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Bnuts
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caps

Ok my head lights still dim even tho I have a cap, and a red top battery. I don't want to spend almost $400 CDN on a stereo alt yet but I'm willing to get another cap. The one I have now is 1.25 faret and I am running 2 Clarion 10's and a sony explode 760W amp off of it. I have 4g power wire all the way around. I am adding 2 clarion 12's asap. I just need to build the fiberglass box's for them all. My buddy that sells me all my car audio stuff says he has a 5 faret and a 10 faret cap. Would this solve all my problems by going with the 10 faret cap?? or is it going to do jackall for me? In total I want to be running 2 10's, 2 12's, 3 amps (one for each set of subs and one for the 6 speakers i have). later on I will be looking at getting a clarion dvd deck.

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04-11-2005 06:42 AM

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everlasting289
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hey I'll tell ya what everyone keeps telling me. Adding another cap will wont really help.....adding another battery wont help. You need to have enough power produced...you need to get a bigger alternator or have it rewound to a higher output. But you dont need to drop $400 for a special alt. Just got to a shop that rebuilds them. A guy down the road from me can rewind my 80 Amp alternator to a 150 Amp for $125! Much better deal than buying some $400 thing. And I think it's farad, not faret.

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04-11-2005 10:06 AM

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Bnuts
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ya know i was wondering if rebuilding it to that power was possible or not so thanks for the help. and spelling wasn't/isn't exactly a qualification i have so I'm not too worryed at least you understand what I ment so thanks again

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04-12-2005 04:48 AM

N2Audio
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This is the 3 amp set up, right?

You should have spent your money on the alt first. You didn't need the batt or the cap.

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04-12-2005 10:18 AM

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Rhaze36
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I agree with N2 I have 5 amps and I'm running on two batts and believe it or not 8 ga wireing,(at the time it was an emergency quick connect cause I ha a show to go to,and havent replaced the wireing or got an alternator yet)but I dont crank it up too often and I can definantly tell you that I will asap cause I'm catching problems with keeping that batts charged.(yall can laugh but its hard when ya broke) But seriously,get a bigger alt and wires.Whatever N2 and Korndog,and afew others here recommend,trust them.Its ok bout spelling I aint too good either

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04-12-2005 12:04 PM

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Bnuts
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the thing is the amps have all been bought over time. same with the subs. had the 10's 1st then just bought the 12's. so I don't know what to do anymore. I am trying to sell my car and get an 02 stang. I might just sell the 10s and get 2 more 12's. I have 1 amp per pair of subs and just added the 3rd amp to power the speakers in my car to their fullest. So i think i will just be going to get the alt rebuilt but what power should i go for?? 170 or 200?? or do i need less?

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04-17-2005 05:28 AM

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04-17-2005 05:29 AM

pksimon28
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Although you probably need an alt upgrade, why not try the big 3 first? All you need is about 5-10 feet of 0/1 wire and a couple of ring terminals.

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04-17-2005 10:26 PM

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Bnuts
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wow man thats some crazy stuff thanks dude

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04-19-2005 01:41 AM

hispls
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4 guage all around? to the aux battery? to the amps? to the grounds? from the car battery to the chasis? from the alternator to the battery?

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04-23-2005 06:40 PM

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brazilican7
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I agree

Dont run the 2tens and 2 twelves!!!! the twelves will cancle out the tens for the most part or totally. You wont even know you have 2 tens, it will sound like 2 twelves. try 3 tens or 3 twelves instead. or 4 of all the ame kind. 2 twelves and 2 eights will also work.

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04-26-2005 06:28 AM

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joshdarkstar
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my headlights used to dim a lot until i bought an optima yellow top battery and a 148 amp alternator. even at full volume my headlights don't dim at all.

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04-26-2005 08:39 PM