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<blockquote data-quote="02WS6" data-source="post: 8691562" data-attributes="member: 678581"><p>I know perfectly well that it doesn&#039;t stay at 9 volts. The alternator is constantly charging the system, problem is your Amp is pulling more power that your alternator can produce causing your Amp to go into protection. Do that enough times and you&#039;ll burn up your alternator&#039;s internal bridge rectifier or depending on a number of other external factors, drain your battery down enough to where your truck doesn&#039;t start. I never said that&#039;s what you would do, only that it was a possibility based off of known facts. IE: 3000W Amp vs ~100 Amp alternator. There are a ton of other variables at play and I&#039;m not going to speak to all of them, only the fact that your Tacoma can&#039;t handle the current load your Amp is drawing and how fixing it isn&#039;t cheap and recommending that you run the Amp at a lower gain until such point you can afford a HO Alt. The rest is up to you.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="02WS6, post: 8691562, member: 678581"] I know perfectly well that it doesn't stay at 9 volts. The alternator is constantly charging the system, problem is your Amp is pulling more power that your alternator can produce causing your Amp to go into protection. Do that enough times and you'll burn up your alternator's internal bridge rectifier or depending on a number of other external factors, drain your battery down enough to where your truck doesn't start. I never said that's what you would do, only that it was a possibility based off of known facts. IE: 3000W Amp vs ~100 Amp alternator. There are a ton of other variables at play and I'm not going to speak to all of them, only the fact that your Tacoma can't handle the current load your Amp is drawing and how fixing it isn't cheap and recommending that you run the Amp at a lower gain until such point you can afford a HO Alt. The rest is up to you. [/QUOTE]

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