amp I bought 3 days ago not powering on - electrical engineer advice wanted

@parkergetdean 

I used to live in SoCal. If I still did, I would give you a hand. 

As it stands, remote troubleshooting is not really an option unfortunately.

So, when the amp is on, it stays on forever unless you turn it off, right?

yes @devinplombier once it's on, it stays on. I found a good shop in Murietta. I will go there on Saturday hopefully. 

@parkergetdean 

Great! Hope this is the one. Keep us posted!

@parkergetdean ,

If they're soldered to that tiny board and we're working with no soldering experience, yeah maybe leave it to the pros. I'm guessing that tiny board is the soft start.

@thecarpathian I think devinplomber's analysis confirmed that it's not that board. The instructions travel downstream that the power is and then it is rejected by another component. 

two scenarios:

1) turns on, led on volume dial turns red in 8 seconds

2) does not turn on,  led on volume dial turns red in 8 seconds