came close to burning up my car today

jT · Post by jT » Wed Aug 09, 2006 7:24 pm

so today i was finishing the installation of my power locks... everything going good there for the most part........ well i thought i smelled something burning but being in the area i was i just figured it was someone else....... lol .. until i actually saw the smoke

i shorted a wire or something to my trunk release selonoid and it was literally melting.... i took it out and it was too hot to touch for at least 30 minutes...

i dont know what i might have done other than pinching a wire or something.. i really dont know ..

the power line for the selonoid did not have a fuse, should it have? would a in-line fuse have prevented this "meltdown"?

now i gotta get a new selonoid hopefully locally and cheaply... the "kit" i got on ebay for the trunk lock was less than $10

what could i use other than a selonoid? is a trunk popper basically the same thing?

oh well. good thing i was in the area and actually noticed it.. it could have been a lot worse.

dangerdavex2 · Post by **dangerdavex2** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 11:07 pm

thats strange, that sounds like something i should have done

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 11:43 pm

You disconnected your negative battery terminal?

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 7:53 am

Quit breaking shit.

Time for one of those cool APC fire extinguishers.