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This I'm not too surprised about. Most car fires are either fuel leaks or electrical in nature.
Looks like the Jeep fire might of been caused by something other then The Note 7!
St. Petersburg Fire Rescue finds no link between Galaxy Note 7 and Jeep explosion
I could certainly believe that heavily modding could result in an error in wiring or failed third party appliance or "mod" leading to subsequent fire. The 12 Volt Lead/acid batteries in our cars are capable of putting out massive amounts of power all at once (cold cranking amps), in some cases over 8,000 watts and approaching 10,000 watts (typical microwave ovens produce about 1500 watts). They can produce enough current to weld steel and melt copper wiring, and sparks that can jump several feet away, any of which can quickly ignite flammable materials in the vehicles.In the video u saw about the jeep fire, it said the owner had done some heavy mods on it. Maybe one of those was the cause.
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It doesn't even take heavy modding .add the wrong car stereo or even factory stuff like improperly grounded cruise control wire when the vehicle is off..can lead to fires or explosion or at the very least..a pcm failure..it damages the circuit by having t9 little or too much amperage ..I could certainly believe that heavily modding could result in an error in wiring or failed third party appliance or "mod" leading to subsequent fire. The 12 Volt Lead/acid batteries in our cars are capable of putting out massive amounts of power all at once (cold cranking amps), in some cases over 8,000 watts and approaching 10,000 watts (typical microwave ovens produce about 1500 watts). They can produce enough current to weld steel and melt copper wiring, and sparks that can jump several feet away, any of which can quickly ignite flammable materials in the vehicles.
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Agreed, but heavily modded means there's even greater potential for failure.It doesn't even take heavy modding .add the wrong car stereo or even factory stuff like improperly grounded cruise control wire when the vehicle is off..can lead to fires or explosion or at the very least..a pcm failure..it damages the circuit by having t9 little or too much amperage ..