So I have a 2015 explorer civilian. Simple set up in amber for work. Recently had a problem with the battery leaking and corrosion on the negative terminal. It was at the end of its time so had the battery replaced, the mechanic cleaned the corrosion, new battery and was on my way. Not too long after I was having issues with it starting a few times where it just wouldn’t start despite the battery having enough amps (voltmeter checked), if I messed with the terminal and got the battery to spark it did a kind of reset and I was good to go…. mechanic couldn’t duplicate it, found nothing else but some light corrosion on the negative terminal again that he cleaned. Brought it to Ford, they went from the battery to stater and full diagnostics and found more corrosion that apparently the other mechanic missed but nothing else in the electrical system. They commented that a bad ground in anything aftermarket could cause corrosion and interfere with the amp draw at start.
The set up I have, 2 feniex fusions in the grill, rear has a set of feniex cannons and 2 sound off nforces. I also have a whelen air horn connected to a feniex speaker.
Everything is controlled by a feniex 4200mini, the power to that was from a fuse tap that created its own fused circuit from an existing fuse which is ignition based. I’m sure but will check again that all my grounds are good. I had a similar set up in my previous two vehicles and never battery issues, starting issues etc.
So my question now that everything is explained, anyone ever have any issues with the fuse taps with the battery corrosion or any issues for that matter? I disconnected it all because I’m concerned with going that route again not knowing was it the tap or just the bad battery. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
The set up I have, 2 feniex fusions in the grill, rear has a set of feniex cannons and 2 sound off nforces. I also have a whelen air horn connected to a feniex speaker.
Everything is controlled by a feniex 4200mini, the power to that was from a fuse tap that created its own fused circuit from an existing fuse which is ignition based. I’m sure but will check again that all my grounds are good. I had a similar set up in my previous two vehicles and never battery issues, starting issues etc.
So my question now that everything is explained, anyone ever have any issues with the fuse taps with the battery corrosion or any issues for that matter? I disconnected it all because I’m concerned with going that route again not knowing was it the tap or just the bad battery. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
