not enough power!

[jr_casteel1999 10+ year member]

i have a 06 trailblazer and i have 1 13w7 and jl 1000/1 v1 amp. the amp drains all the power from my truck and the amp shuts off. im guessing im going to need a cap or i was thinking of like another battery. i was looking at the kinetik 600 battery. found hem on ebay for around 70 bucks. would this be enough? or what other options do i have?

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[skylineTT 10+ year member]

hmm, have you done the big 3 yet? and are you using proper power/ground wire?

 

[splwj47 10+ year member]

even if the car is running?

 

[jr_casteel1999 10+ year member]

it kicks off if i come to a stop and kicks back on when i get rolling again. also voltage meter on the dash drops below 12v and runs 14.4 when stereo is not up. i have all 0 gage wire but have not done the big 3

 

[goingdef 10+ year member]

big three agm deep cycle up front and set your gains right I'm willing to bet your clipping the crap out of it and that draws power!

 

[skylineTT 10+ year member]

I would start with the big 3 and I usually just upgrade the alternator instead of adding a batt but a batt doesn't hurt either. The big 3 might solve your problem entirely but the kinetic and Stinger batts are solid if you still need one. Anything would help really and 1000w isn't that much so you could get away with the smaller wires.

 

[Flex68 10+ year member]

I'm willing to bet your clipping the crap out of it and that draws power!

yeah, sumpin ain't rite

 

[jr_casteel1999 10+ year member]

i dont really know much about this equipment. its new to me. i have the gain on the amp set 3 quarters of the way up. if i turn it down the sub dont hit as hard.

 

[goingdef 10+ year member]

yeah, sumpin ain't rite

yea 1000w rms shouldn't do that.

 

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i dont really know much about this equipment. its new to me. i have the gain on the amp set 3 quarters of the way up. if i turn it down the sub dont hit as hard.

jesus christ! yea turn it down and do some reading!

 

[skylineTT 10+ year member]

I wonder if his sub is wired in series.

 

[goingdef 10+ year member]

second thought pull that poor amp out and ship it to me before you kill it! I will give it a good home I promise but you got to stop this abuse before I report you to the proper authority's!

 

[jr_casteel1999 10+ year member]

why turn it down? then it dont bump as much? it is not distorted or anything. i guess i just dont understand. wouldent that be like buying a 2000watt sub and only hooking it up to a 200 watt amp?

 

[jr_casteel1999 10+ year member]

not sure if it is wired in a series. havent had the sub out of the box

 

[skylineTT 10+ year member]

check your head unit settings. make sure the sub settings are at 0 instead of like, -5 or something. Also check to make sure that your sub is wired in parallel instead of series.. your amps doesn't do much power at higher ohm loads so if your sub is wired in series, you could be cranking the gain up just to get 300 watts out of it.

 

[goingdef 10+ year member]

why turn it down? then it dont bump as much? it is not distorted or anything. i guess i just dont understand. wouldent that be like buying a 2000watt sub and only hooking it up to a 200 watt amp?

The gain is not a volume knob it's to match the output to source unit that's it!