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<blockquote data-quote="adulbrich" data-source="post: 8446846" data-attributes="member: 661255">Did you ever fix that guy&#039;s Kicker amp?//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gifOh really? I wonder who that could be.............................................I&#039;m not going for numbers, I wanted hairtricks and loud lowsI wanted low tuning with a large box and lots of port area. If that&#039;s not going to accomplish what I want, what should I do differently?I didn&#039;t take voltage with a sine wave while the amp was unloaded. I just checked max voltage and max amperage on a couple songs. I&#039;ve got the subwoofer level on my Alpine headunit at 7 out of 15. I listen at volume 23 or 24 out of 35. Gain on the amp is about 1/3. Any higher on any of those settings makes the clipping light flicker, unless I lower something else. A few songs at soft clip makes the coils heat up. A playlist-worth of songs at soft clip, and there is a hint of glue smell. I don&#039;t ever run anything too hard or abuse anything. Input voltage is steady between 13.6v and 14.0v. I need to get my alternator externally regulated. Even with the amp off, the max I charge at is 14.0v cold.I have five group 49 batteries currently. 80 ah each, so 400 ah total. My battery bank now isn&#039;t a problem. After the 16v batteries went bad, I would just switch to caps. Caps would be easy to charge at 18v. I would just need more capacitors per bank than standard 12v banks.I thought about buying another 20k. They can be had much cheaper now.Ok, I&#039;ll probably get another 370 amp alternator and have them externally regulated. Later in life after these batteries are done, I&#039;ll get caps and run a 16v setup with some Korean or Stetsom amps.I have sent pics to a few members on here. Posting pics will obviously get me banned.How&#039;d you know???</blockquote>

[QUOTE="adulbrich, post: 8446846, member: 661255"] Did you ever fix that guy's Kicker amp? [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif[/IMG] Oh really? I wonder who that could be.......... ..... .............................. I'm not going for numbers, I wanted hairtricks and loud lows I wanted low tuning with a large box and lots of port area. If that's not going to accomplish what I want, what should I do differently? I didn't take voltage with a sine wave while the amp was unloaded. I just checked max voltage and max amperage on a couple songs. I've got the subwoofer level on my Alpine headunit at 7 out of 15. I listen at volume 23 or 24 out of 35. Gain on the amp is about 1/3. Any higher on any of those settings makes the clipping light flicker, unless I lower something else. A few songs at soft clip makes the coils heat up. A playlist-worth of songs at soft clip, and there is a hint of glue smell. I don't ever run anything too hard or abuse anything. Input voltage is steady between 13.6v and 14.0v. I need to get my alternator externally regulated. Even with the amp off, the max I charge at is 14.0v cold. I have five group 49 batteries currently. 80 ah each, so 400 ah total. My battery bank now isn't a problem. After the 16v batteries went bad, I would just switch to caps. Caps would be easy to charge at 18v. I would just need more capacitors per bank than standard 12v banks. I thought about buying another 20k. They can be had much cheaper now. Ok, I'll probably get another 370 amp alternator and have them externally regulated. Later in life after these batteries are done, I'll get caps and run a 16v setup with some Korean or Stetsom amps. I have sent pics to a few members on here. Posting pics will obviously get me banned. How'd you know??? [/QUOTE]

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