Dangerous car audio problem.. help!?
My car audio keeps cutting out and I have to re-wire quite often, I thought I had solved this issue but apparently not.
Sparks fly out (not just a small spark which I would expect) but lots of sparks and actual smoke coming from my amps and wires on occasions. Resulting in melted wires and I can smell burning as I drive.
It never use to happen so Im confused how it's happening now. If the earth touches anything metal or slightly touches the live cable it sparks like a b***h.
I'm kind of worried this is going to mess my speakers up, or catch fire or something.. what is the problem???
Update:I think I know which amp has the short, in fact im 99% sure it is the door speakers. What exactly is a short and how do I fix it?
The puzzling thing is it seems to be the only peice out of my sound system I had proffessionally fitted has the short..
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A short is where the metal part of a wire touches another metal part, either another wire or the car metalwork. I would look at the wiring where it crosses from the door frame into the door, and replace if needed. Make sure rubber bushes - grommets - are fitted where wires pass over metal edges
My suggestion would be to purchase a residence stereo. It could be significantly better and cheaper ultimately. The hindrance is that if you hook a charger to a battery and take a look at to run stereo equipment through it you'll end up with a horrible squeal coming via the audio system. I know when you consider that i attempted to construct a display for a neighborhood stereo keep this way and discovered that to get a charging method that might no longer produce the squeal it will cost a lot more than I was charging them for the entire job. Hope i have been worthwhile.
You've got a short somewhere. Get some professional help before you cook the whole lot.
it might be some sort of problems in your receiver or amplifier ...get checked from whereu have fitted your audio sysytem.