Odd and Random Problem

[Trepkos 10+ year member]

So, My subwoofers had been working fairly decently for a while now, but recently they have began sounding a bit weaker like they were shorting out whenever a heavy bass note would be played. So I did some testing today by playing fairly loud bass-heavy music and found that the left subwoofer was making a slight but noticeable knocking noise in comparison to the right subwoofer and after a period of playing at this volume level, my ground wire's distribution block was beginning to smoke and upon looking at it, I noticed on one side of it, the plastic had bubbled up and harden I guess from the intense heat.

But my main question is regarding the subwoofer and could it be in direct relation to the distribution block?

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[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

So, My subwoofers had been working fairly decently for a while now, but recently they have began sounding a bit weaker like they were shorting out whenever a heavy bass note would be played. So I did some testing today by playing fairly loud bass-heavy music and found that the left subwoofer was making a slight but noticeable knocking noise in comparison to the right subwoofer and after a period of playing at this volume level, my ground wire's distribution block was beginning to smoke and upon looking at it, I noticed on one side of it, the plastic had bubbled up and harden I guess from the intense heat.
But my main question is regarding the subwoofer and could it be in direct relation to the distribution block?

if your ground wire is melting, common sense says to start there. either it's far too small of power/ground wire, or you simply did a crappy job wiring your amp.

 

[Trepkos 10+ year member]

No, its not due to crappy wiring. The inside of the fused distribution block is melted with the end of the fuse leading to the subwoofer amplifier, probably just an odd issue. I'll have to buy another dis. block, maybe that'll fix it.