ground sparked and fire

[yo0123yo 10+ year member]

well today i was driving around and got home and i wanted to see how my system sounded, i got two 12" L7's powered by an orion 2500d with 0 gauge ground/power and 2 caps. well on the ground distro block, the main ground wire fell out and i saw my voltage drop to around 8 on the cap, so it took me like a minute to realize the main ground wire had fallen out of the distro block, so when i tried to put it back in and tighten it, it sparked and the allen wrench i was using to tighten it sparked too and the end of it actually caught fire but i blew it out, and now when the car is on without the subs on, the voltage is stayin at 14-14.1, is this good? with the subs at full blast my voltage goes to 13.4-13.8

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[thai_creeper 10+ year member]

did you turn off the car when you were trying to put the ground back in? j/w

 

[yo0123yo 10+ year member]

did you turn off the car when you were trying to put the ground back in? j/w

yea car was off

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

your fine...... prolly gave u a good scare 14.1 is fine for voltage.... those caps are worthless tho... get a decent small batt and you will be much happier

 

[yo0123yo 10+ year member]

i got a red top too //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Spkrman]

the caps are the reason why there was such a spark.

You have to charge them slowly - much more trouble than they are worth... whch isn't much //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[yo0123yo 10+ year member]

everyone says they aint worth it, i like the voltage display they show lol

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

wow..... why not just buy a multimeter or a led voltage display

 

[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

I think that is why people spend money on them

 

[Decipha 10+ year member]

you can get a distro block with a voltage display tis teh hotnezz

good power stats, with my system off i idle at about 14.3 (13.6 before big 3 - see it does help)

with my system at full tilt my power at the amp terminals only reads 10.2 v... time for a new alt aye

105 amp stock alt

800 cc batt

thinking about: fabing a second alt braket

adding another batt... not sure yet