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<blockquote data-quote="Chris21206" data-source="post: 8720933" data-attributes="member: 681376">Thanks so much for your reply! I had planned on getting rid of the cap either way. I agree there’s no use for it. To address your concern of the wires, the wire on the right side of the picture isn’t 0 gauge like the others (there’s actually 4 0 gauge wires running to the back), and it was all professionally installed by my installer.. I was considering adding another XS Power D3400 as I don’t have nearly enough $ to switch to lithium.. About the ohmage of the box.. I’m not 100% sure but I remember when I was with my installer he was please to see a “1.0 ohm reading” when he hooked some form of device to the subs before they went into the box. He said that was “good”. If you say the amp does rated at 12V my question is am I actually pushing 8K to my subs? I feel like (based on what you’ve told me) that they aren’t getting their full 8K.. in other words if my clip light is turning on when I have the gain high how could I be clipping if I’m not using the amp to it’s fullest potential? The subs don’t get hot and they’re only rated 3000W combined RMS so if I’m pushing full 8K wouldn’t they be getting really hot? I don’t know where my meter is metering from.. the installer installed it, and I’d have to trace the wire back in hopes of finding where it would be. Should I add more XS power batteries? If so how many, what models, and what location?Thanks so much for your help,Chris</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chris21206, post: 8720933, member: 681376"] Thanks so much for your reply! I had planned on getting rid of the cap either way. I agree there’s no use for it. To address your concern of the wires, the wire on the right side of the picture isn’t 0 gauge like the others (there’s actually 4 0 gauge wires running to the back), and it was all professionally installed by my installer.. I was considering adding another XS Power D3400 as I don’t have nearly enough $ to switch to lithium.. About the ohmage of the box.. I’m not 100% sure but I remember when I was with my installer he was please to see a “1.0 ohm reading” when he hooked some form of device to the subs before they went into the box. He said that was “good”. If you say the amp does rated at 12V my question is am I actually pushing 8K to my subs? I feel like (based on what you’ve told me) that they aren’t getting their full 8K.. in other words if my clip light is turning on when I have the gain high how could I be clipping if I’m not using the amp to it’s fullest potential? The subs don’t get hot and they’re only rated 3000W combined RMS so if I’m pushing full 8K wouldn’t they be getting really hot? I don’t know where my meter is metering from.. the installer installed it, and I’d have to trace the wire back in hopes of finding where it would be. Should I add more XS power batteries? If so how many, what models, and what location? Thanks so much for your help, Chris [/QUOTE]

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