Kicker CXA300. 4 pulsating protection issue.

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Well that narrows down things a bit. Just to be clear, you have pulsating protection with and without the Rectifiers BR1 and BR2 correct?

I would focus on the input filters inductor L1-5uH.CP35-220uF, CP33,34-2200uF, CP31,32,CP7,8-104c.

It appears from the pics the inductor is rubbing against the positive power terminal, although the angle makes it difficult to read.
 
No pulsating without rectifiers just straight protection. , pulsating with.

The current post contradicts your post #18
"OK so without the rectifiers and no outputs in the circuit. The amplifier does the same strange pulsating."

If the current post is correct, that would make more sense. You may have two separate problems. The pulsating protection is most likely caused by one or more shorted transistors in the output, or a broken/ bad connection or open resistors in the fixed biasing for the outputs.
 
The problem has to be after the rectifiers, maybe regulated power supply , input on main board or daughter board or Output Stages.

Check the regulated power supply-Q23 and Q30 and associated circuit. There may be a short across on or both (+/- 15 volt) of the regulated supply, possibly caused by one of the Input IC's (2068's or 4558's) or the 100uF 25v (CP1 or CP11).

If and when you get the the output stages, be sure that you have lifted all eight of the 10K ohm resistors. (4 are tied to output protection and 4 are tied to DC protection). Also, DP7 can be lifted to disable DC protection.
 
I have checked all stated and all transistors in the channel s have been pulled and tested.
All with blue paint are good and checked.
Values of
Q404
Q204
Q304
Q104
One of these are incorrectly placed.
3 mpsa06
1 mpsa56
 

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Here is the breakdown for the output stages:X=100,200,300,400 series

QX02,QX05,QX06-MPSA56-Diff amp

QX10-MPSA56-driver for the QX09-B688
QX01-MPSA06-driver for the QX03-D718

QX04-MPSA06-Bias transistor
QX12-MPSA06-predriver transistor

Q204 should be MPSA06
You may want to replace all Outputs and transistors in Amp 2.
 
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