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08-17-2004, 10:48 AM

#11

MTA

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did you actually measure your voltages ? remote and power wire? to see how low you drop when you crank it up? I used to run those amps...they shut down around 10 V
thats alot of current you're drawing from a single battery

08-17-2004, 01:28 PM

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cant turn it up past 28 on the volume(goes to 35)---cant turn it up past 4 on sub level (goes to 15).

You might be clipping the amp's
just because you deck goes to 35 dosent mean you can crank it to max if you want that capability i would turn your gains down

the other poss is as mentioned above you have a voltage issue however if you can start the car after having your amps shut down several times
it would be questionable.

lastly ground

remember with your power and ground
its like a chain
only as strong as the weakest link!!

08-20-2004, 03:32 PM

#13

Speakerman

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Well i went to the local shop today and bought a Stinger 80 amp battery relay/isolator. I'm gonna go out there and hook this beast up in a little while and hope for the best. I sure hope this fixes my problem cause its f*cking annoying as H*LL. I am also going to re-route my ground and bolt it to the chassis. Anyway thanks for the suggestions.

08-20-2004, 09:04 PM

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bigunner1

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You bought the wrong thing. You need a 30 amp SPDT single pole double throw relay. You can pick them up at Rad Rhack, Can Tire, etc for around 5 bux or less and hook it up like this

http://www.the12volt.com/images2/addremacc.gif

08-20-2004, 11:18 PM

#15

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I now realize that i bought the wrong thing. F U C K

I went to hook the damn thing up and it flips on and then seconds later it flips off. Its like the deck does not supply enough steady current for the thing to opperate properly. I am seriously getting pissed off and frusterated with this situation. I'm about to say screw it and pull everything out and rewire it ALL. But I will take this relay back to the store and go to Advanced auto parts here and see if they have what your talkin about. Thanks for the help pal.

08-20-2004, 11:22 PM

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BTW, I removed all my useless capacitors. A word of advice is to not use them. They suck goats. I am going to sell them peices of crap and get something worth while. If you want a cap for looks. don't do it. Just get a cardboard tube and paint it the desired color and put a voltage meter on top with a couple fake wire terminals on it. It will work just as good. [img]smile.gif[/img]

08-23-2004, 09:16 PM

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well went and bought the relay i needed and i put it in. It did not solve my problem. So i went ahead and installed a Stinger SPV44 yellow top battery in the back and hooked 2 caps up with it. It gets a whole hell of a lot louder now. although it skips my brand new ALPINE CDA-9835. Any way to stop this? I'm going to start a new thread so help me out here or there.