |
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boardrider
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I thought about making my own harness, because I really only need three of the wires from it, but before I did that I wanted to know which wires were for what... I've had no luck. There are too many possible combinations...there are ten slots in the harness socket. :(
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| 05-07-2005 02:10 PM |
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Hobbes4149
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make you own harness
Ten slots would indicate that there is probably no turn on lead just power ground and speaker level in and out. does it have RCA jacks?
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| 05-08-2005 07:58 AM |
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boardrider
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Yes it does have RCA Jacks. Someone also drilled a small hole in the bottom of the tube, where they connected speaker wire to the sub, which is what I would be connecting to the amp with, if I could get the thing to turn on.
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| 05-08-2005 12:20 PM |
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