Is it possible to suffer some serious voltage drop that can rob output from the amp WITHOUT having the lights in the car dim?
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Is it possible to suffer some serious voltage drop that can rob output from the amp WITHOUT having the lights in the car dim?
GunHappy
Possibly a tiny drop but if it was significant you would see something dimming (headlights, dash lights, or dome). Are you running just one battery? Stock electrical?
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Setup? You should have dimming if its that bad but check your grounds as well...
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Electrical Weenie
If the voltage drop is due to the wiring or ground to your amp then you won't see it in the lights.
dave
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1999 Buick Park Ave Ultra
Head Unit: JVC KWHDR720
EQ: Audiocontrol EQL
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suffer some serious voltage drop without dimming is not possible
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Why dont u try to remedy the voltage drop? the less ur drop the less dimming u will have ..periodOriginally Posted by Beatin'
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i'm not having voltage drop. I was just asking for the sake of obtaining knowledge.
so if the wiring is good and you are getting serious dimming, then there is voltage drop. The dimming lights is the indication you get.
but if there is no dimming, yet voltage drop is occuring on the amp, would you be able to tell by sound? Would it get softer? Start clipping? What would tell you that someting is wrong?
Electrical Weenie
Yes. Lights are actually pretty sensitive indicators.
Hard to say. If there's no light flicker and the amp's input is low, that can only be due to poor wiring or ground to the amp. Different amps behave differently under those conditions. Some will go into protect mode, some will get hot, etc. Whether you'll hear it or not is not certain.but if there is no dimming, yet voltage drop is occuring on the amp, would you be able to tell by sound? Would it get softer? Start clipping? What would tell you that someting is wrong?
dave
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1999 Buick Park Ave Ultra
Head Unit: JVC KWHDR720
EQ: Audiocontrol EQL
Front Stage: Hybrid Audio Technologies Imagine 5.25
Sub Stage: In process (will be Boston G310)
Amp: Boston Acoustics GTA-704 4 Ch
Rear Fill: Boston SE953 6X9's
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