Has anyone ever seen an SPL car go up in flames?
07-05-2005, 12:55 PM
#12
Originally posted by Sassmaster:
I was going to ask if Richard's installs counted, because there's a LOT of burning SPL cars (but none of them were loud LOL)
I was going to ask if Richard's installs counted, because there's a LOT of burning SPL cars (but none of them were loud LOL)
07-05-2005, 05:29 PM
#14
Originally posted by Dann0:
Richard pulled this out of his truck as it was smoking. (shortly after a burp)
http://www.insanehertz.com/gallery/S...ion/june12_109
Richard pulled this out of his truck as it was smoking. (shortly after a burp)
http://www.insanehertz.com/gallery/S...ion/june12_109
07-05-2005, 09:45 PM
#15
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I had some problems last year Driving down to Calgary for finals. The Mini has such a choppy ride that an gromet worked it self loose in the factory installed wiring. So fast and hot that the fuse just well didn't work. The cabin filled with " magic " smoke real fast. Got the problem sorted out and repared before the show like it never happened.
07-06-2005, 06:00 AM
#18
Originally posted by DWVW:
So the answer is yes, bad wiring does cause fires.
So the answer is yes, bad wiring does cause fires.
[ July 06, 2005, 07:03 AM: Message edited by: JordyO ]
07-06-2005, 07:10 AM
#19
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accidents cause fires... not bad wiring.
I've seen a car where the wiring harness for the deck caught on fire but had nothing to do with the wiring or the install.
Fuses dont guarantee that there wont be a fire. They are meant to burn up when excess current passes through, but some take more time. By that time, you got a fire. I had 200amps going through a 150 amp fuse and didnt blow.. also had 30amps going through a 10amp fuse and didnt blow. So then what wrong with this situation.
I've seen a car where the wiring harness for the deck caught on fire but had nothing to do with the wiring or the install.
Fuses dont guarantee that there wont be a fire. They are meant to burn up when excess current passes through, but some take more time. By that time, you got a fire. I had 200amps going through a 150 amp fuse and didnt blow.. also had 30amps going through a 10amp fuse and didnt blow. So then what wrong with this situation.
07-06-2005, 10:10 AM
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What's wrong is that nothing is wrong, if you want a device to instantaneously disconect at a precise threshold, get a Soungate ICB. Fuses will pass more than their rated current for a short amount of time.
I see bad wiring in Aaron's car, it was only on the remote turn on lead so the likely hood of it causing a fire was slim, if it had been a run on 0 guage though. In Steve's car it was wiring run through a metal panel that shorted, the fact that it had a grommet and worked it's way loose would have been no consolation to him if his car had burned to the ground, he would not be able to argue with the fire and say 'but there was a grommet at one time', all the fire cared about was that bare metal (and probably a decent non jagged hole) wore through wire insulation. I don't know about the whole situation with Nicoles car, but it's highly unlikely that proper guage wire just spontaneously combusts.
I see bad wiring in Aaron's car, it was only on the remote turn on lead so the likely hood of it causing a fire was slim, if it had been a run on 0 guage though. In Steve's car it was wiring run through a metal panel that shorted, the fact that it had a grommet and worked it's way loose would have been no consolation to him if his car had burned to the ground, he would not be able to argue with the fire and say 'but there was a grommet at one time', all the fire cared about was that bare metal (and probably a decent non jagged hole) wore through wire insulation. I don't know about the whole situation with Nicoles car, but it's highly unlikely that proper guage wire just spontaneously combusts.
