Electrical issue.

[Airman21 10+ year member]

Finished my install and went for a drive. Everything was great at low volume. One I hit about half volume all my lights on the instrument panel lit up and my gauges went crazy. It all went back to normal but the battery light stayed on. Once I got home I turned it off. Checked my connections and belt. Everything was good so I started it again and the battery light was off.

I have plenty of battery power but haven't gotten around to installing the h/o alternator yet. Could this just be from overworking the alt? I have a Duracell battery under the hood and 2 xs power 3100's in the back.

Do you think it's the alt? Would replacing the alt eliminate this problem. Thing sounded great for the 5 minutes I could listen to it lol

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[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

Hmm...that is weird. Do you by chance have the big 3 done?

 

[Hertz Mafia]

Sounds like your instrument panel has a bad solder or loose connection

 

[Airman21 10+ year member]

H/o alt and big 3 are the only things that haven't been done.

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

Big 3 not done can cause weird things.

What's your rundown of your system?

 

[Airman21 10+ year member]

H/U- Pioneer AVH-x7800BT

Comps- Hertz HSK 165

PPI P900.4

Taramps 8000D

2 - 15" FI SP4 v2

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

H/U- Pioneer AVH-x7800BTComps- Hertz HSK 165

PPI P900.4

Taramps 8000D

2 - 15" FI SP4 v2

Oh ya...didn't you say you had a shop install that for ya and build a sub enclosure?

 

[Airman21 10+ year member]

Shop installed a lot of it. I had Cherryman build the box.

So you think the ho alt and big 3 should fix the problem?

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

Do you have any extra batteries?

So lemme get this straight...your running all that on stock electrical?

 

[Airman21 10+ year member]

No just stock alt and no big 3.

I have an agm Duracell under the hood and 2 xs power 3100's in the rear.

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

I'm surprised the shop didn't mention doing the big 3 to ya. Once that gets done, see if the problem goes away....and you'll increase output too.

 

[Airman21 10+ year member]

I will try to get the alt and big 3 done this weekend. I'll update with the results. Might help someone else in the future.

 

[Airman21 10+ year member]

Update.... H/O Alt installed. While doing that we noticed the battery terminals were too long which wasn't giving a good connection. No issues now with voltage.

New problem today... The front right and rear right speakers stopped working. Not sure what it could be. I was thinking Rca's but it would have to be the right side of both rca sets for that to be the case correct?