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<blockquote data-quote="youdoofus" data-source="post: 8564208" data-attributes="member: 664079"><p>The older sons best friend installed a pioneer amp and sub combo. Ok cool, but he ran the power wire from the fender through the passenger side door to get it inside the cabin (vs going through the firewall) and has the wiring fuse in the trunk instead of under the hood within 8-10 inshes from the battery like it should be. Now, aside from the gains obviously set incorrectly (when the h/u is turned to 3 the subs are bangin pretty loudly), im concerned with the potential fire hazard of the pinched wire and lack of fuse under the hood. Its only an 8 gauge run that he has covered in the flimsiest split loom on earth. My concern lies inthe fact that the older son rides with this kid fairly frequently and despits the weakness of the amp and sub, im sure he has them cranked while driving around. Wouldnt this potentially cause heat to gather where the wire is pinched due it causing a kink and being pressed on by weather stripping of the door? Combine that with the gains on the amp at likely 80%+ and im thinking a potential fire hazard. Am i wrong here?&nbsp; from what i could tell, its a pioneer GM-5400T running two entirely black faced pioneer 10&quot;s</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="youdoofus, post: 8564208, member: 664079"] The older sons best friend installed a pioneer amp and sub combo. Ok cool, but he ran the power wire from the fender through the passenger side door to get it inside the cabin (vs going through the firewall) and has the wiring fuse in the trunk instead of under the hood within 8-10 inshes from the battery like it should be. Now, aside from the gains obviously set incorrectly (when the h/u is turned to 3 the subs are bangin pretty loudly), im concerned with the potential fire hazard of the pinched wire and lack of fuse under the hood. Its only an 8 gauge run that he has covered in the flimsiest split loom on earth. My concern lies inthe fact that the older son rides with this kid fairly frequently and despits the weakness of the amp and sub, im sure he has them cranked while driving around. Wouldnt this potentially cause heat to gather where the wire is pinched due it causing a kink and being pressed on by weather stripping of the door? Combine that with the gains on the amp at likely 80%+ and im thinking a potential fire hazard. Am i wrong here? from what i could tell, its a pioneer GM-5400T running two entirely black faced pioneer 10"s [/QUOTE]

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