Fires in speakers?

[mccoye]

Has anyone encountered a fire in a speaker coming from an ordinary radio/tape/cd stereo?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[Taylor61]

Yes I have seen this. Without going into a lot of details, the speakers were hooked to a radio that was in a wet environment, and the electronics were damaged, sending an AC current to the speakers and they caught on fire.

[pasobuff]

I could let you know in a few days....if I put the fuse back in the radio/speakers of my pickup truck!.....I get a crakling noise and smoke smell even with the ignition off!

[nmfire]

Typical home/car steros do not have enough current flowing through a speaker for anything to catch on fire. If the speaker is on fire, chances are there is a fault IN THE STEREO OR AMPLIFER that is passing high voltage or high current main power into the speaker wires.

[bobbbbbbbbbbo]

I've seen at least 10 subwoofer fires, but this is during my stint in SPL competitions.

Its usually from a damaged subwoofer and a lot of power being pushed into it.