Gain wire melted
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New member Username: Guntha3Post Number: 3 Registered: Mar-08 | my gain wire melted when i was cranking today. Is it because my wire is not long enough ( its about a foot 1/2)? |
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Platinum Member Username: WingmanaliveA pic is worth 1000 posts!! Post Number: 14635 Registered: Jun-06 | Gain wire? |
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Gold Member Username: Stateprop486PA Post Number: 1039 Registered: Jan-08 | gain wire? wtf.... u mean power wire, ground wire, or remote wire....? |
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Silver Member Username: SkaUSA Post Number: 653 Registered: Jan-08 | how is it melting anyway? do you not have the same size wire as your power (assuming its your grownd) is there paint between the wire and yoru car? |
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Silver Member Username: Prozack52Cincinnati, 2-D615D4 Dia... Post Number: 154 Registered: Feb-08 | all i can say is lol |
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Platinum Member Username: WingmanaliveA pic is worth 1000 posts!! Post Number: 14638 Registered: Jun-06 | Everyone makes mistakes Gunther. Please explain further so we can help you from melting another wire and possibly causing a fire. |
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Silver Member Username: Prozack52Cincinnati, 2-D615D4 Dia... Post Number: 156 Registered: Feb-08 | yes everyone does make mistake my bad i have done a WHOLE lot worse believe me how about when i first started in car audio i burnt up my 800 dollar amp that was a shot to the gut but i learned never to do what i did again |
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Silver Member Username: ClouduzPost Number: 317 Registered: Jun-06 | lol the first thing i thought was...."sh*t Idon't have a gain wire, I must have brought a cheap azz amp" |
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Gold Member Username: Th3pwn3rPost Number:... Post Number: 7218 Registered: Jul-06 | I think he's talking about the wire that goes to a remote knob. |
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Gold Member Username: SouthernrebelMonroe, Louisiana 2 DD3515s, 2... Post Number: 6119 Registered: Mar-04 | My guess is he ment 'ground'. Make sure you have the proper size ground and you have a solid ground. What amp do you have? What size power/ground wires are you currently using? |
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Gold Member Username: JtownTeam RD, Texas Post Number: 2515 Registered: Mar-07 | I think he is talking about the "bass knob" or "gain attentuator" wire, but I could be wrong |
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Gold Member Username: SouthernrebelMonroe, Louisiana 2 DD3515s, 2... Post Number: 6120 Registered: Mar-04 | He said it 1.5ft. Prolly the ground. |
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Gold Member Username: Th3pwn3rPost Number:... Post Number: 7219 Registered: Jul-06 | ^Don't assume anything Canaan. People do the craziest things. |
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Gold Member Username: Spivey17323Dunellen, New jersey 15 inch Alph... Post Number: 1456 Registered: Jun-07 | were u using the same gauge power wire as ground? this happened to my friend and he melted the shi t out of his wire because he was using two different gauges for power and ground |
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Gold Member Username: Van_manBoston South, MA Post Number: 3623 Registered: Mar-06 | all explained here. https://www.ecoustics.com/cgi-bin/bbs/show.pl?tpc=4&post=1479535#POST1479535 |
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New member Username: Guntha3Post Number: 4 Registered: Mar-08 | be easy, i meant ground. my power wire is 4 gauge and the ground is 8 gauge. i guess i see my problem? Go with a 4 gauge ground? |
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Gold Member Username: Stateprop486PA Post Number: 1053 Registered: Jan-08 | yea bro alwys use the same gauge for power n ground wire...what amp r u running? how many watts? nething above 1000watts u might want to switch to 1/0 gauge wiring. |
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New member Username: Guntha3Post Number: 6 Registered: Mar-08 | jbl 1200 . 2w6v2 |
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Gold Member Username: JkidderGunshine , State Flawda Post Number: 3335 Registered: Nov-05 | nice setup gunther |
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Silver Member Username: ClouduzPost Number: 318 Registered: Jun-06 | yea NEVER use a smaller ground than the power wire you can use a smaller power and bigger ground tho, but yea doesn't make sense to do that |
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Gold Member Username: Van_manBoston South, MA Post Number: 3628 Registered: Mar-06 | Did everyone miss this? RMS Power (1 ohm) Not Stable 2 JL 12W6V2 equals 1 ohm or 4 ohm. Is it wired to 1 or 4 ohms Gunther? or maybe 10, 16? |
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Gold Member Username: •cam•BC Canada Post Number: 2170 Registered: Nov-06 | I remember there being a JBL amp that I was looking at that, although it wasn't rated for it, would drive an ohm just fine. |
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New member Username: Guntha3Post Number: 7 Registered: Mar-08 | 4ohms |
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