Tried fitting some bits and pieces to my Mk3 yesterday and a small problem appeared when trying to run the sub from a Kenwood KAC-714 mono amp. Wired it all up in accordance with the instructions, fuses checked and replaced etc but when trying to actually run it.....nothing. Played around for a while, still nothing til the cry of 'we've got flames....well, smoke' issued forth my glamorous assistant. The boot no smells slightly of TCP and although the amp is still getting power, in as much as the light is on, there is nothing coming from the sub.
Much later after some dash removal fun fitting the cd changer cable to an 'impossible-to-remove-no-matter-how-ingenious-the-home-made-removal-tools-got' head unit I took the back off the amp and it's obvious that 2 resistors have fried.....smelly.
Any ideas? I'm hoping that it's just one of those things that's been waiting to happen in the guy's car who had it before me and it just gave out when we wired it up rather that anything serious with the wiring in my motor. The only thing we could think of is that the spekaer in the sub enclosure got stuck and therefore created a massive resistance path (my glamorous assistant, Rich's, word not mine), but we both think that the fuse should've stopped any major problems before smoking occurred.
At the end of the day the gear was all free from a mate, so it's not really cost me anything except time on a Sunday afternoon, but it was all working in his car so something has happened somewhere.