Thread: Engine fusebox wires melted

Ok on the way to work I noticed the power went out in my car then came back on. It did it a second time then I pulled over and noticed smoke from the engine bay. Upon further inspection the wire that connects to the fuse box was melting and smoking. Ok at that moment this was what was running In my car

I had a 140 watt inverter plugged up with my iPhone walls charger plugged into. Ac was running. Sub was on BUT kept cutting in and out. Come to think of it the sub wire was smoking as well.

What happened? Too much power on the wires? Can I just replace everything? I'm going to junkyard in the morning so can I just get another one?
How can it be removed? Easy?


Edit

Her is my nice hood burn mark


Will b covering that with a sticker lol.

Also her is the culprit



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What size wire and what size fuse did you use?

How is the inverter wired up?

Hmm, that wire shorted on something. I would check at your S/C Idler pulley. After replacing a battery, my cables started rubbing on that pulley. And if it rubbed that jacket off and the wire touched the idler bolt, there is nothing to stop the short because that wire isnt fused.

Noooo. Replace it.

If there is a part that isn't melted at the battery terminal, you COULD cut the wire off there and solder in a new one. I would replace them all, grounds and all.

pic of where that wire goes?

soldering wires is more then easy to do. a cheap soldering iron is like 10 bucks, the flux core solder is about 5, the shrink wrap about 5 also for a box of tubes, and then the wire to replace what malted.

heres a vid, this is how like to twist the wires. i use flux core solder tho, so no mess with the flux. just heat up the wires touch the solder and it spreads.

and the wires had a melt down for a reason, you need to find out why, chaffed wires bad grounds, over loaded wires.

good luck.

That's not good. It's grounding out somewhere and by the burn mark on your hood i'd say it's hitting there.

amp wire fused?

Originally Posted by dsmuts

It's grounding out somewhere and by the burn mark on your hood i'd say it's hitting there.

Good call! I didn't even see the hood pic. Not sure how that wire could hit the hood though.