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Measure out and see how much space you have/willing to give up and then what you need for whatever subs you select and build, then build port to sub specs and volume of enclosure, bam done....LOL
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Who is telling you that you need an isolator? I would get a kinetik 2400 at the minimum if kinetik is what you want to use.
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Yes I also concur you can clip an amp in any situation doing a couple of things wrong. And I would invest some money in a voltage meter that you should wire up to your amp and put where you can see it all the time, when the voltage gets below 12.5, stop and let it recharge. I would also invest in a good battery charger and charge your rear battery you are going to add monthly or weekly depending on how much you play it loud.
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Take a power tester and find a different wire in your vehicle that comes on when u turn your ignition on, run your remote wire off of that. See if it solves the problem.
Why, man you guys like doing lots of work, just tap into the ignition at the hu, it is right where the remote is anyway.
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LOL does the hu switch on and off with the key? If it does, the ignition works, run the remote to there and see what you get. But please use an inline fuse on the remote wire for this test!!!!
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The ignition on the hu work???
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Easy fix then just run your remote to an ignition source fuck the HU.
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Clean power, done right,,,,,what does that mean? It means, don't put a shit ton of bass boost on it, have the filters on the amp set right and DONT set the gain WRONG. That is how you do it right, plus many other things as well....LOL
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May be overkill now, but it does ensure max ability to pull current and the ability to upgrade his alt later saving time in upgrading twice
LOL, don't you have to remove the alt wire to upgrade an alt? How is that upgrading twice? LOL
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Gotcha. I plan on adding a 2nd battery in the trunk when I upgrade to bigger subs and sub amp but I don't want to replace the alt unless I absolutely have to.
If you plan on daily pounding it then you either have to have a large battery bank and then charge that regularly basically daily with a "good" charger or have the alt power to run your demand and battery for just cushion(voltage support).
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You have to get a main harness that has the pigtail in it for the additional alts, more then one alt and then you just buy the extra harnesses for whatever amount of alts you have. Like with my quad setup, I needed one main harness and then 3 extra harness for each additional alt, the extra harnesses are like 20 bucks each I believe, I am not sure cuz xs power never send me a bill/invoice(I always have to ask for one), they just take money out of my account and then send me stuff....LOL
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I was told it would help with my dimming lights. It did help a little because I could tell my system got a little louder and my lights don't dim as bad as they used to. So it had to increase the voltage just a little if it got louder afterwards and the lights don't dim as bad?
That is caused from your better grounds, really all you needed was BIG 2, upgrading the alt wire on a 70 amp alt is not going to change much.
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If done right that sub can handle twice that power daily, you will be fine.
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You have big 3 done with a 70 amp alt? Why? Way over kill, and if you are in doubt get the alt tested, there are a few auto parts stores that can do it for free.
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That will get very loud with the right amount of power and I love my aq's and yes it is the picture in my avatar. I would start by building a base in the rear floor of the car, basically a deck out of 2x4's, get that level and then build up from there, and take your time on the trim(beauty panel) that is what will make or break a large part of you build, I have seen trucks that had that not sealed well and lose a few dbs, like 1 to 2 full dbs. So it is important.
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Yeah, I figured that! I WOULD'NT be throwin it together I'll tell you that!! I would be taking my time on this, not in no way of a rush!! So to do something like this should be in a project and not a daily is what you're saying?
If you are doing this to a daily driver that you need everyday, I would do it in steps that you can complete in a day at a time so you don't tie the vehicle up to where you can't drive it if needed. But it is better if you have a second vehicle cuz then you won't rush on it so much. I had two other car sittin in my driveway when I did mine on my 01 sierra and it took 3 weeks to complete it.
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Sounds interesting, so if its just a box, how do you keep the thing from falling over? (dont mean to sound stupid but im serious) All the walls or threads I see on here, they all look like they're built into the car/truck
You brace it and built it into the vehicle for best results and make it part of the vehicle. You have to anchor it in some fashion, just depends on the vehicle.
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It is a bitch, plain and simple, if you want it to look right and be sealed tight(which is better) it takes alot of time and patience. It isn't something you can throw together overnight.
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And I believe XS will tell you it is an all or none setup. But you can get a main harness for multiple alts and then just get the additional plugs later for that multi harness later, they just daisy chain into each other with one wire, the "sense" wire.
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If you are running off the just the regulator on the alt your voltage won't be too high. I have seen personally and heard of few people having issues with the VCM running multiple alts, I have seen in my own testing it controls two alts perfectly but three and four or more, it won't let the voltage come down. I have a few theory's but I will see what XS power has to say since they make the thing.
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Reserve capacity is very important in a daily pounder, that is how long the battery can sustain voltage for a given amount of time. The higher the reserve, the longer the batteries will be able to keep voltage up!!! So basically with 5 d3100 you would be way over your reserve requirement and still under your budget amount, and I believe 5 d3100 take up less space and weight when compared to the 8 3400's??? Just my view on it, I would have went with the 3100s
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What is the reserve capacity difference between the 3400 and 3100, that is the number that matters in this whole equation?
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lol, you need a better shop, not possible. I pull very large amounts of current thru my GM and have no cooling issues. You need a better mechanic sounds like he don't know how to put a freeze plug in properly.
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The alt is working harder to maintain all the batteries together, you need bigger alt not more batteries. There could also be something wrong with one or more of the batteries. That could pull the voltage down and keep it down if you have a bad cell.
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Yeah, do you plan on driving it everyday? If so, your batteries will always be topped off, and if you maintain them with a battery charger, you will have a voltage drop across any type of isolator unless you use a large solenoid. Which if you want them unhooked from each other when the vehicle is off, that would be what I would use a solenoid.