Wire Problem

[Necorum]

Ok i had prev. installed a alpine 4 chgannel amp and then got a 15 inch rockford subs and kenwood amp. I installed everything the same as i did for the alpine but didnt run a distribution blockl due to getting a capacitor this weekend that has one built in, I ran the power wires together to the trunk and yesterday during a rainy day my subs started cutting in and out. after some trouble shooting i found this.

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f2/Necorum/Picture112.jpg

what is the cause of this?

Ps i used different brands of wires. rockford fosgate for the alpine and some offbrand for the kenwood. Im guessinf cheap wire.

Edited December 10, 2007 by Necorum

[joey2714]

cant really see that picture.. very blurry for me

[roscoe1129]

can you get a clearer pic? I know its wire but is it charred?

[Dale]

do you have rats in your car? lol j/p man, but a better picture would REALLY help

[FieroGrande]

picture looks like a piece that you cut off with a burnt end on it.

[Necorum]

picture looks like a piece that you cut off with a burnt end on it.

You would be correct . The wire i cut it off (its too cold to sit and take pics outside) and one end was charred the red that connected to my battery

[roscoe1129]

I would have to say too much current draw for that wire. Is it cheap wire or smaller than what you had?

[Necorum]

I would have to say too much current draw for that wire. Is it cheap wire or smaller than what you had?

cheap wire ... should i change the cheap wire onto the smaller alpine 4 channel amp and the rockford wire to the bigger amp (sub amp) til i can get a better wire?

[roscoe1129]

yep, give that a try

[Necorum]

yep, give that a try

Pretty sure the alpine mrp-240 4 channel 50x4 takes less to power than the kenwood kac-7203 250 rms x 2 @ 2 ohms amp powering the 15's.

Oh the gain is up rather high due to my head unit should i tuirn that down a bit? (think i read something somewhere online about doing this might be wrong)

Edited December 10, 2007 by Necorum