Tantrum 1200.1 huge current draw

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

my old //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif lol **** this thing moves around... town... drop ur gains...

what the hell did you just say? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[PhatTonyDeMarco 5,000+ posts]

i have a pos wire into the pos all the way on the left and the neg all the way to the right

Not just the wiring to the amp, but the way the wires are attatched to the terminals of the voice coils on the subs themselves....

Make sure you have them wired to the correct impedance.

 

[kotec123 10+ year member]

yes they have been at a 2 ohm lad since my last amp...and all i did was swap out the amps.....but i need electrical suggestions for under 200

 

[kotec123 10+ year member]

bump...would adding a yellow top be better then replaicing the stock batt wt a yellow top?

 

[jrz126 10+ year member]

yeah, yelliow tops are deep cycle batteries (can be discharged quite a bit before being recharged without causing damage). They lack in the cranking amps however, so they arent recommended for starting the car.

 

[kotec123 10+ year member]

so red top then, or were u suggesting to put the yellow top in the trunk?....if i did that would i keep my current 4 ga wire from the current batt and just hook that up to the new yellow top in the trunk, or how does that work/>?

 

[kotec123 10+ year member]

i was told that this amp is gonna get me more power then my old alpine mrd-m1005, but i have yet to see that...what do i need to do?

 

[kotec123 10+ year member]

the alpine amp was louderrrr...i need suggestiions

 

[prioracy 10+ year member]

have u done the big 3 upgrade, the yellow top will help a lil bit, but if your alt have low amp to it you'll have to upgrade it, from what i have read if an alternator can't supply the wattage to the amp, the amp will start drawing from the battery leading to your battery drain... i would look into the big 3 upgrade.... then battery

 

[kotec123 10+ year member]

ok will do...anyone else?

 

[kotec123 10+ year member]

someone out there wants to help