Battery or cap?
07-15-2008, 06:58 PM
#21
500 Watt CAFz'r
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 519
The power wire is 8 awg. But this 8 gauge I got off of ebay is smaller then the 8 gauge I bought at an audio shop. After wiki'ing the AWG size in mm seems the shop one is larger then 3mm. But the one from ebay is slighty under 3mm. Both are labeled 8AWG on the side.
When I check tomarrow about what the voltage is at the bat with car off (audio running) and compare it to the voltage at the amp; I guess I'll find out what the problem is.
Do you think I should cut off my solder job and reattach the power to my amps with a Terminal block?
When I check tomarrow about what the voltage is at the bat with car off (audio running) and compare it to the voltage at the amp; I guess I'll find out what the problem is.
Do you think I should cut off my solder job and reattach the power to my amps with a Terminal block?
07-15-2008, 07:07 PM
#25
50 Watt CAFz'r
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 78
I have a 97 sunfire and I just finished installing a 10'' CVR with an alpine 400w RMS amp. I also have an amp that I built which outputs 100w RMS x4. (the power of class T 
)
So my lights are dimming, and I can not run my stereo with out the car running. (voltages dip into the 9v range
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so a cap would be cheap and easy, but a new car bat would be the better solution (from what everyone says) But I'm not running a huge amount of power and I think I could get away with a cap. (5 farads?) Also trying to buy a battery off the internet would be expensive to ship, and I imagine I would have a hard time finding one that would fit my car.
Links to where I could find a fitting battery would be awesome. As I'm not sure what I'm looking for. (Large Cold craking amps?)
What should I do, Battery or cap?
Thanks.
)So my lights are dimming, and I can not run my stereo with out the car running. (voltages dip into the 9v range
)so a cap would be cheap and easy, but a new car bat would be the better solution (from what everyone says) But I'm not running a huge amount of power and I think I could get away with a cap. (5 farads?) Also trying to buy a battery off the internet would be expensive to ship, and I imagine I would have a hard time finding one that would fit my car.
Links to where I could find a fitting battery would be awesome. As I'm not sure what I'm looking for. (Large Cold craking amps?)
What should I do, Battery or cap?
Thanks.
My dealer showed me one while I was putting together and pricing a new system, with 2 amps (150x4, 780x1, 1380 total), Kinetik picked their HC1400 power cell for me, this cell was about $ 369 U.S. according to their web site.
07-15-2008, 07:32 PM
#30
50 Watt CAFz'r
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 78
I would do the big 3 but I'm not sure where those wires are on my car. More so the alt to bat, engine to car. I've never done this before.
Sounds like alot of work that I might not be able to do. (Like getting under the car, and finding new connectors that will work with my car)
Sounds like alot of work that I might not be able to do. (Like getting under the car, and finding new connectors that will work with my car)
