VistaV6 Posted October 24, 2009 Report Share Posted October 24, 2009 just hooked up my new subs and amp, played em for about 30 mins..started raining so i got out real quick and went to take the power cable off my battery. unhooked the negative just to be safe then went to touch the positive and HOLY shit I am typing this without using my index finger or thumb. I have huge swollen up blisters now, worse i have ever been burned. Is this because the battery was having too much current transfer so it got insanely hot?? Time for a kinetik or optima? Quote SUCCESS is a decision, NOT a dream. You have to name the price you are willing to pay to get it. "You didn't have an ice pick on you? Amateur. " -- Wax from Fchat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.p Posted October 24, 2009 Report Share Posted October 24, 2009 ouch, id say your drawing way too much off that battery or your wires are too small Quote DCAUDIO BALLS DEEP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdg0080 Posted October 24, 2009 Report Share Posted October 24, 2009 yeah you are drawing way way too much currant. sounds like you are on the verge of catching something on fire there. make sure you dont have any shorts to ground or something. was the fuse blown or anything like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripleb45 Posted October 24, 2009 Report Share Posted October 24, 2009 better switch batteries real quick and yes check the wiring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VistaV6 Posted October 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2009 Well everything is off now so its safe. Its rockford 4 gauage to the DC 1k. I will probably grab me an optima yellow top. Quote SUCCESS is a decision, NOT a dream. You have to name the price you are willing to pay to get it. "You didn't have an ice pick on you? Amateur. " -- Wax from Fchat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSwongerAA Posted October 24, 2009 Report Share Posted October 24, 2009 It sounds like you have a bad connection at your positive battery terminal. Resistance=Heat. take a multimeter and set it to voltage. Start with one of your probes on the negative POST (not the battery clamp, on the post itself). Take your other probe and touch the positive post and record your voltage. then move onto the battery clamp thats on the post and record your voltage. Next go onto the wire as it enters the clamp on the battery. Wire going into the fuseholder, hot side of fuseholder to fuse, fuse to amp side of fuseholder etc etc etc. Keep testing each time you have a connection the whole way back or until you get a big difference in voltage, i want to say 0.5 volts from one point to another would be where you need to stop. That point will be your resistance. Fix it and everything should be better. Schoshe fuseblocks are notorious for getting warm and melting the plastic around the machined parts and melting the plastic on Maxi fuses as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VistaV6 Posted November 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 Update on this, got an optima yellow top in the mail this week, put it in yesterday. Swear the system slams harder. But anyway, posts still getting hot. Sometimes its not hot all, cant really figure it out. For example, it was hot from me testing it out in my driveway. So I went out and drove around without bass, and it was much cooler when I got back. So pointing out the obvious, its the stereo doing it. The while I had the battery in I didn't notice it getting even barely warm...Yesterday I drove to a friends house, bumped the whole way there (10 mins) then gave him a demo, so pushing the system the whole time, opened the hood at his house, not even hot. But then today bumped it in my driveway again for 5 mins tops, and it was pretty hot. In other words, it makes no sense. Any words of advice?? Checked the voltage at post, clamp, wire, and fuse...all the same Quote SUCCESS is a decision, NOT a dream. You have to name the price you are willing to pay to get it. "You didn't have an ice pick on you? Amateur. " -- Wax from Fchat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DC Power Kyle Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 Make sure nothing is becoming loose... cause that really sounds like a loose wire somewhere moving around and catching resistance and making heat. Triple check your wiring and do resistance measures between wiring with a DMM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VistaV6 Posted November 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 You know, my ground from my amp was loose to where its bolted, subs keep rattling it out, might need some loctite. Quote SUCCESS is a decision, NOT a dream. You have to name the price you are willing to pay to get it. "You didn't have an ice pick on you? Amateur. " -- Wax from Fchat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DC Power Kyle Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 Yeah you want to check all connections like that, loose wires create heat and can cause fires. :x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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