skinny16 Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 I just installed some bus bars on top of my battery up front(for less voltage drop, more expandability), soldered and wired everything up. No problem, but then I was driving today and my head unit seemed to be kickin on and off, which didnt worry me too much. Then my car completely shut off.....so i pulled over luckily into a parking lot and checked it out, and smelled like i fried somethin, but there are no fuses blown from the alt-battery 1/0 run or the stock wiring from the alt to the battery. Then that had my looking at the grounds, and those are all solid. I didnt change anything with the wiring under the engine, just added ring terminals so they could attach to the bus bars. Any suggestions/advice would be much appreciated! Quote RF T600-4 RF T1500-1BDCP FI BL 15 Iraggi 190A Alternator Big 3 Kinetik HC1800 Kinetik HC2400 Knu Flex 1/0 2 Sets of RF T2 Component 6.5's Own but not installed...yet 1 Set of RF T2 Component 6.5's 1 Set of Qlogic Kickpanels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel4055 Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 If your ENTIRE car shut off that's usually a sign of something shorting. Quote Rest In Peace mother. January 22, 1955 - February 14, 2013 http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/user/35351-megrch/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinny16 Posted December 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 If your ENTIRE car shut off that's usually a sign of something shorting. Ya, I mean, the car still runs now, but it doesnt really explain how it shut off completely, then all of the sudden gained power again, like something is loose. But all the wires are secured, zip tied, no fuses blew during this whole thing, so its got me scouring my car for clues to what exactly happened, lol Quote RF T600-4 RF T1500-1BDCP FI BL 15 Iraggi 190A Alternator Big 3 Kinetik HC1800 Kinetik HC2400 Knu Flex 1/0 2 Sets of RF T2 Component 6.5's Own but not installed...yet 1 Set of RF T2 Component 6.5's 1 Set of Qlogic Kickpanels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamHT Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 I would really check the grounds. Where are they placed? Have the bars come in contact with anything? Quote Tell me...does this smell like chloroform to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford302Redneck Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Need to recheck everything. Until you find a problem. It could be almost anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinny16 Posted December 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 I would really check the grounds. Where are they placed? Have the bars come in contact with anything? 1 ground goes to the strut mount, one goes to the engine block. Both are secure, and as for the bus bars, they are both on top of the battery, and I made them so they wouldnt touch the hood or anything around them. But I am headed out to the garage right now, hopefully can find out what the hell is goin on Quote RF T600-4 RF T1500-1BDCP FI BL 15 Iraggi 190A Alternator Big 3 Kinetik HC1800 Kinetik HC2400 Knu Flex 1/0 2 Sets of RF T2 Component 6.5's Own but not installed...yet 1 Set of RF T2 Component 6.5's 1 Set of Qlogic Kickpanels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel4055 Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 The only thing I can think of is a line shorted on something in your car. If your headunit was the first to experience problems then I would check that. Quote Rest In Peace mother. January 22, 1955 - February 14, 2013 http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/user/35351-megrch/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superjay Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 dude, really, where are you? if you're close to me PLEASE let me look at it. If you're not PLEASE let me send you somewhere to have it checked...PLEASE!!! I hate hearing about this kind of thing...your next thread will most likely be "so my car burned to the ground today..." Quote Principal JTech Consulting - Leader in 12-Volt Training and Product PlanningIt's not about how much power you have, but how well you use it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 dude, really, where are you? if you're close to me PLEASE let me look at it. If you're not PLEASE let me send you somewhere to have it checked...PLEASE!!! I hate hearing about this kind of thing...your next thread will most likely be "so my car burned to the ground today..." X2 man. Breaks my heart a little every time I hear stuff like that. When it could've been fixed with asimple connection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethridge Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 yea there was definitely something shorted out that happened to me one day and my positive battery post was touching the firewall throwing sparks i immediately upgraded my battery terminal to one that wasn't as close to the firewall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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