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<blockquote data-quote="Zavenoa" data-source="post: 8102695" data-attributes="member: 654283"><p>Wrong again, AudioPipe amp is fine, nothing wrong with it. My brand new Pioneer amp did it to me today, I pulled over, looked at it, turned on the ACC it cycled fine, turned the car on, it tried to power up and then shut down. I shut the car off, closed the trunk, started the car back up and it was working again. This has to be due to too much power draw from the battery. The new distrobution block I installed has a digital display of the volts I'm getting and it's pretty steady at 12V, although I did see it hit 13.5V at one point. It doesn't seem to fluxuate once the car is turned on, but does seem to vary from 12V flat to 13.5V which was the highest I've ever seen it, when I checked today it was at 12.4V.</p><p></p><p>3160 watts must be far too much draw, which is not a surprise. I'm going to do the big 3 upgrade tomorrow using 1/0 OFC wiring and plan on adding a 300amp fuse inline. I am also going to research upgraded batteries and swap my factory battery out for a better one. If that doesn't work I'll have to break down and drop the $400 on a HO alternator. If that STILL doesn't work, then it's time to add a 2nd batt. I'll update as I get this stuff done. At this point I've elimiated all other possibilities.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zavenoa, post: 8102695, member: 654283"] Wrong again, AudioPipe amp is fine, nothing wrong with it. My brand new Pioneer amp did it to me today, I pulled over, looked at it, turned on the ACC it cycled fine, turned the car on, it tried to power up and then shut down. I shut the car off, closed the trunk, started the car back up and it was working again. This has to be due to too much power draw from the battery. The new distrobution block I installed has a digital display of the volts I'm getting and it's pretty steady at 12V, although I did see it hit 13.5V at one point. It doesn't seem to fluxuate once the car is turned on, but does seem to vary from 12V flat to 13.5V which was the highest I've ever seen it, when I checked today it was at 12.4V. 3160 watts must be far too much draw, which is not a surprise. I'm going to do the big 3 upgrade tomorrow using 1/0 OFC wiring and plan on adding a 300amp fuse inline. I am also going to research upgraded batteries and swap my factory battery out for a better one. If that doesn't work I'll have to break down and drop the $400 on a HO alternator. If that STILL doesn't work, then it's time to add a 2nd batt. I'll update as I get this stuff done. At this point I've elimiated all other possibilities. [/QUOTE]
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