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At what Voltage drop does damage occur?
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<blockquote data-quote="Bomber Z" data-source="post: 8279899" data-attributes="member: 645537"><p>Amps can work on 11 volts but can cause damage at low volts. Batteries hold a charge of 12 to 13 volts and will run your amp at that voltage. Your alternator brings the voltage up to 13-14 volts and charges the battery along with backing up voltage. Problems happen when driving a amp hard and the voltage drops below 10-10.5 volts. Most new amps will go into protection. My Phoenix Gold amp is listed as Power supply operating range of 10.0 Vdc to 15.5 Vdc. The amp you listed I don't see the power range but it should be about the same. I think the newer Brutus amps will handle just above 16.volts. A second battery is always good insurance to protect from voltage drop. Hope that helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bomber Z, post: 8279899, member: 645537"] Amps can work on 11 volts but can cause damage at low volts. Batteries hold a charge of 12 to 13 volts and will run your amp at that voltage. Your alternator brings the voltage up to 13-14 volts and charges the battery along with backing up voltage. Problems happen when driving a amp hard and the voltage drops below 10-10.5 volts. Most new amps will go into protection. My Phoenix Gold amp is listed as Power supply operating range of 10.0 Vdc to 15.5 Vdc. The amp you listed I don't see the power range but it should be about the same. I think the newer Brutus amps will handle just above 16.volts. A second battery is always good insurance to protect from voltage drop. Hope that helps. [/QUOTE]
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