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Help a newb with amp hitting low voltage cutoff
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<blockquote data-quote="Rotate" data-source="post: 8649875" data-attributes="member: 675296"><p>This is inline with what the installer was hinting at. He didn’t come right out and say it, but he kind of danced around that this amp would not meet the demands of the subs. So, how I ended up with the amps, is a friend of mine has worked at Kicker for a long time as a salesman, and I got them at a very good cost with the intent to run some other junk stuff that was already in the boat. This year I decided I wanted to upgrade the subs, and I wanted the previous wiring job cleaned up, and a proper enclosure built. The shop recommended the W6s over L7s, and since they were building the enclosure, and doing the work, I took their recommendation. They went through the whole system and rewired everything and looks to have done a great job. I feel like he didn’t want to come right out and trash the amps, because my friend works at Kicker.</p><p></p><p>As I was on the boat today, I was thinking about my post here and I feel I should clarify this voltage drop. To be more clear, at a normal listening volume, or for a better way of putting it, time of less than “max draw” on the amp, I’m seeing 12.3-12.4V at the amplifier. The only time I see it drop into the low 11s are on a low note, at high volume (high amp draw), so the low 11 volts are just brief moments of high draw. All other times, it’s 12.3-12.4V. I never see the battery drop below 12.3.....ever. Even on a high volume, low note, max draw situation. The battery never drops. So going into the amp is he same 12.4V at any volume, except for when it hits a real low note, and then it drops to low 11s at the amp, and not the battery.</p><p></p><p>As far as opening the 100A fuse, Kicker flat out told me it would, and that amp needs a 150A. That’s all I know. I don’t claim to know if that’s right or wrong, but that’s what they said.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rotate, post: 8649875, member: 675296"] This is inline with what the installer was hinting at. He didn’t come right out and say it, but he kind of danced around that this amp would not meet the demands of the subs. So, how I ended up with the amps, is a friend of mine has worked at Kicker for a long time as a salesman, and I got them at a very good cost with the intent to run some other junk stuff that was already in the boat. This year I decided I wanted to upgrade the subs, and I wanted the previous wiring job cleaned up, and a proper enclosure built. The shop recommended the W6s over L7s, and since they were building the enclosure, and doing the work, I took their recommendation. They went through the whole system and rewired everything and looks to have done a great job. I feel like he didn’t want to come right out and trash the amps, because my friend works at Kicker. As I was on the boat today, I was thinking about my post here and I feel I should clarify this voltage drop. To be more clear, at a normal listening volume, or for a better way of putting it, time of less than “max draw” on the amp, I’m seeing 12.3-12.4V at the amplifier. The only time I see it drop into the low 11s are on a low note, at high volume (high amp draw), so the low 11 volts are just brief moments of high draw. All other times, it’s 12.3-12.4V. I never see the battery drop below 12.3.....ever. Even on a high volume, low note, max draw situation. The battery never drops. So going into the amp is he same 12.4V at any volume, except for when it hits a real low note, and then it drops to low 11s at the amp, and not the battery. As far as opening the 100A fuse, Kicker flat out told me it would, and that amp needs a 150A. That’s all I know. I don’t claim to know if that’s right or wrong, but that’s what they said. [/QUOTE]
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