Light dimming, slightly when turn up to 40%, suggestions please.

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11-14-2006, 04:27 PM

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dongchen_han

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dont think my parents will let me touch anything engine-related lol. But is there a way to reduce the stock comsumption, like headlight and all other? I doont use the sub in winter. And in the summer, I never use a/c,

Oh i forgot that my bass boost is set as half, maybe +10db.

11-14-2006, 04:37 PM

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Lmao. The only thing you can do to reduce consumption of your stock electrical loads is to disable those circuits ie: pulling fuses on those systems. I wouldn't recommend it. The only real fix is a larger alternator. Although it was already touched on, a capacitor will not help your system because a capacitor is not a power source, it simply temporarily stores a charge that it draws from your power source (battery + alternator). The capacitor then discharges rapidly as the voltage of your electrical system drops.

11-14-2006, 04:46 PM

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why a cap wont helps on havy bass beat, make alt more relax?

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11-14-2006, 05:31 PM

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anyway, the car(45000) is still in warranty untill 60000km, i wish my amp kill the alt during that period LOL..

11-14-2006, 05:51 PM

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I dont think they would replace an alternator because of that. The warranty covers parts breaking on there own, not you killing them.

11-14-2006, 05:53 PM

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why a cap wont helps on havy bass beat, make alt more relax?

Maybe, the cap will provide a closer source of power for the amp during dynamic changes in music. But after the capacitor has discharged it will need to recharge again, thus placing yet another load on an already taxed charging system. Upgrade the big three with a nice large gauge of wire, this will help your entire electrical system.

11-14-2006, 06:05 PM

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D35 optima yellowtop battery will be soon on the way. teh stock battery is a CCA, im need sumthing keep up power at least.

11-14-2006, 06:14 PM

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CCA means Cold Cranking Amps there cowboy.

11-14-2006, 06:16 PM

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that battery drained twice, it may lost 40% of its capacity...
yeah i know cca is for fast amp feeding for short burst time, i want sumthing hold long charge, so i can use stereo witout drain my cca battery within 20min, i did it once the sub was poo poo poooly bad then i try to start the engine, it was sooo frinking hard to start but it has started..

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