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<blockquote data-quote="Slayer16102" data-source="post: 8720825" data-attributes="member: 676644"><p>I will post some pictures here for you in a minute. You'll see how they have it wired, maybe thats the issue.</p><p>I will also show you a video of my in dash DIC with all of the numbers jumping around on my battery voltage no matter what the gain is set at. The DIC measures my battery voltage constantly. As to why they put a 200A fuse on a 400w setup I'll never know, but as you'll clearly see they did.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://freeimage.host/i/3W8a71" target="_blank"><img src="https://iili.io/3W8a71.md.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="https://freeimage.host/i/3W85rB" target="_blank"><img src="https://iili.io/3W85rB.md.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="https://freeimage.host/i/3W8R1V" target="_blank"><img src="https://iili.io/3W8R1V.md.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="https://freeimage.host/i/3W8YdP" target="_blank"><img src="https://iili.io/3W8YdP.md.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>I'm not sure why they went to the fuse box, but they certainly did for the main power wire. As I said they used a 0 gauge power wire for a 400w system and a massive 200A fuse for it too.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://freeimage.host/i/3W81Ia" target="_blank"><img src="https://iili.io/3W81Ia.md.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Even the ground is 0 gauge.</p><p></p><p>If you look to the left of that you'll also see the 3 40A fuses I was talking about on the amp itself.</p><p>The kenwood 9106-D has 120A worth of fuses on it alone.</p><p></p><p>This car has been constantly having voltage drops, but only when the amps power wire is connected with that massive 200A fuse. Without the amp power wire connected the car will run at 14.28v constantly. The harder I drive the car the faster the voltage drops when I come to a stop. The longer I drive the car the lower the voltage goes. Sitting idle the voltage drops too, but its much more slowly I have uploaded a video to show this. The video 8 minutes long so please watch and be patient to see the effects of the amp power wire connected. You can clearly see the voltage slowly dropping in it. How can a 110 amp alternator be incapable of running 400w with nothingelse installed on the electrical system, but this. Without this wire connected the charging system will run 14.28v constantly.</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]1L6Y1c6eLNI[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>On the amp itself here is my configuration for the subwoofer.</p><p><a href="https://freeimage.host/i/3W8Zhb" target="_blank"><img src="https://iili.io/3W8Zhb.md.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="https://freeimage.host/i/3W8tQj" target="_blank"><img src="https://iili.io/3W8tQj.md.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>The subwoofer is a rockford forgate P|3 (P3SD2-12) capable of 400w RMS</p><p>The sub is wired for a 4 ohm load since its a DVC shallow mount sub.</p><p>28.28v is just barely before 0.5 on input sensitivity when configuring for a 2 ohm load with a multimeter for 400w.</p><p></p><p>Since I am fixing to head to work right now I will post a video of what it actually does tonight to better show you the voltage drops and how the car re-acts to the audio system over a 40 minute drive. Remember my DIC is constantly measuring my charging system voltage and displaying it in real time so it will give you alot more details with an actual video.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slayer16102, post: 8720825, member: 676644"] I will post some pictures here for you in a minute. You'll see how they have it wired, maybe thats the issue. I will also show you a video of my in dash DIC with all of the numbers jumping around on my battery voltage no matter what the gain is set at. The DIC measures my battery voltage constantly. As to why they put a 200A fuse on a 400w setup I'll never know, but as you'll clearly see they did. [URL='https://freeimage.host/i/3W8a71'][IMG]https://iili.io/3W8a71.md.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://freeimage.host/i/3W85rB'][IMG]https://iili.io/3W85rB.md.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://freeimage.host/i/3W8R1V'][IMG]https://iili.io/3W8R1V.md.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://freeimage.host/i/3W8YdP'][IMG]https://iili.io/3W8YdP.md.jpg[/IMG][/URL] I'm not sure why they went to the fuse box, but they certainly did for the main power wire. As I said they used a 0 gauge power wire for a 400w system and a massive 200A fuse for it too. [URL='https://freeimage.host/i/3W81Ia'][IMG]https://iili.io/3W81Ia.md.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Even the ground is 0 gauge. If you look to the left of that you'll also see the 3 40A fuses I was talking about on the amp itself. The kenwood 9106-D has 120A worth of fuses on it alone. This car has been constantly having voltage drops, but only when the amps power wire is connected with that massive 200A fuse. Without the amp power wire connected the car will run at 14.28v constantly. The harder I drive the car the faster the voltage drops when I come to a stop. The longer I drive the car the lower the voltage goes. Sitting idle the voltage drops too, but its much more slowly I have uploaded a video to show this. The video 8 minutes long so please watch and be patient to see the effects of the amp power wire connected. You can clearly see the voltage slowly dropping in it. How can a 110 amp alternator be incapable of running 400w with nothingelse installed on the electrical system, but this. Without this wire connected the charging system will run 14.28v constantly. [MEDIA=youtube]1L6Y1c6eLNI[/MEDIA] On the amp itself here is my configuration for the subwoofer. [URL='https://freeimage.host/i/3W8Zhb'][IMG]https://iili.io/3W8Zhb.md.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://freeimage.host/i/3W8tQj'][IMG]https://iili.io/3W8tQj.md.jpg[/IMG][/URL] The subwoofer is a rockford forgate P|3 (P3SD2-12) capable of 400w RMS The sub is wired for a 4 ohm load since its a DVC shallow mount sub. 28.28v is just barely before 0.5 on input sensitivity when configuring for a 2 ohm load with a multimeter for 400w. Since I am fixing to head to work right now I will post a video of what it actually does tonight to better show you the voltage drops and how the car re-acts to the audio system over a 40 minute drive. Remember my DIC is constantly measuring my charging system voltage and displaying it in real time so it will give you alot more details with an actual video. [/QUOTE]
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