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  4. Circuit Breaker vs Fuse

    in Electrical-battery- Alternators- Wiring

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    Well, I never used mine on any run of wire that you couldn't see the entire thing. Only on short runs such as alternator to front battery, or rear battery to amp. A short wire that would rarely have any reason to short, and if it did I could quickly find the reason. But as far as wires like from front battery to rear battery, I always used fuses. Too many things for the wire to rub against, and too many things to go wrong...i'd be tempted to just flip the breaker and go back to full tilt...and I don't want magic smoke.

    You have a good point. I'll probably look into that actually. A good 300A for those short 1/0 runs up front...

  5. Circuit Breaker vs Fuse

    in Electrical-battery- Alternators- Wiring

    Posted

    True, but in the long run, you still save money...unless you just reset it and keep bumpin...that's when you tend to see magic smoke!

    This is true...and they have been used in houses for ages without much issue. I just like knowing that fuses are restored to 100% effectiveness after replacement, whereas a circuit breaker may only be high 90s, but I am a stickler for details. And magic smoke = :ehh:

  10. Holy S***...Pics because it DID happen. Another story from my evening.

    in Off Topic - Random, Misc posts - the forum "Junk Drawer"

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    My friend Scott and I were walking back to our dorms with a $5 pizza...typical college kid stuff, and we come across this. According to a girl nearby, the Expedition started accelerating out of a garage underneath our dorm building, crossed the street, and went down two sets of 5-6 stairs into the Law building. Pics from my phone:

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    News story: Pittsburgh Post Gazette Story

  14. Fi Q high Qts option

    in Fi Car Audio Subwoofers

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    If all goes well, I should be running a 12" Q with the cooling option in a sealed enclosure off about 900W. I know that the high Qts option is there for people running the subs sealed, but what would that do if I were to someday move to a ported enclosure? Does that option limit the sub to sealed enclosures only? Thanks.

  18. JL 10W0 Recones

    in Subwoofers / Enclosures

    Posted · Edited by S15_Silvia

    Hmm...the only thing I'd get confused with is how far the coil goes down into the gap. I guess you could take some measurements from the soft parts of one of the blown woofers...like checking the length from the bottom of the cone to the very end of the former. Other than that though, standard recone business :drink40:

    EDIT: Forgot to address the spider...once you know how much of the former should stick out the back of the cone, drop a spider in, let the cone/surround/former assembly rest in the basket and mark a line on the former where the spider needs to be epoxied? Ahh Forevrbumpn needs to get in here lol

  21. good single din HU

    in Head Units-Processors and Eq's

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    'Arsenal' is JVC's premium line- think Kenwood Excelon or Pioneer Premier. It's definitely a solid radio- the quality coming from a USB-connected iPod is amazing, and the internal amp isn't bad at all. One thing I like about it over some other radios is that it actually charges the iPod when it's plugged in- overall I'm very happy with it.

  24. My story for this evening

    in Off Topic - Random, Misc posts - the forum "Junk Drawer"

    Posted · Edited by S15_Silvia

    So I was walking around South Oakland (just outside downtown Pittsburgh) with four of my friends at about 10:15 tonight, and you know how sometimes when you hear a car coming down the street you just turn to look? Kind of instinctively, kind of to check out what kind of car it is. Well, this time, I turned to see a white 90s Celebrity in the process of crossing the double yellow toward us, doing 35-40. I kinda froze, and watched is it proceeded maybe 20 more feet in the oncoming lane, then smack into a parked VW Beetle. I've seen accidents before, and I know many of you have, but it was LOUD! After hitting the Beetle, the Celebrity rolled backward across two lanes (we were on a slight hill) and into a stone wall on the other side. Two of my friends managed to wake the driver up and talk to him while I called 911. The driver had a nice gash on his forehead from the lack of airbags and not wearing a seatbelt, and he definitely smelled like liquor....paramedics came, and he went to the hospital. My favorite part of the evening was an EMT telling the guy "Put that damn cigarette out, you got all kinds of fluids coming from your damn car!" Moral of the story is DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE, and WEAR A ********** SEATBELT!

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    Scary thing is, if we hadn't stopped for a sec to debate what we were gonna do that night, we would've been next to that parked Beetle when it got hit...

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