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I'm not really experiencing the typical "lights dimming" stuff, but my amp is getting exceptionally hot after small periods of time. My setup includes

Power: alpine mrp-1000 alpine f-300

HU: kenwood excellon kdc x395

Wire: Rockford 4 Gauge Power & Ground (m1000) stinger 8 gauge from amp to sub

Sub: Rockford Fosgate T2 12 D4 in Rockford designed H.O. slot ported enclosure

no big three but im running a duralast gold top which has been pretty faithful to me

im just wondering basically if a capacitor would help with the heat issue.

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....dont get a cap, get an AGM battery for the rear.

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2005 Subaru Impreza

My build log.

Head unit- Kenwood Excelon KDC-X695

Front doors- Rockford Fosgate 6.5" Prime components

Rear doors- Rockford Fosgate 4" Punch coaxials

Sub amp- Audiopipe AP18001d

Subs- Two American Bass TNT 10"s

Box- 2.6 cubes @ 34hz, 36in of port

Big 3 & run of Raptor 1/0 to rear powercell

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Please do not get a cap. Put whatever money you would on a cap towards an AGM battery. XS Power, Kinetic, even a Optima yellow top if you have to.

Capacitors will tax your alt to no end. It will make it die a slow, torturous death.

2007 Pacifica
Rebuild. Less quiet. Still not loud.

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bad ground prehaps? whats ohm load are you wired to? i would just advise you to add a large agm battery in the rear

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Posted

....dont get a cap, get an AGM battery for the rear.

battery= 2x amount of fuses & fuse holders? already have a cap. monster 1 farad digital. havent installed yet. might flip it on craigslist.

Posted

Yeah, you need more fusing. What amps are you running and what gauge and brand of wire? Could be a bad ground but if you haven't done the big 3 you got work to do.

2007 Pacifica
Rebuild. Less quiet. Still not loud.

Posted

2 ohm load. car will probably be out of commission for a month or so due to a possible b16 swap so im kinda thinking temporary fix with stuff i already have

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