electronic problem

[pfunk358]

in my car i running the bd1500.1 and the mtx152 for amps in my car there prob. drawing aroud 1800 watts right? i also have 2, 2 farad caps and an optima yellow top battery.. with 4 guage power wire... but my head lights are still dimming... i have checked and double checked all the wiring everthing is wired right... do i need another battery or a hi amp alternator... also i was gonna put in another amp the RF 1000a2 but i don't think my car could handle it... what should i do to fix the problem

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[LuRp 10+ year member]

prob gonna need a higher rated alternator.. but i might be wrong.. good luck

-LuRp

 

[Unregistered]

What is your alternator rated at?

 

[pfunk358]

i have no idea its just a stock alt for a 94 dodge intrepid

 

[natem33 10+ year member]

Your car has a small Mitsubishi alternator in it. You should look into a larger alternator or have that one rewound. Especially with running amps that size.

 

[Phatillusion 5,000+ posts]

Definitely agree, you need a much bigger altenator. Stock altenators start having trouble around 250-300 RMS, some less than that. The only way to fix your dimming lights is to get a bigger altenator. So before you go out and just buy a bigger altenator, figure in how big you need it to be by figuring out the amount of watts you will be running. I think Zane will be able to help you out there, I think I saw a post a while back where he was talking about altenators.