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<blockquote data-quote="Unregistered" data-source="post: 10142">i have a pretty bad power issue in my car, it is an 88 crx, i recently replaced the alternator, and am using a optima yellow top, with a 2 farad cap, i am running a jbl 1200.1, and a crossfire 75.2, for subs and mids/highs respectivly.in my car within 1 day of charging the battery the cap wont stay in the green, by 2 days it is in mid yellow, and by 3 days i have dificulty starting the car, and this is at normal volume (normal is very subjective i know, my normal means i can carry on a conversation without raising my voice),to try to fix this i have, replaced the alt, batteriy, put a 1gauge ground on the battery, and a large terminal on both +, -, i use 4ga to bring the power to the cap, and 4ga to the 1200, 8ga to the 75.2, i have pretty solid grounds on everything, i just wish i didnt have to pull my battery twice a week to charge it,i know this isnt normal, and am looking for suggestions so i can troubleshoot this problem, what i might have overlooked, what i coult try, that kind of thing, i am tempted to pull out all my equipment, and sell it to buy a newer car, and rebuy new stuff over time, kinda drastic, bu i dont want to be without music, and i dont want to have to recarge more often than fill up.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Unregistered, post: 10142"] i have a pretty bad power issue in my car, it is an 88 crx, i recently replaced the alternator, and am using a optima yellow top, with a 2 farad cap, i am running a jbl 1200.1, and a crossfire 75.2, for subs and mids/highs respectivly. in my car within 1 day of charging the battery the cap wont stay in the green, by 2 days it is in mid yellow, and by 3 days i have dificulty starting the car, and this is at normal volume (normal is very subjective i know, my normal means i can carry on a conversation without raising my voice), to try to fix this i have, replaced the alt, batteriy, put a 1gauge ground on the battery, and a large terminal on both +, -, i use 4ga to bring the power to the cap, and 4ga to the 1200, 8ga to the 75.2, i have pretty solid grounds on everything, i just wish i didnt have to pull my battery twice a week to charge it, i know this isnt normal, and am looking for suggestions so i can troubleshoot this problem, what i might have overlooked, what i coult try, that kind of thing, i am tempted to pull out all my equipment, and sell it to buy a newer car, and rebuy new stuff over time, kinda drastic, bu i dont want to be without music, and i dont want to have to recarge more often than fill up. [/QUOTE]

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