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<blockquote data-quote="Justinw303" data-source="post: 2181369" data-attributes="member: 561389">Today as I was going to work, I noticed my battery lght was on and my voltage readout in the dash was well below what it should be, so I popped the hood and noticed that I had a lot of corrosion build-up on my battery terminals, which I thought might be the problem, and I also saw a wire where part of the insulation had completely melted off and apparently caught a small fire and scorched the side of whatever was above it.So when my dad got home tonight I asked him to help me clean off the terminals and look at the wire, and he noticed that it was the alternator and he said it was gone, and I&#039;d need a new one.Well, he&#039;s always the car audio skeptic and love to argue with me about stuff, and because he&#039;s never seen an alternator burn up and get so hot as to melt the wiring, he thinks my system killed my alt. But all I have is a single 400 watt amp, and I know the alt is that truck can more than withstand that little current draw.So I&#039;m asking, who is right? Is this some freak occurence, or is my system too &quot;powerful&quot;. He says I&#039;ll probably be replacing the alt again in&nbsp; year because of the saem problem if I keep the system, which I doubt, but I wanted to check with you guys and get some professional opinions.Thanks for reading.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Justinw303, post: 2181369, member: 561389"] Today as I was going to work, I noticed my battery lght was on and my voltage readout in the dash was well below what it should be, so I popped the hood and noticed that I had a lot of corrosion build-up on my battery terminals, which I thought might be the problem, and I also saw a wire where part of the insulation had completely melted off and apparently caught a small fire and scorched the side of whatever was above it. So when my dad got home tonight I asked him to help me clean off the terminals and look at the wire, and he noticed that it was the alternator and he said it was gone, and I'd need a new one. Well, he's always the car audio skeptic and love to argue with me about stuff, and because he's never seen an alternator burn up and get so hot as to melt the wiring, he thinks my system killed my alt. But all I have is a single 400 watt amp, and I know the alt is that truck can more than withstand that little current draw. So I'm asking, who is right? Is this some freak occurence, or is my system too "powerful". He says I'll probably be replacing the alt again in year because of the saem problem if I keep the system, which I doubt, but I wanted to check with you guys and get some professional opinions. Thanks for reading. [/QUOTE]

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