Recent content by Chc777

Is there such a thing as a capacitor that you don't need to charge and discharge when hooking it up?

What is the best Ohms to use on a mono amp that is stable at 4, 2, 1 Ohms what is the difference besides the more power when using a lower Ohm rating? Does the amp run hotter with a lower Ohm usage and will the amp be used to the max meaning more where and tear less life of the amp. I was...

What is the best Ohms to use on a mono amp that is stable at 4, 2, 1 Ohms what is the difference besides the more power when using a lower Ohm rating? Does the amp run hotter with a lower Ohm usage and will the amp be used to the max meaning more where and tear less life of the amp. I was...

I can always go with 0 gauge when I upgrade to more power consumption amps and subs its not that difficult once you have the know how. I should have just done the 0 gauge first but I wasn't sure. I was to cheap to buy the thicker wire cause I already had 4 gauge. Also I wasn't sure about the...

This is the method I used and it works great and was the best way for me too on my 2008 Honda Civic lx sedan. My system is about 1000w so I only used 4gauge wire with 150A fuse to the alt. Had the charging system checked out at as Advanced Auto it read 14.45v no load, and 14.21v loaded with a/c...

4 gauge is sufficient right and no need for extra batteries,

I choose only 4 gauge wire because my system uses 2x8 gauge wire 0 would be to much and I just put in this system and plan on keeping it for a while. If I was to go any bigger I would use 2 or 0 gauge wire when you do that you would also need to add batteries right. A very expensive project.

I followed the crutchfields method of the big 3 upgrade because it was the simplest way for me I used 4 gauge wire, I went from 1.) alt to +battery, 2)chassis to negative battery 3)engine block to chassis. I just added wires did not disconnect factory wiring.

Is it OK to go from neg battery to engine block ground?

Should you rewire the wire that goes from the engine block ground to the chassis it's uninsulated wire looks like 8 gauge wire or leave it alone?

I was thinking of a optima yellow top battery for my Honda Civic 2008 lx sedan is this a good choice I have two amps on 8 gauge wire each, mono sub amp is running 250w rms, 4 ch speaker amp puts out 600w maxx does this set up put any strain on the electronics of the cars charging system even...