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Im running about 2000RMS with my highs and lows... I have a 90a brand new stock alternator usually around 14.4v cold and 13.5v warm. I run an AP1500.1D and even when driving my subwoofer get really hot and sometimes smells. Ive metered the amplifier and set it to 1500RMS off a DMM with 50hz tone. My box is 6.7cft @ 27hz. I have a brand new battery from Walmart (lmao) and big III with 0 gauge. So essentially im stock, yet @ 1500-2000RMS tuned my system gets really hot to the point where I have to turn it back and its not even loud anymore. Gain is half of half way and I know its probably clipping since my woofer can handle 1600rms daily.

What upgrades other than alt would help me out? and if so what size alt (not DC im not paying retarded prices) would get me by reason i wouldnt buy an expensive alt is because this jeep is old and it needs an engine rebuild.

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weird, my GFs 1500 on stock electrical only gets mildly warm, on a lvl 4 15 D2 ran at 1 ohm... and her shit is completely stock...

bassboost up? gains on the headunit turned up?

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Headunit is 58 out of 63 (not clipping i dont think.) with 0 out of +6 bass. I never turn bass boost on and Im not even using a knob. It varies sometimes it's mildly warm and sometimes its really hot I guess it depends what song and how charged my battery is and if im driving or sitting. But today even driving with the bass down less than usual it was REALLY hot to the point it was gonna start smelling.

Maybe its because im running a 4 channel too so its more like 1800RMS? Plus this amp isnt efficient and only does rated @ 14.4v so that could play role too any suggestions what I can do improve/fix this other than turning my shit down so i can bearely hear it.

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Pioneer 3-ways

Pioneer Tweeters

Pioneer GM-D9500F

Audiopipe 1500.1D @ 14.4v

Clarion Equalizer

Knuconeptz Kollosus 0ga

Knuconpetz Kollosus 4ga

Coming Soon: 270xp / xs1200

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Im running about 2000RMS with my highs and lows... I have a 90a brand new stock alternator usually around 14.4v cold and 13.5v warm. I run an AP1500.1D and even when driving my subwoofer get really hot and sometimes smells. Ive metered the amplifier and set it to 1500RMS off a DMM with 50hz tone. My box is 6.7cft @ 27hz. I have a brand new battery from Walmart (lmao) and big III with 0 gauge. So essentially im stock, yet @ 1500-2000RMS tuned my system gets really hot to the point where I have to turn it back and its not even loud anymore. Gain is half of half way and I know its probably clipping since my woofer can handle 1600rms daily.

What upgrades other than alt would help me out? and if so what size alt (not DC im not paying retarded prices) would get me by reason i wouldnt buy an expensive alt is because this jeep is old and it needs an engine rebuild.

Anyone else find something wrong with that?

Could try using diodes to step up your voltage, would give you a little extra out of the alternator.

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put another battery in the back.

is all your wiring 1/0 not just the big 3.

and is it 100% copper wire not CCA?

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An xs power d975 in the back or the smaller one the 625 or something itll help lots

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I'm running Knuconceptz Kollosus as my Big III and some cheap 0 gauge to the back which is split into two 4's with a 0ga to 2 4ga. I've checked that Diodes stuff out and im concidering it but I read it doesn't help much on low stock alternators. Also I'm not great with this stuff so I dont want to do soemthing that risky when I don't know what i'm doing. My AP1500.1 only accepts 2-4GA I tried 0ga and half the wire would stick out.

I was concidering putting an XS1200 in the rear but I heard mixing batteries was bad? and if I put another battery in the back wouldnt that just strain my alternator more?

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Pioneer GM-D9500F

Audiopipe 1500.1D @ 14.4v

Clarion Equalizer

Knuconeptz Kollosus 0ga

Knuconpetz Kollosus 4ga

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try adding another batt to the back. Sometimes if there is more juice available, it wont work your engine/alt/equip as hard..

its ur voice coil on ur sub, i had audiopipes that did that, swapped them out for sa-12s.. problem solved..

LOL I'm not running AP subwoofers im running an AP amplifier my subwoofer is a beast my friend... That's why I know its clipping because this amplifier cannot even supply enough juice to over-power my subwoofer even if it was 14.4v constant.

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DC 15" Level 3's /w 4 Coils

Pioneer deh4200ub

Pioneer 3-ways

Pioneer Tweeters

Pioneer GM-D9500F

Audiopipe 1500.1D @ 14.4v

Clarion Equalizer

Knuconeptz Kollosus 0ga

Knuconpetz Kollosus 4ga

Coming Soon: 270xp / xs1200

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