Melted my distribution block, and lots of other questions
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50 Watt CAFz'r
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It is still wise to upgrade your ground. If the fuse is under-rated, it could be the more significant bottle neck, however, if your ground is under-rated also, it too will be a bottle neck.
Are you certain that your ground was not damaged in some way that you can't see?
Go to crappy tire - you can get pre-assembled ground wires with the battery terminal and ground ring in sizes up to 18" of 0 awg wire. For $20ish everything is ready to roll for you.
Are you certain that your ground was not damaged in some way that you can't see?
Go to crappy tire - you can get pre-assembled ground wires with the battery terminal and ground ring in sizes up to 18" of 0 awg wire. For $20ish everything is ready to roll for you.
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Just an update:
I re-did the ground, and used my cap as dist. block. It worked great, and to my suprise it sounds way better then ever before. It is noticeably cleaner sounding and seems to go to a higher volume without distorting. So thanks Sasha for the advice.
Also I noticed while I was doing it that the stereo shop that installed the cap (Madman McKay in Nanaimo) did a terrbile job at connecting the main power wire to the connectors to and from the cap. They attempted to solder the wire to connectors but did such a poor job, literally none of the wire touched the solder. Therefore the wire fell strait out of the connectors as soon as I touched it. Theres no way this could have caused the block to melt is there? Long story short - stay away from madman mckay!
I will try to post pics of the block tomorrow.
I re-did the ground, and used my cap as dist. block. It worked great, and to my suprise it sounds way better then ever before. It is noticeably cleaner sounding and seems to go to a higher volume without distorting. So thanks Sasha for the advice.
Also I noticed while I was doing it that the stereo shop that installed the cap (Madman McKay in Nanaimo) did a terrbile job at connecting the main power wire to the connectors to and from the cap. They attempted to solder the wire to connectors but did such a poor job, literally none of the wire touched the solder. Therefore the wire fell strait out of the connectors as soon as I touched it. Theres no way this could have caused the block to melt is there? Long story short - stay away from madman mckay!
I will try to post pics of the block tomorrow.
Just an update:
I re-did the ground, and used my cap as dist. block. It worked great, and to my suprise it sounds way better then ever before. It is noticeably cleaner sounding and seems to go to a higher volume without distorting. So thanks Sasha for the advice.
Also I noticed while I was doing it that the stereo shop that installed the cap (Madman McKay in Nanaimo) did a terrbile job at connecting the main power wire to the connectors to and from the cap. They attempted to solder the wire to connectors but did such a poor job, literally none of the wire touched the solder. Therefore the wire fell strait out of the connectors as soon as I touched it. Theres no way this could have caused the block to melt is there? Long story short - stay away from madman mckay!
I will try to post pics of the block tomorrow.
I re-did the ground, and used my cap as dist. block. It worked great, and to my suprise it sounds way better then ever before. It is noticeably cleaner sounding and seems to go to a higher volume without distorting. So thanks Sasha for the advice.
Also I noticed while I was doing it that the stereo shop that installed the cap (Madman McKay in Nanaimo) did a terrbile job at connecting the main power wire to the connectors to and from the cap. They attempted to solder the wire to connectors but did such a poor job, literally none of the wire touched the solder. Therefore the wire fell strait out of the connectors as soon as I touched it. Theres no way this could have caused the block to melt is there? Long story short - stay away from madman mckay!
I will try to post pics of the block tomorrow.
I am glad it sounds better. Why someone would try to solder wires to cap is beyond me...and that prolly just fell apart on its own lol
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