ngsm13

Ok, SOOOO, I'm reallllly baffled and just plain pissed off. Last night i decided to cable tie ALL of my wires, put plastic tuding around all of them, and tie them back. (kinda clean up my wires/install real good before I make my amplifier rack.) So, that's what i was doing last night. Not installing anything...I only unhooked my subwoofer amp...nothing else, i didn't even take apart my dash or anything. That's the pre-face, here's what happened. I was hooking my subwoofer amplifier back up, (don't THINK it had anything to do with this...but it happened at the same time i was hooking the sub amp up.) Keep in mind my car key is IN MY POCKET no where near the ignition and my truck is not on. All of a sudden my radar detector goes crazy (turns off and on a few times doing to "beep beep" startup thing) and then smoke POURS out of the dash...from the vents...and chit. I immediately unhook the radar while this is happening. That's what happened, then I immediately take my dash apart...I decide to turn the CD player on to see if it still works, it turns on but neither of my amps turn on. Then i take my key out, and the CD Player stays on with the key out of the ignition and the car NOT on. I take the wiring harness and all rca's etc off and set the CD player off to the side. I check behind the ground wire on the HU is TOTALLY fried...the plastc melted off...bare wire exposed and chit. (this is for s short section, a splice from the HU wiring harness ground to a splic to where i grounded it...it wasn't long enough so there's a splice b/w the two). So i'm thoroughly baffled at how this all of a sudden happened AND TO THE GND WIRE with the car off. So, i ****in electrical tape EVERYTHING. Any splices that i thought even remotely could have touched something and shorted something out. I re-do the GND (it's in the rear, so all of my stereo components are grounded at the same point.) Then i turn it back on, speaker amp turns on...components are playing....but the sub amp is in protect. Then all of a sudden the speaker amp shuts off and smoke comes out near the HU ground again by the harness. I know this is a long story...hopefully some people will read it. Feel free to ask any questions that my help me resolve this. Please no smart ass comments like "that sucks" or any of that chit. I'm just REALLY pissed now b/c i try to clean up my install to make it look good and what happens...potentially $400-600 worth of products fudge up...and it doesn't make for a great b-day present for me. Any help or suggestions? NG

ummm...that wasn't abuse. It was a competition only box...no music played on it. I knew what i was doing...no warm coils, absolutely NOTHING wrong with them. As you know, doesn't take much on the volume nob, or gain nob, (they were both extremely low) to ge them moving. Anyways, yeah...no biggie...they loved it...they played wonderfully afterwards when i dropped them back in my daily box. peace NG p.s.- btw they are still bangin beautifully in two other people's cars...

In case some of you haven't seen it, decided to post my video of the magnum d2 12's...they wang. Oh, yes...i sold them cause i am a complete dumbass...i hate myself...i want them back. http://www.realmofexcursion.com/videos/Sou...magnum12.1a.wmv Box in video: 7.2 cubes net @54hz, 160 sq. in. of port! Two avionixx 1200.2 amplfiers. Oh, and yes...i did say 22hz in the video...and remember the tuning above! Few pics: Some of you may hav already seen this on caraudio.coma while ago...but figured i'd post it in the SI forum. peace NG

Great looking news nick, i shot you an e-mail!!! Check it sometime soon, peace -Noah

I have a Radeon 9200 graphics card laying around. It's a 64mb one, runs well...lmk if ur interested still or not?!? peace NG

aaron, ur on AIM right now aren't you...come back from away i need to ask you a quick question!! peace NG p.s. my aim name is ngbd13

yo, aaron...so i edited a banner to use on ca.com since the admin is all pissy. How do i go about putting it in my sig?? one i created myself??? peace NG

ok, so how do i get this to show up in my sig here or at other forums???? peace NG

do you have a specific you want in there?? that way I would know exactly what you are looking for Ok...to simplify it do: Stereo Integrity Logo, and sub Eclipse Logo Colors: Red/white or Red/black My name somewhere Arrange them however you please, thanks man. peace NG

As title says, anyone know for sure the displacement of the original 12" magnum d2's with the claw baskets. I'm designing a new box right now, and i need to know their displacement, thanx...need replies asap if any knows. peace NG

Donn, obviously you KNOW i will be attending A LOT of competitions this year. i'd definitely be intersted in being sponsored, also i'm not TOO far away from you. I mean a few hours at most, an easy drive any day. LMK man, peace NG

hey denim, if u could whip up a quick Stereo Integrity, Eclipse, Diamond Audio banner that'd be pimp! With some red and either white or black. peace NG

werd, i like SI magnum d2...avionixx amp...CDT symbol...alpine symbol and my name. if it's too much just tell me...thanx man. peace NG

Sup guys, thought it's about itme i join around here...looks to be a great group of people. hope to contribute well...peace NG