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I smell burning
Posted by ppi43908 on 07-10-2006 09:43 AM:
When i have my volume at almost maxx level, and the windows are rolled up, something starts to smell like something electrical is burning, its not that bad, but its there.
Posted by Donsway on 07-10-2006 10:12 AM:
If your amps are not that hot then feel the dust caps on your subs. Your coils may be getting hot, mine do. Could be your HU but you need to find what it is just in case it is non of the above.
Posted by coolahan on 07-15-2006 07:23 AM:
turn ur gain down
Posted by bgto45567 on 07-16-2006 11:38 PM:
Yea turn your gain down that makes a whole lot of freakin sense.. what a jackass, Well first where is the smell coming from and what all do you have? you should deffinitely figure it out because you don't want to catch fire.
Posted by ppi43908 on 07-17-2006 09:48 AM:
it smells like the headunit is givin out that burning smell, its not that bad, and I got a Alpine CDA-7196 or something like that. its a 2001 model.
Posted by Donsway on 07-17-2006 04:59 PM:
It helps if you push your speakers with amps. I only use the HU for the tweeter, so it stays cool. I hope it makes it last a long time.
Posted by bgto45567 on 07-20-2006 10:45 AM:
what kind of car is it?
Posted by ppi43908 on 07-20-2006 12:51 PM:
its a 96' honda civic, I really don't think that matter, since I replaced every stock speaker wire. But it does smell like the headunit.
Posted by bgto45567 on 07-21-2006 10:22 AM:
I don't know, I was just wondering some older ford have this crazy common ground system, but there's so many things it could be, it could just be a bad head unit. never know
Posted by ppi43908 on 07-21-2006 07:03 PM:
maybe I should do the big three. Can someone explain, what that was again? I know one is to replace the wire to the alternator to bigger gauge wires.
Posted by ppi43908 on 07-21-2006 07:04 PM:
maybe I should do the big three. Can someone explain, what that was again? I know one is to replace the wire to the alternator to bigger gauge wires.
Posted by bgto45567 on 07-22-2006 12:26 AM:
If the burning is coming from in the car how is replacing anything under the hood gonna do anything?
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Posted by coolahan on 08-08-2006 02:46 AM:
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Originally posted on 07-16-2006 by bgto45567
Yea turn your gain down that makes a whole lot of freakin sense.. what a jackass, Well first where is the smell coming from and what all do you have? you should deffinitely figure it out because you don't want to catch fire.
Okay so he wasn't specific enough, seeing how I thought he had some subs, I told him to turn his gain down because he was probably clipping and heating his VCs. No need to be an asshole.
Posted by ppi43908 on 08-09-2006 01:29 PM:
yea, once I turned the gain down, the smell went away, its awsome now.