this could just be the result of having a 05 escalade suv that the alt is controlled by pcm. but i have a d3100 in rear optima redtop up front and a 250 amp alt. the wiring is a run of knu concepz 0 guage +run to rear batt and run of 0 guage - to rear bat ground then rear batt grounded to frame under truck.big 3 done also. im running a lanzar opti 4001d,(4000rms) a soundstream 4.680 (680rms on 10 highs speaker) and a qpower 300rms on 6 tweeters. when the alt decide to run at 14v voltage drops to 12.6 and up on heavy bass notes. when the alt go into that economy mode bs running 13v it drops to 11.2v on bass notes. my question is for the electrical i have (especially d3100 rated for 4000-5000 watt systems) do you guys think something is wrong or do i need more batts. i am very happy with the system as it sound crystal clear and hits really hard pushing 149db on tl on music. im just concerned about starving the amp.