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5 Subs, 2 Amps, 2nd Battery? Set-Up Question
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<blockquote data-quote="mast240" data-source="post: 7292180" data-attributes="member: 631695"><p>ok, well first off... i would personally sell the 3 10's and use that money to pick up another pair of 12's... same model as you already have. running different sized subs leads to some cancellation problems, and in the end will end up sounding bad.</p><p></p><p>if you do that, you could just pick up a second amp, same model as u described, and strap them together... or just sell the amp you have, and buy a 1 ohm stable mono amp (running 4 of those twelves in parralel would give you a 1 ohm load) ... running at 1 ohm gives you certain advantages... you can get more wattage out of a smaller amp, so it might save you some money. you can pick up an amp that runs 1200 rms @ 1 ohm pretty cheap.</p><p></p><p>that being said, with you only running 1200 watts of power, your stock alternator should be good, as long as you do a big 3 upgrade (which i will explain in a sec), and upgrade your battery... you will def want to pick up a deepcycle battery. you could also buy a smaller battery to run as a secondary, just help ease the strain on your electrical.... kinetic hc800 would fit well.</p><p></p><p>now... the big 3... it's been written up many times, but i'll explain it, just to help you out</p><p></p><p>i would run at a minimum 2 gauge... but 1/0 gauge will ensure everything runs smoothly.</p><p></p><p>what your going to do is run one from your alt charge to your battery positive(make sure to run an inline fuse close to the battery, to protect against spikes), one from your battery ground to a GOOD chassis ground, and one from engine ground to chassis... these are your primary load carrying wired in your truck, so upgrading them will ease the strain that occurs on your electrical system when you start pulling higher amperage for your system.</p><p></p><p>like i said before... with your stock alt putting out 130+ amps, it should be ok, as long as you upgrade the rest of your electrical... but if you decide to go above 2000-2500 watts... then you will want to look into upgrading.</p><p></p><p>biggest thing is just to simplify your set up. i WOULD NOT run those 10's with anything else if they really are 12ohms... take a multimeter to them, and find out for sure tho, cuz it just sounds odd.</p><p></p><p>its your ride bro, so its up to you how you want to do it, but thats just my 2 cents on the easiest way to get it to sound good..</p><p></p><p>hope it helps</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mast240, post: 7292180, member: 631695"] ok, well first off... i would personally sell the 3 10's and use that money to pick up another pair of 12's... same model as you already have. running different sized subs leads to some cancellation problems, and in the end will end up sounding bad. if you do that, you could just pick up a second amp, same model as u described, and strap them together... or just sell the amp you have, and buy a 1 ohm stable mono amp (running 4 of those twelves in parralel would give you a 1 ohm load) ... running at 1 ohm gives you certain advantages... you can get more wattage out of a smaller amp, so it might save you some money. you can pick up an amp that runs 1200 rms @ 1 ohm pretty cheap. that being said, with you only running 1200 watts of power, your stock alternator should be good, as long as you do a big 3 upgrade (which i will explain in a sec), and upgrade your battery... you will def want to pick up a deepcycle battery. you could also buy a smaller battery to run as a secondary, just help ease the strain on your electrical.... kinetic hc800 would fit well. now... the big 3... it's been written up many times, but i'll explain it, just to help you out i would run at a minimum 2 gauge... but 1/0 gauge will ensure everything runs smoothly. what your going to do is run one from your alt charge to your battery positive(make sure to run an inline fuse close to the battery, to protect against spikes), one from your battery ground to a GOOD chassis ground, and one from engine ground to chassis... these are your primary load carrying wired in your truck, so upgrading them will ease the strain that occurs on your electrical system when you start pulling higher amperage for your system. like i said before... with your stock alt putting out 130+ amps, it should be ok, as long as you upgrade the rest of your electrical... but if you decide to go above 2000-2500 watts... then you will want to look into upgrading. biggest thing is just to simplify your set up. i WOULD NOT run those 10's with anything else if they really are 12ohms... take a multimeter to them, and find out for sure tho, cuz it just sounds odd. its your ride bro, so its up to you how you want to do it, but thats just my 2 cents on the easiest way to get it to sound good.. hope it helps [/QUOTE]
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