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    Voltage Drop Through ANL Fuse

    Yeah at 200amps that is 100watts of heat dissapated at the holder. Strangely, the wires, connectors or plastic showed no signs of melting or high heat. I'm fairly adept at electrical/ mechanical trades..... But it wouldn't be the first time I've burned something down or blow something up.
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    Voltage Drop Through ANL Fuse

    Been trying to track down the cause of my voltage drop from alternator to lifepo bank in the rear..... Tried running another ground to body in the rear. Tried running 0 ga direct from alt to rear bank. Tried unhooking from battery (AGM). Nothing worked. Finally thought about measuring voltage...
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    40AH lifepo...Still Have Voltage Drop

    added a 32AH bank to my system...... Cot damn! Now we rockin. Voltage staying above 13 wide open!! Just thought I'd update.
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    Low Temp Lifepo4

    noted. will keep playing with it. Glad i didnt pay retail
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    Low Temp Lifepo4

    yeah.. my rig is acting a little funny. It will sit at 13.2V with the car off. Sit at idle and sometimes my Alternator wants to wind up to 15v ..... It'll be 14.6-14.8 by the time it gets to the back with the jy40.... still.... it's riding the ragged edge of TOO HIGH voltage
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    Sub not hitting as hard as expected - Possible Lc2i tuning problem

    told you. Get that signal straightened out... and you prolly wouldnt need to test another sub right away Glad u got it working though.
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    40AH lifepo...Still Have Voltage Drop

    It'll probably drop in a few minutes.. depending on how hard I push. Checked some measurements tonight.... JY40 will draw only ~50amps when you first start the car. It will stay pretty consistent for a few minutes until the voltage climbs up to 14.0 The battery/ car sits at 13.2v with the key...
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    Low Temp Lifepo4

    So lithium , specifically lifepo4 does not like charging in low temp environments. I've heard you can put a small load on the battery and get it to warm up enough to accept charging. So would you have better low temperature performance with you battery permanently having a .5-1amp constant...
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    40AH lifepo...Still Have Voltage Drop

    I'm still dropping into the low 12's or lower with 40ah lifepo4 bank. I'm trying to run ~2-3k rms. Stock gm alt is 160amps. Largest draw i've clamped on my jp23 is 120-140 amps on music. I've clamped my alternator-- normally 40-50amps@ idle. So where is my weak link? 40ah of lithium just...
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    Sub performance

    I have the same issue.... 4dr sedan. Trunk is a bass trap. Ski pass is the only opening to the cabin. Forward firing, pretty well sealed off sounds great and no trunk rattles... BUT..it lacks lows. Rear or side firing sounds better... BUT trunk and rear deck sounds like garbage cans rolling...
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    Sub performance

    I have the same issue.... 4dr sedan. Trunk is a bass trap. Ski pass is the only opening to the cabin. Forward firing, pretty well sealed off sounds great and no trunk rattles... BUT..it lacks lows. Rear or side firing sounds better... BUT trunk and rear deck sounds like garbage cans rolling...
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    Sub not hitting as hard as expected - Possible Lc2i tuning problem

    You could also try bypassing the loc and wire a cell phone to your amp via rca's. That way can rule out the sub and amp as lacking bass and confirm if your issue is with the loc... or the factory speaker signals
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    Sub not hitting as hard as expected - Possible Lc2i tuning problem

    you may need to boost your bass frequencies pre-loc pro. I had/have 1. What i mean is eq on head unit, subwoofer level, parametric eq...whatever you can do to get more signal voltage in the low end before it even hits the loc. If you dont get that right another box aint gonna help.
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    Sub not hitting as hard as expected - Possible Lc2i tuning problem

    if the signal is coming from door speakers and not a factory sub.... the lows might be getting chopped from the factory amp
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    Sub not hitting as hard as expected - Possible Lc2i tuning problem

    n/m... what speakers are the LOC getting signal from?
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