VashTheStampede
12-03-01, 10:07 PM
A friend who was in debt to me, sold me his 600W 4-channel amplifier, a Lanzar Vibe 420 (300W across 2 channels, 75W across 4). Which is great, replaces my old gimpy Pioneer 75W 2-channel amp.
Everything was supposed to be so simple, just drill new holes for the bigger amp, done. Disconnect subwoofer wires, done. disconnect power wires, not done. This is where my complete lack of an electrical degree comes in. I take out the screw holding the positive in place. Due to lack of sufficient lighting, I take out the next shortest wire, the ground. Ok it's out, now that I can move the amp around a little more, I can get to the negative, bad move. I let an car audio shop hook up the amp and my stereo last time, this was before I worked at Pep Boys and before my complete lack of knowledge about a car's electrical system. Well they obviously had used a drill on this thing, instead of a friggin screwdriver, because the screw holding the negative down, is rounded out, originally a phillips-head. So I take a flat-bladed screw driver, and try and try, it's not budging, and then the screwdriver slips and POW! White sparks fly all over the back seat, the screwdriver had slipped and touched the bare wire. I was not hurt just a little jumpy. So I reconnect the ground and attempt to take out the negative again, no deal. So I get my power screwdriver, again nothing. Then my cordless drill with screwdriver attachment, still nothing.
So I gave up there and attempted to reconnect the positive wire again, so I wouldn't get any more sparks when I drive to work tomorrow, and POW! More sparks fly from the positive wire. So I leave it at that, I'm going to find some electrical tape and wrap it around the connector so it doesn't spark again.
So any suggestions in the meantime, on how to get that rounded out screw out?
~Vash~
Everything was supposed to be so simple, just drill new holes for the bigger amp, done. Disconnect subwoofer wires, done. disconnect power wires, not done. This is where my complete lack of an electrical degree comes in. I take out the screw holding the positive in place. Due to lack of sufficient lighting, I take out the next shortest wire, the ground. Ok it's out, now that I can move the amp around a little more, I can get to the negative, bad move. I let an car audio shop hook up the amp and my stereo last time, this was before I worked at Pep Boys and before my complete lack of knowledge about a car's electrical system. Well they obviously had used a drill on this thing, instead of a friggin screwdriver, because the screw holding the negative down, is rounded out, originally a phillips-head. So I take a flat-bladed screw driver, and try and try, it's not budging, and then the screwdriver slips and POW! White sparks fly all over the back seat, the screwdriver had slipped and touched the bare wire. I was not hurt just a little jumpy. So I reconnect the ground and attempt to take out the negative again, no deal. So I get my power screwdriver, again nothing. Then my cordless drill with screwdriver attachment, still nothing.
So I gave up there and attempted to reconnect the positive wire again, so I wouldn't get any more sparks when I drive to work tomorrow, and POW! More sparks fly from the positive wire. So I leave it at that, I'm going to find some electrical tape and wrap it around the connector so it doesn't spark again.
So any suggestions in the meantime, on how to get that rounded out screw out?
~Vash~