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<blockquote data-quote="bbodkin" data-source="post: 8623001" data-attributes="member: 674502"><p>Hi everyone, I’m new to this forum and have a pretty scary problem to ask help on. I currently have a loose subwoofer box sitting where my existing center console was because I am switching them out when I get the new console in the mail. I was moving the box to the back seat so I turned down the amp and receiver volume to nothing to make sure nothing was playing while I moved it. I set it down on the backseat to drive temporarily and the subwoofer cut off. It then made a distorted version of the bass from what was playing and I smelled horrible wire burn. I look down and the wire coming from my amp to my sub was burned completely. The way my amp is set up is there is a positive and negative wire that comes from my amp for my sub and there is a seperate positive and negative wire from my sub box terminals. The two seperate sets of wires meet in the middle at spade connectors and connect together. The positive spade connectors on both end of the wires were burnt completely to where the wires just pulled out of the connectors (I had everything securely and correctly wires). The amp has no burnt wires in their terminals, the sub box terminals had no burning or black tipped wires, only the positive wire ends that met at the spade connector. Could I just cut the melted pieces and reconnect? Should I shorten the distance of wire between my amp and subwoofer? I have about 2 feet of length right now. I’m running 500 Watts rms and have 12 Guage wire for my sub. 0 guage for my amp power wires. Any help is appreciated!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bbodkin, post: 8623001, member: 674502"] Hi everyone, I’m new to this forum and have a pretty scary problem to ask help on. I currently have a loose subwoofer box sitting where my existing center console was because I am switching them out when I get the new console in the mail. I was moving the box to the back seat so I turned down the amp and receiver volume to nothing to make sure nothing was playing while I moved it. I set it down on the backseat to drive temporarily and the subwoofer cut off. It then made a distorted version of the bass from what was playing and I smelled horrible wire burn. I look down and the wire coming from my amp to my sub was burned completely. The way my amp is set up is there is a positive and negative wire that comes from my amp for my sub and there is a seperate positive and negative wire from my sub box terminals. The two seperate sets of wires meet in the middle at spade connectors and connect together. The positive spade connectors on both end of the wires were burnt completely to where the wires just pulled out of the connectors (I had everything securely and correctly wires). The amp has no burnt wires in their terminals, the sub box terminals had no burning or black tipped wires, only the positive wire ends that met at the spade connector. Could I just cut the melted pieces and reconnect? Should I shorten the distance of wire between my amp and subwoofer? I have about 2 feet of length right now. I’m running 500 Watts rms and have 12 Guage wire for my sub. 0 guage for my amp power wires. Any help is appreciated! [/QUOTE]
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