Menu
Forum
General Car Audio
Subwoofers
Speakers
Amplifiers
Head Units
Car Audio Build Logs
Wiring, Electrical and Installation
Enclosure Design & Construction
Car Audio Classifieds
Home Audio
Off-topic Discussion
The Lounge
What's new
Search forums
Gallery
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Registered members
Current visitors
Classifieds Member Feedback
SHOP
Shop Head Units
Shop Amplifiers
Shop Speakers
Shop Subwoofers
Shop eBay Car Audio
Log in / Register
Forum
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
Log in / Join
What’s new
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
General Car Audio
Subwoofers
Speakers
Amplifiers
Head Units
Car Audio Build Logs
Wiring, Electrical and Installation
Enclosure Design & Construction
Car Audio Classifieds
Home Audio
Off-topic Discussion
The Lounge
What's new
Search forums
Menu
Reply to thread
Forum
Car Audio Help
Wiring, Electrical & Installation
Power draw issues killing my battery and my happiness.
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Trappin_Ron" data-source="post: 8783560" data-attributes="member: 685391"><p>My current setup is 1600 watts for the subs and 1000 watts for the mids and highs in a 4x configuration. 2010 Hyundai accent gls with upgraded alternator power wire and battery ground.</p><p></p><p>To start off I have been running my sub setup and just stock aftermarket head unit power for the mids and highs for about 4 1/2 months now with not one issue. I finally decided its time to upgrade the mids and highs setup that I was running. Went ahead and picked up a skar RP-150.4ab and installed it. Install went well with no problems AT FIRST the same day I finished I went on a cruise so I could hear my new setup. I run a voltage meter to the battery and the voltage was all over the place. All these numbers are based on playing close to max volume.</p><p>While driving/ accelerating-12v</p><p>While driving no throttle-11ish volts </p><p>At idle- 10volts </p><p>After I came home I left the car overnight and came back out the next morning to go to work and it would not start volts were sitting at 9.5 ish and dipping after each crank. Fast forward a few days I thought I had fixed the problem and figured it was a charging issue and installed a Big 3 upgrade restoring volts while driving back to 14v while driving and the car starting right up. Once again let the car sit overnight and went to start it and it was not even picking volts up this time. Went to jump it as I had done previously but was too scared to take it to work and be stranded there yet another day so I left it and took another vehicle. I now was under the assumption that the amps were drawing power while the car was off so I unplugged the power and ground wires from the amp and the ones touching the battery. Jumped the car once again and drove around a few miles to restore volts back up. Left the car sitting at 12.2 volts at 7:30pm after one hour went out to check the number real quick and it was reading 10.7volts. Came back out 30 min later at 8:50 and it was reading 8.2 volts and was dropping 0.01 volts every 8 seconds ish. <span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">I am now basically running a stock car with a pair of extra floodlights that remain off unless a switch is turned. What is drawing power from the battery killing it in less than an hour and a half ???</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trappin_Ron, post: 8783560, member: 685391"] My current setup is 1600 watts for the subs and 1000 watts for the mids and highs in a 4x configuration. 2010 Hyundai accent gls with upgraded alternator power wire and battery ground. To start off I have been running my sub setup and just stock aftermarket head unit power for the mids and highs for about 4 1/2 months now with not one issue. I finally decided its time to upgrade the mids and highs setup that I was running. Went ahead and picked up a skar RP-150.4ab and installed it. Install went well with no problems AT FIRST the same day I finished I went on a cruise so I could hear my new setup. I run a voltage meter to the battery and the voltage was all over the place. All these numbers are based on playing close to max volume. While driving/ accelerating-12v While driving no throttle-11ish volts At idle- 10volts After I came home I left the car overnight and came back out the next morning to go to work and it would not start volts were sitting at 9.5 ish and dipping after each crank. Fast forward a few days I thought I had fixed the problem and figured it was a charging issue and installed a Big 3 upgrade restoring volts while driving back to 14v while driving and the car starting right up. Once again let the car sit overnight and went to start it and it was not even picking volts up this time. Went to jump it as I had done previously but was too scared to take it to work and be stranded there yet another day so I left it and took another vehicle. I now was under the assumption that the amps were drawing power while the car was off so I unplugged the power and ground wires from the amp and the ones touching the battery. Jumped the car once again and drove around a few miles to restore volts back up. Left the car sitting at 12.2 volts at 7:30pm after one hour went out to check the number real quick and it was reading 10.7volts. Came back out 30 min later at 8:50 and it was reading 8.2 volts and was dropping 0.01 volts every 8 seconds ish. [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]I am now basically running a stock car with a pair of extra floodlights that remain off unless a switch is turned. What is drawing power from the battery killing it in less than an hour and a half ???[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forum
Car Audio Help
Wiring, Electrical & Installation
Power draw issues killing my battery and my happiness.
Top
Menu
What's new
Forum list
