Kicker sub and amp died

stea · June 10, 2025

Sorry stereo dummy here. I installed the kicker sub and amp kit last year. It has now died. Just get an occasional rumble out of the sub woofer. I belive its the amp. I tried a different sub with the same results.

I called kicker and you can't just buy the amp u have to buy the whole kit.

Any issue running the same sub woofer ( sticker on woofer shows 1 ohm) and the enclosue with a different amp if run larger power wire to the new amp from the battery. Plan on using the same line outputs the kicker kit used. (Yellow and yellow with stripe up by the pass front door kicker panel. That's where the kicker kit connected.

Also will have to run a remote wire to an accessory powered fuse I belive.

Thoughts.?

taze · June 11, 2025

As long as the amp is 1 ohm stable, you should be fine. That surprises me a little that sub is 1 ohm.

stea · June 11, 2025

Yea. I was also.

taze · June 11, 2025

Looks like it's dual 1 ohm, so maybe it's wired series to 2?

Kicker RW10CVT10 Subwoofer
400 Watts RMS / 800 Watts Peak
Dual 1 Ohm Voice Coils
Cutout diameter: 9-3/16"
Mounting Depth 4 1/4"
Frequency Response: 25 - 500Hz
Sensitivity: 87.2 dB
Minimum Sealed Enclosure: 0.8ft³
Maximum Sealed Enclosure: 3ft³
Minimum Ported Enclosure: 1.25ft³
Maximum Ported Enclosure: 1.75ft3³
Shallow-mount, true high-performance woofer
Delivers extreme bass with minimum depth
Dark gray modified-spoke cone with bracing for clear bass
response
Ventless solid-pole design for direct mount to enclosure rear wall
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Warranty Info:

1-Year Manufacturer's Warranty

stea · June 11, 2025

It had 2 separate feeds. Amp shows 200 watts 2 channel on the back but no other specs

taze · June 11, 2025

I do see Kicker amps (such as 42PXA2002) list as 1 ohm stable, so maybe they were doing 1 coil per channel. You could wire them in series to increase your options with mono amps. The sub looks like this?