my ground wire started to smoke and melt??

[dark_stalker]

i installed my deck and everything was working fine until a couple days later when i started up the car. the ground wired started melting?? i did everything correct, could it just be the deck?? cause when my friend had it he spill some juice on the face. could that be the cause of it?

[cp[mike]]

a ground wire is just as important as a power wire.

if something draws and uses lots of current, it pulls it from the battery, but it has to get back somehow... through the ground wire to the chassis.

a fuse is nothing more than a wire. when too much current goes thru it, it heats up and burns out.

your ground wire acted as a fuse. for some reason it wasnt getting a good connection so a large amount of current was passing through a small wire. heat, and meltage.



my suggestion for repair: redo your grounds! take them off, sand them clean, and use a new clean bolt.

[accord junkie]

a ground wire is just as important as a power wire.

if something draws and uses lots of current, it pulls it from the battery, but it has to get back somehow... through the ground wire to the chassis.

a fuse is nothing more than a wire. when too much current goes thru it, it heats up and burns out.

your ground wire acted as a fuse. for some reason it wasnt getting a good connection so a large amount of current was passing through a small wire. heat, and meltage.



my suggestion for repair: redo your grounds! take them off, sand them clean, and use a new clean bolt.

KUDOS KUDOS LOL I COULDINT OF HAD SAID IT ANY BETTER WOW.

[dark_stalker]

i was thinking that its the deck, cause it did the same to my dad's truck now it wont start up any more. i mean it does but it'll burn the fuse right away.

[accordztech]

chassis ground the deck. make sure everything is hooked up properly....what fuse is blowing?

[Fake Thug]

Sounds like that deck is shorted internal.

[dark_stalker]

Sounds like that deck is shorted internal.

yeah thats what i think too. the deck probably got mess up when my friend spill some juice the face.

[StockAccord]

Your ground wire might've been too small. try using some 4 guage wires.

[dark_stalker]

Your ground wire might've been too small. try using some 4 guage wires.

it was just the stock ground wire that connect to the plug.

[cb95spd]

buy a new deck..
and use a better ground..

problem solved

[accordztech]

Your ground wire might've been too small. try using some 4 guage wires.

honestly for a deck, it dont need a t hick wire.

[dark_stalker]

i'll probably get a new deck later on

[93hondalx]

what head unit do you have??

[slammedteg91]

yup sounds like deck is internally shorted, I had an old Pioneer do that one time lol I redid my harness 3 times and still had the same problems, then hooked up a different pioneer (with the same plug) and it worked fine...

[C91BLX7]

Your ground wire might've been too small. try using some 4 guage wires.

for a deck? rofl