Thread: that burning smell

Originally Posted by Adam432823

Dude... I love that smell. Its the new sub smell. I'm not kidding and I'm sure that's what it was. Just like breaking in your car when its new, you break in your speakers when they're brand new. You'll probably notice it again a few more times, but it should go away soon.

Adam has a point, depeneding on there power ratings (Handling) and matching impedance you will normally cause the Voice coils to smoke and burn a little this is purely the varnish laquer that the coils are coated in, normally this smell should fade away, smell closer to the speaker cones to see if you can isolate the smell to that area.
As for damagin the speakers this will quite clearly be heard by distortion in the sound at higher volumes the only damage you may possibly be doing to you amps would be prehaps shorting them or partially shorting them, this again all comes to matching impedance ratings on the subs and making sure that the speakers are capable of accepting the power the amp can provide, this works both ways for protecting your speakers and your amps, By the way i am not a car audio engineer and i know very little about it, so i hope any of this helps

Originally Posted by lawrence

run the amps for a short (non damaging ) amount of time. then use the temp prob to check the temp of suspected wiring-find a hot harness- then follow that to the source of high load. i use this a work to find melfunctioning componets in cars. i am a mitsubishi/nissan master tech, this help to find a cuciut that is not shorted but has a high draw.

off topic here, but could you get me a technical repair manual for mitsu diamante?

On topic I don't think you have a problem. If you do you'll find out sooner than later and as long as you have the proper fuses in place then you'll find out safely.

that's comforting, but...

today, on a few occasions, my battery light flickered.. I checked out the owners manual and everything and the most descriptive they got was "get the electrical system checked." The 2 times I noticed it were both when I had the car at higher RPM. (possibly coencedence, maybe not.)

I really haven't had any problems yet, I'm just concerned a bit

I'm running 8 gauge on my amp, (which is the manufacturers suggested whatever, so I'm sure it's more than enough)
but I'm having more problems

the smell isn't going away and in fact it's getting worse.
I realized tonight that it wasn't from the trunk (subs) but the engine. What are the possible problems causing this.

Aleternator
I checked the AC current across the terminals with the AC, radio, headlights, whatever on and it was in the "ok" range. That doesn't mean the alternator isn't heavily stressed though..

wires ?
is this a concern ? I would assume that they (Honda) would give me sufficient wiring..

what else is there ? and how can I check these 2 further ?

I know this is a stretch, but can you tell where the smell is coming from?
Alternator
engine compartment fuse box
harnesses
battery
ignition coil
wiring
any of those could be it, use your super sniffer to try to isolate it. If it is happening at higher RPMs I would say it is somewhere in the Charging system or,(but not as likely because of the battery light) the ignition system.

Any tips in the manual about what actually causes the battery light to come on? It could be intermittantly meeting the requirements, or a short.

nothing in the manual, I dont remember if I mentioned this, but I noticed when I have the radio cranked, and I accelerate quickly (high RPMs) the battery light will quickly flash then go off

I also forgot to mention that today I noticed my idle RPM was higher. 1300 as opposed to the usual 750-800, after I drove it a mile or 2 it went back down. That could be totally unrelated, but I figured I'de mention it.

I hate to get my own thread off topic, but..

Originally Posted by GruvThang

#30...the 49ers are jockeying for the No. 1 pick in the draft.

I love the 9ers.. its a rebuilding year.. or 2 or 3..
ok.. back to my car.. what's goin on ?