So I upgraded my stereo power wires the other day. I currently run two amps and have them both running straight to the battery with a fuse.
I decided to run them with a real distribution block style system and that allowed me to shorten the wires a lot because I had a 20 foot power wire that only went 8 feet. Instead of just shortening the wire, I decided to do it like the pros, with both a ground and power distribution blocks. I also was going to need to upgrade the wire on one amp from 8 guage to 4 guage and this allowed me to get the extra 4 guage wire from the one amp and use it for the second amp without buying more 4 guage. ( so instead I buy some 1/0 wire and distribution blocks and more fuses...saved me lots of dough there
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Anyway, I put the Perko switch off and cut the power wires from the amps. I stripped the cover off about 5/8" or so like the Knukonceptz guys recommended and went to work on getting other parts set up. I bumped the wires together and they started popping and snapping where they came together! The wires just went from the amps to the floor and somehow still had charge enough in them to start arcing. Needless to say, it scared the crapola out of me thinking I had probably just fried both amps. Fortunately, all works great with the new setup, so no harm done.
Again, the amps were off. The Perko switch was off. The wires were cut and the ends that arced went from the amps to the floor of the boat. There is no way that any power was currently being fed to them. I can only surmise that there is some reserve power that is stored in the amplifiers.
How did this happen?
I decided to run them with a real distribution block style system and that allowed me to shorten the wires a lot because I had a 20 foot power wire that only went 8 feet. Instead of just shortening the wire, I decided to do it like the pros, with both a ground and power distribution blocks. I also was going to need to upgrade the wire on one amp from 8 guage to 4 guage and this allowed me to get the extra 4 guage wire from the one amp and use it for the second amp without buying more 4 guage. ( so instead I buy some 1/0 wire and distribution blocks and more fuses...saved me lots of dough there
)Anyway, I put the Perko switch off and cut the power wires from the amps. I stripped the cover off about 5/8" or so like the Knukonceptz guys recommended and went to work on getting other parts set up. I bumped the wires together and they started popping and snapping where they came together! The wires just went from the amps to the floor and somehow still had charge enough in them to start arcing. Needless to say, it scared the crapola out of me thinking I had probably just fried both amps. Fortunately, all works great with the new setup, so no harm done.
Again, the amps were off. The Perko switch was off. The wires were cut and the ends that arced went from the amps to the floor of the boat. There is no way that any power was currently being fed to them. I can only surmise that there is some reserve power that is stored in the amplifiers.
How did this happen?
but kinda relevant: Airbag systems use CAP's to store enough energy to deploy the bags in case the battery is destroyed on impact, when servicing the system, it is recommended to touch the POS cable to the NEG cable after removing them both from the battery.
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