thanks, for some reason, my vtec solenoid wire melts
any reason as to why?

 

ttt

 

melting wire means too much power being pulled through it.
either the wire is too small (swapped and added in) or your VTEC solinoid is bad.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Relic1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">melting wire means too much power being pulled through it.
either the wire is too small (swapped and added in) or your VTEC solinoid is bad.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I highly doubt the wire melted due to too much voltage running through it. Stranded copper could easily flow 600v through it, it's the insulation that breaks down at certain voltage and temperature.

Is the wire completely melted, or is the insulation melting off?

 

insulation melting off.
The way it melts is this.
When i try to start the car, the starter turns, but the thing is, it turns and usually stops, sometimes it will turn all the way and start the car, therefore, no melting, but most of the time, it turns, and feels like not enough juice, although the battery and alternator are good.
When it doesn't have enough juice, the vtec solenoid ground melts, and i see smoke.
I traced the ground to where it is wired to in the harness, and see no melting at where it is wired too, so i assume since i grounded the harness, must be too much power there.
I'll add a thicker wire to see what happens

 

yeah i used speaker wire lol

 

if you have a short somewhere...which you might, it'll melt where ever is least resistance. Sounds like way too much current is going through the wire then is supposed to. The signal to the vtec solenoid shouldn't melt speaker wire.

 

it's a ground, how could there be too much current

 

its either shitty wire or a direct short

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by MugenHonda &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">it's a ground, how could there be too much current</TD></TR></TABLE>

current runs through the ground side, the ground completes the circuit

 

I grounded a harness in the fuse box that shouldn't have been grounded
thanks