Did I fry my car stereo amp?

CameronS

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Ok heres the scenerio. A buddy of mine wanted to see if an amp he was gonna buy from another guy worked so I offered to let him hook it up to my system to test it. So I unhooked my amp and hooked his up.... after all that I started hooking my amp back up and my dumb ass forgot to unhook the cable from the battery when I was putting in the possitive and accedentily touched the negative with the possitive. It sparked so I stopped immediatly. I checked the fuse between the amp and the battery and it had blown so I thought good it protected my amp. I replaced the fuse a couple days later and hooked it all back up and now tha amp won't even power on. I tested the remote, it's hot, the battery cable is hot, the ground is good. Did I fry the amp?
Any insight would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Cameron
Yeah I checked the fuses on the side by just pullin em and lookin at em but maybe Ill hook em up to an ohm meter. I pulled off the bottom, which just reveals the circuit board, and looks fine...
Here's my amp
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-QV1bNqWmicn/p_113KAC9103/Kenwood-KAC-9103D.html
 
usually amps have a couple fuses built in on the side..? i have popped a few of those and sometimes can be a bitch to remove.

here is a photo of what i am talking about....

http://www.soundbuggy.com/Eric/Car%20Audio/zapco/z100c2-sl/fuse1.JPG

dont totally give up. maybe try connecting your amp to your friends system and see if it turns on...

always recheck everything. . . your ground, your terminal connections, your fuse again etc
 
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