Melted car wiring

[brianhalv 10+ year member]

All of my wiring in my Ford Focus melted. I have had a system hooked up in the car for almost a year with no real problems. My mechanic said, though he doesn't know what caused the wiring to melt, he doesn't think it had anything to do with my system. I'm asking this because I'm getting another Focus and don't want to have to worry about ****ing this one up too.

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[ThomasG 5,000+ posts]

A possible reason for wire to melt is pushing too much power through too small size of a wire.

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

what wiring burned?

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

maybe it was too much neon, LED's, HID's, fog lights, and whatever else light were on the car. Actually I shouldnt assume you are one of those ricer fegs. Are you?

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

maybe it was too much neon, LED's, HID's, fog lights, and whatever else light were on the car. Actually I shouldnt assume you are one of those ricer fegs. Are you?

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[brianhalv 10+ year member]

No I don't have anything riced.

The wiring that melted was from my headlights, I believe.

 

[mokedaddy 5,000+ posts]

If your car burned down and it wasnt caused by the system, I recommend not buying the same car. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[damonhargroves 10+ year member]

what wires exactly burnt? the factory wires or the power wire. if it was the power wire then thats the least of your worries

 

[damonhargroves 10+ year member]

you must have installed some higher powered headlights without using an spdt relay

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

No I don't have anything riced.
The wiring that melted was from my headlights, I believe.

one or both?

 

[budahbuddy803 10+ year member]

i tried to bypass something in an 06 cobalt to get a remote turn on and obviously hooked something up wrong and burnt the crap out of that remote wire. I tried to go through the fuse box and it worked, but after being extremely happy i got this mans system working we saw the smoke and i had to rip everything back up.

Sorry to thread jack, but what did i do wrong? Two other guys who know a good bit about audio took a look and couldnt figure it out either.

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

i tried to bypass something in an 06 cobalt to get a remote turn on and obviously hooked something up wrong and burnt the crap out of that remote wire. I tried to go through the fuse box and it worked, but after being extremely happy i got this mans system working we saw the smoke and i had to rip everything back up.
Sorry to thread jack, but what did i do wrong? Two other guys who know a good bit about audio took a look and couldnt figure it out either.

you probably had the remote pinched and it grounded...

 

[budahbuddy803 10+ year member]

you probably had the remote pinched and it grounded...

so if that is the case, i could use the same exact idea, but do what to not pinch the wire?

 

[damonhargroves 10+ year member]

yea reroute the wires. if you caught the wire in an area around metal which a cobalt is infamous for the wire will chafe on the bare metal. loom it up under the dash

 

[budahbuddy803 10+ year member]

loom it up under the dash....i guess i will try that. Thanks.