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by kevinberry1 » Thu May 05, 2005 6:07 am

Daddy Mack will make ya...

by Ryan from Ohio » Thu May 05, 2005 5:41 am

Uh huh

Mack daddy make you...

by spkrman » Thu May 05, 2005 4:45 am

Basstronics wrote:"This jump, or ARC of current causes heat..."

You obviously didnt pick up on it the first time...
kriss kross WILL make you jump, jump.

by Ryan from Ohio » Thu May 05, 2005 4:35 am

spkrman wrote:electrons jump.. trying to sound smart? hehe

well, generally melted things = fried.

Why would there be a screw terminal on such an expensive amp though? They are such a PITA.
"This jump, or ARC of current causes heat..."

You obviously didnt pick up on it the first time...

by spkrman » Thu May 05, 2005 12:37 am

Fishy wrote:My Xtants have those things and I hate them as well. You have to use special, narrow spade connectors to run 4 gauge. I never thought about arcing and my power and ground connections are really close too. But since current follows the path of least resistance as long as you have good connections I guess you're fine.

The more I think about the more I think something must've landed on your your power terminals Kevin. Doesn't it take a fairly large amount of voltage to overcome the resistance of a significant gap of air?

weird

-Fishy
that it does, but it was probably more related to a crappy connection, those can definitely get hot if your trying to pull alot through them.

by Scarrell » Thu May 05, 2005 12:03 am

hmm, i had that smell with my Tempest.. it was the glue.. then the glue totally melted and the spider detached from the basket.... but i know the reasoning for it, so watch the gains in that case :bigwink:

by Fishy » Wed May 04, 2005 11:32 pm

My Xtants have those things and I hate them as well. You have to use special, narrow spade connectors to run 4 gauge. I never thought about arcing and my power and ground connections are really close too. But since current follows the path of least resistance as long as you have good connections I guess you're fine.

The more I think about the more I think something must've landed on your your power terminals Kevin. Doesn't it take a fairly large amount of voltage to overcome the resistance of a significant gap of air?

weird

-Fishy

by spkrman » Wed May 04, 2005 10:32 pm

lotas wrote:but can you really judge an amps quality on the connections? Dunno
im sure there is a reason for using them...whether it just be to be different, i duno.

I hate em and find them inferior to the connections that have now become conventional... i want to call them set screw?

by lotas » Wed May 04, 2005 9:46 pm

spkrman wrote:electrons jump.. trying to sound smart? hehe

well, generally melted things = fried.

Why would there be a screw terminal on such an expensive amp though? They are such a PITA.
my chemistry teacher used the term "electrons jump"....I can think of it now, sitting in that lecture, "and electrons jump to their outer energy level, giving off color of the dominat gas, nitrogen, and that's why the sky is blue"...ah....

just read it and thought of it! :cheers:

but yeah i havent seen screw terminals since my old pioneer and alpine, I find them to be annoying and time consuming to use. thank you Kicker and JL!

but can you really judge an amps quality on the connections? Dunno

by spkrman » Wed May 04, 2005 6:49 pm

Basstronics wrote:Who said it died?

All that happened was the negative became loose in the terminal causing the electrons to jump. Which produces heat and caused the plstic to melt.
electrons jump.. trying to sound smart? hehe

well, generally melted things = fried.

Why would there be a screw terminal on such an expensive amp though? They are such a PITA.

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