got a kenwood kac 9013d amp here that went into protection one day in my brother's car.

it was temporarily mounted to the sub box at the time and powering a kicker l7 15 (which is now dead due to cracked magnet and shifted motor)in a ~4 cube ported box.

so what happens is every time it is powered on it will go into protection. i looked the board over and i dont see anything burnt. however i did find a capacitor with one of it's leads broken off.

here is what info i can get from the capacitor:

50v 47uF (microfarad), appears to under a brand ELNA, CE85(degree symbol)C which i assume means ceramic and 85C is max temp rating, right under that last line it reads 0718 which i assume is some type of product code, finally under that im seeing the letter "S" inside a circle-ish circle ( (S) <--has a flat bottom but round top)

thats all the info i got right now, i tried to solder it back on but the lead is just too short.

thanks for any help

Do you just need a replacement? This should work for a test cap, it is a piece of crap but I'd bet the one that was in there is as well.

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=020-1306&scqty=1

That sounds like a easy fix. Just buy a new 47uf cap and solder it into the same place.

Do you just need a replacement? This should work for a test cap, it is a piece of crap but I'd bet the one that was in there is as well.

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=020-1306&scqty=1

If it was indeed ELNA it should be at least half decent. That one can be used to test if only the cap is at fault.

Do you just need a replacement? This should work for a test cap, it is a piece of crap but I'd bet the one that was in there is as well.

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=020-1306&scqty=1

If it was indeed ELNA it should be at least half decent. That one can be used to test if only the cap is at fault.

I wouldn't drop $12 to find out though...actually I probably would. Time/money not doing it twice may be worth spending an extra $10

thanks for the hel. maybe i can ask my electronics professor if i can barrow a 47uF cap to test it out, then buy a real replacement if that fixes the problem.

Maybe post some pics here so a few guys can have a look

found a pic online

very bottom right hand side, you see the long heat sink and to the right of that u see two caps next to each other, below that is a 3rd cap, that is the one that broke off.