any Civic 7th gen(01-02) with 1200watts or more here??

[desk0]

Hey guys i'm just wondering, is there any Honda Civic 7th gen in the forum with a system with 1200 or more watts? i have some questions about powering that system in this car...

i recently have:

1 Rockford Fosgate t-400.4

1 Rockford Fosgate t-1000.1bd

Kenwood KDC-MP538U H/U

1 Clarion EQS746

1 DC Audio Level 4 12"

1 pair of Rockford Fosgate P1S652 (doors)

1 pair of 6x9 Infinity in the back deck

here is the thing the lights of my EQ are not always at full dim, sometimes at day you can barely see the lights of the knobs. and when the light are at full dim when there is bass the lights start dimming.

my question is how do you manage to power the whole system with no problem or volt drop knowing that the civic has the ELD(electric load detector) thing?.

Edited April 14, 2012 by desk0

[DTS909]

On my 2000 civic I disconnected the green wire from the alternator, that's the one that controls the alternator.

[Guest]

do you have the big 3 done? that would be the very first electrical upgrade you would need.

found this article on google explaining why the voltage drops the way it does with that ELD

http://www.civicforums.com/forums/21-i-c-e-electrical/159859-meet-your-eld-electrical-load-detector.html

[desk0]

On my 2000 civic I disconnected the green wire from the alternator, that's the one that controls the alternator.

and what is that green wire?

[desk0]

do you have the big 3 done? that would be the very first electrical upgrade you would need.

well i upgraded the ground wires. since the positive that is suppose to go to the alt doesn't go directly to the alt.

Edited April 15, 2012 by desk0

[DTS909]

Green wire on my civic comes from the ecu which controls the alternator. Like when you are driving under 40 mph and at stop lights, alternator is only charging at 12.3, 12.5. I disconnected the wire that turned the alternator off and on. Now alternator charges all the time at 14.3, 14.6. Sorry for not quoting you desk0, when I quote it double quotes for some reason.

[mw02civic]

Wish i could help ya buddy Im in the same boat. 02 civic

(2) DC Audio lvl2m2 8s

RE Audio XT 2000DE-V3

I need to do big 3, upgrade batt, and would like to upgrade alt. Lights dim like no other.

[HatersGonnaHate]

I've got the big 3 with great grounds and an extra battery in the back with a run of 1/0 gauge coming from the front battery. No lights dim, EQ stays bright. Getting ready to go outside here shortly and install my ELD bypass. Woot.

[desk0]

Green wire on my civic comes from the ecu which controls the alternator. Like when you are driving under 40 mph and at stop lights, alternator is only charging at 12.3, 12.5. I disconnected the wire that turned the alternator off and on. Now alternator charges all the time at 14.3, 14.6. Sorry for not quoting you desk0, when I quote it double quotes for some reason.

oo ok perfect 10xz for that info.

Wish i could help ya buddy Im in the same boat. 02 civic

(2) DC Audio lvl2m2 8s

RE Audio XT 2000DE-V3

I need to do big 3, upgrade batt, and would like to upgrade alt. Lights dim like no other.

i did find out about the ELD Bypass i'm gonna do that this week and see how that works.

BTW i don't think you would need i bigger alt for that system, i'll let you know about the bypass maybe that would solve your problem as well.

I've got the big 3 with great grounds and an extra battery in the back with a run of 1/0 gauge coming from the front battery. No lights dim, EQ stays bright. Getting ready to go outside here shortly and install my ELD bypass. Woot.

wo i hope that this isn't my case to add an extra battery and yes when i left the forum yesterday i found a thread about the bypass i'm gonna try that this week hope this solve my problem.

thanks for the replies! and info i'll post later to tell you if the bypass worked or not

Edited April 16, 2012 by desk0

[Guest]

Green wire on my civic comes from the ecu which controls the alternator. Like when you are driving under 40 mph and at stop lights, alternator is only charging at 12.3, 12.5. I disconnected the wire that turned the alternator off and on. Now alternator charges all the time at 14.3, 14.6. Sorry for not quoting you desk0, when I quote it double quotes for some reason.

just so you know, anything under like 12.6 means the alt isn't charging (unless you're playing your music loud as fuck, pulling more current than the alt can provide)

and i assume by cutting that wire, your alt is outputting 100% power all the time. which is bad. very bad.