upgraded big3, dimming worse

[amedeuce 10+ year member]

Ok I upgraded the big3 cause I had slight dimming.

I did it with 4 gauge, I know I will have to go bigger now, but at least I know how easy it is to do.

Anyway, I added a wire to the alt to battery using the existing stock distro. block (I guess that's what it is) that the original wire is going to, I plan on fusing it separately with an anl inline (will this help?)

I added to the ground wire and engine to chassis.

In addition to the big three Ive recently built a new enclosure for my 2 e10o's that are being pushed by a tsunami 1800 (

The subs are in about .5 cubes each and they sound awsome and hit hard. I did adjust the gains to corespond to the enclosure size (increase a little) but now my lights dim even worse than before.

It's a 2002 supercrew, 130a alt.

Im also running the tsunami 4440 for components

Let me reply to my own thead,

1.Turn your gains back down that little bit

2.Upgrade your "upgrade" to 1/0 wire

3. TURN DOWN THE VOLUME (yea right)

4. Maybe run thicker than 4 gauge to the amp??? Im petty sure that's what it will accept.

Any other Help would be appreciated......

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[IgnoreMe 5,000+ posts]

run it with 1/0 gauge, it will improve. dont know why it dims more but im positive if you run bigger while you will be fine.

 

[Zash 10+ year member]

Yeah, it's pretty much useless to do it with 4 gauge.

 

[paikiah 5,000+ posts]

i've upgraded my wires to 4 gauge in the engine bay, and i get no problem. Such short distances within the engine bay, i'm sure the wires aren't being overloaded.

Sometimes even after an alt upgrade, dimming can occur. Replace batt.

 

[B@SSAN8OR 10+ year member]

if your going to go with 1/0 to the amp then run another wire that big from the amp to the ground on the bat. it will have less resistance then your car chassis

 

[paikiah 5,000+ posts]

er, if you're trying to route the ground back to the batt, that's quite a lot of wiring to hide and thread around the car. I think that's why people are saying upgrade the big 3.

 

[Termlab 10+ year member]

there is a very simple way to fix this........ undo whatever it is you did in the first place.

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[amedeuce 10+ year member]

there is a very simple way to fix this........ undo whatever it is you did in the first place.

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Ok I did notice that when driving if I dont play music at the level to make the lights dim for a while then turn up the volume, it takes a few minutes for the lights to start dimming. Could this be the battery going bad or alt not keeping up?

 

[themainjam 10+ year member]

most likely battery upgrade to a ultima. people will help you. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[monte_carlo97 10+ year member]

Put a red topper in there and think about an alt upgrade.

Just my 2 cents

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

look at an alt first, if problem stays, get battery.

http://www.motorcitysuperstore.com for alternators

pepboys sell redtops for $110 (with exchange of old battery)

 

[Shyne151 10+ year member]

Yeah, it's pretty much useless to do it with 4 gauge.

Not really.

 

[JoseMCeee 10+ year member]

look at an alt first, if problem stays, get battery.
http://www.motorcitysuperstore.com for alternators

pepboys sell redtops for $110 (with exchange of old battery)

Shouldnt it be the other way around?

 

[themainjam 10+ year member]

thats what i thought...... but i was thinking about it and when he upgraded and everything to make it better. what he was doing was allow the amp to draw more current which is why the dimming got worse. he needs an alt because it isnt keeping the battery charged. which is ruining his battery also.

 

[amedeuce 10+ year member]

thats what i thought...... but i was thinking about it and when he upgraded and everything to make it better. what he was doing was allow the amp to draw more current which is why the dimming got worse. he needs an alt because it isnt keeping the battery charged. which is ruining his battery also.

I thought that might be what's happening, now the amp is getting what it wants and it's too much for my electrical system. So I need a new alt and a new battery, soon...