What amp?

[ziggyping 10+ year member]

I just looked and the manual said the amp recomended 10 gauge wire?

 

[Mass Car Audio 10+ year member]

I just looked and the manual said the amp recomended 10 gauge wire?

That is smaller than your using right now. You are fine with 8 and 9 gauge. It might be the CD player your using has a poor preamp output voltage. Do you have a subwoofer level adjustment on the CD player ?

 

[ziggyping 10+ year member]

Yeah , I have it adjusted all the way up and its a Alpine 9884

 

[Mass Car Audio 10+ year member]

Do you have any way of checking the power supply voltage at the amp ? Maybe you have a poor connection somewhere or your battery sucks and your getting low voltage.

 

[ziggyping 10+ year member]

I have the capicator but I'm not sure if its on

 

[dafobbishon3 10+ year member]

I have 8 gauge going to the capicator and 9 going to the amp (or vise versa) scosche brand lol, and what do you mean set properly? I have the bass bost lpf and gain almost turned all the way up. Do you think its the wireing?

I have the capicator but I'm not sure if its on

^ thats your problem.

 

[ziggyping 10+ year member]

How is that a proublem?

 

[Mass Car Audio 10+ year member]

How is that a proublem?

I think capacitor's are a waste of energy. They store volts but are not efficient so it's a waste. You should get rid of that cap and by a better battery. I'm not saying the cap is your problem, I'm just saying they are not efficient and they put a strain on your charging system to store the energy.