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<blockquote data-quote="n2audio" data-source="post: 8703151" data-attributes="member: 540940"><p>You have an 80A alt and an amp that will try to draw well over 200A at high volume. Once the alt is maxed out (at ~14v) it will begin drawing from the battery at ~12.5V. Since it's pulling 100A+ from the battery that 12.5 will drop fast - to 10-11 that you're seeing. Higher quality amps with better protection will shut down in those conditions to reduce the chance of being damaged.</p><p>So you have at least two significant problems. 1) you're pushing your alt to its max anytime your amp's at ~1/2 volume or more, 2) you're starving your amp of voltage it needs to produce the power it's trying to produce - this in turn requires it to try to draw extra current putting it in a cycle of heat and inefficiency. 3) you're tapping into your battery's reserve a lot more than it is designed for reducing its life and available current to start the engine.</p><p></p><p>The good news is -- HO alts for older Hondas are not expensive. You can get ~200A alts on ebay for ~$200.</p><p></p><p>Not that it matters at this point, but you don't want your bass eq setting cranked up. You're bloating the sound at 45hz, clipping at 40-50hz at anything over ~1/2 vol, and making everything else quiet in comparison.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="n2audio, post: 8703151, member: 540940"] You have an 80A alt and an amp that will try to draw well over 200A at high volume. Once the alt is maxed out (at ~14v) it will begin drawing from the battery at ~12.5V. Since it's pulling 100A+ from the battery that 12.5 will drop fast - to 10-11 that you're seeing. Higher quality amps with better protection will shut down in those conditions to reduce the chance of being damaged. So you have at least two significant problems. 1) you're pushing your alt to its max anytime your amp's at ~1/2 volume or more, 2) you're starving your amp of voltage it needs to produce the power it's trying to produce - this in turn requires it to try to draw extra current putting it in a cycle of heat and inefficiency. 3) you're tapping into your battery's reserve a lot more than it is designed for reducing its life and available current to start the engine. The good news is -- HO alts for older Hondas are not expensive. You can get ~200A alts on ebay for ~$200. Not that it matters at this point, but you don't want your bass eq setting cranked up. You're bloating the sound at 45hz, clipping at 40-50hz at anything over ~1/2 vol, and making everything else quiet in comparison. [/QUOTE]
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