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<blockquote data-quote="Nexson" data-source="post: 3131443" data-attributes="member: 566710"><p><span style="color: Red"><span style="font-size: 24px">Update:</span></span></p><p></p><p>Well I don't want to speak to soon but I think I may have fixed it with your guys help.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cool.gif.3bcaf8f141236c00f8044d07150e34f7.gif</p><p></p><p>Let me try to explain this the best way. I have the 4 guage anl fuse with the mini 150a fuse. So I first checked out the power wire, I remember when I installed I had to literally cut the 4 guage exposed wire in half to fit into this little ring terminal that would then go into the inline fuse that would be tighten down by the set screw. By doing this I came to the conclusion that i was literally cutting the 4 gauge wire in half at the fuse on both sides. So what I did was cut that inch off and start new, I jacked the sleve a half inch, and twisted the wire really tight so it could fit into the inline fuse, now I had the full exposed 4 gauge wire going into the inline fuse and NOT cut half way to fit into the ring terminal. The set screw still tighten down the wire fine, i did this for both sides and then went ahead and replaced the fuse with a new 150a fuse, since i ordered a small box before.</p><p></p><p>I got back in the car, the amp pulled 14.0-14.1 with radio off, which was a hair better then my 13.9. I turned on my same song in the video (my control song) and it actually did not cut out, On the hardest hitting parts of the song which the beginning, I only went down to about 12, and it was a fast recovery, keep in mind this was the maxium loudness, and thats what i wanted, because i will probably never play my music like this for more then a minute, but I wanted to know the problem was fixed. So far so good, I will see how it is on my drive to work. I am aquiring the JL cleansweep on Wednesday since aftermarket deck is not an option for the accord (imho). Hopefully everything works out well.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Thats funny you say that, the copper nut would not come off the bolt shaft, no longer then 20 minutes of me trying it got stripped, 2 hours later I had it cut off, what a nitemare, because I didn't want to destroy the shaft's threads.</p><p></p><p>I so used a black metal nut, is this wrong? Should I replace it with a copper one? Will it make a big difference?</p><p></p><p>Thanks.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nexson, post: 3131443, member: 566710"] [COLOR=Red][SIZE=24px]Update:[/SIZE][/COLOR][SIZE=24px][/SIZE] Well I don't want to speak to soon but I think I may have fixed it with your guys help.[IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cool.gif.3bcaf8f141236c00f8044d07150e34f7.gif[/IMG] Let me try to explain this the best way. I have the 4 guage anl fuse with the mini 150a fuse. So I first checked out the power wire, I remember when I installed I had to literally cut the 4 guage exposed wire in half to fit into this little ring terminal that would then go into the inline fuse that would be tighten down by the set screw. By doing this I came to the conclusion that i was literally cutting the 4 gauge wire in half at the fuse on both sides. So what I did was cut that inch off and start new, I jacked the sleve a half inch, and twisted the wire really tight so it could fit into the inline fuse, now I had the full exposed 4 gauge wire going into the inline fuse and NOT cut half way to fit into the ring terminal. The set screw still tighten down the wire fine, i did this for both sides and then went ahead and replaced the fuse with a new 150a fuse, since i ordered a small box before. I got back in the car, the amp pulled 14.0-14.1 with radio off, which was a hair better then my 13.9. I turned on my same song in the video (my control song) and it actually did not cut out, On the hardest hitting parts of the song which the beginning, I only went down to about 12, and it was a fast recovery, keep in mind this was the maxium loudness, and thats what i wanted, because i will probably never play my music like this for more then a minute, but I wanted to know the problem was fixed. So far so good, I will see how it is on my drive to work. I am aquiring the JL cleansweep on Wednesday since aftermarket deck is not an option for the accord (imho). Hopefully everything works out well. Thats funny you say that, the copper nut would not come off the bolt shaft, no longer then 20 minutes of me trying it got stripped, 2 hours later I had it cut off, what a nitemare, because I didn't want to destroy the shaft's threads. I so used a black metal nut, is this wrong? Should I replace it with a copper one? Will it make a big difference? Thanks.[IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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