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when we moved to the single black cord instead of the red/blue/black wires, the color changed a little. The white one is now the remote. Inside the adapter, they are wired together but when you cut the cord, there is 3 separate ones. Its pretty simple. As simple as it gets :)

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I'm having some voltage drop issues I believe, so I actually just ordered one of these meters.

My question is, do I wire it right where the power goes into my amp?(zapco c2k 9.0xd) or should I wire it to a battery bank thats in my spare tire well about 2-3ft away from my amp?

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-p2osXMW3eA0/U__i3Uy0slI/AAAAAAAAB2o/lmBb5eS4dhI/w1183-h669-no/IMAG0442.jpg

I have knu kollosus 0awg from front car battery('14 taurus SHO factory 650cca group65 batt) to the bank in the back there, it actually goes to the stinger relay. I have a 0awg ground cable coming in there that I ran upto the front alternator casing, 0awg from alt case to front subframe(175a factory alt), 4awg front batter to chassis ground(had to squeeze it in a factory amp ring https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-GmHXiix2cbc/U_n_y8gugKI/AAAAAAAAB0E/0EjrrHXXkME/w1183-h669-no/IMAG0440.jpg ) and 0awg power from alt to front battery connects to the same spot the 0awg running to the trunk power is.

I only had 2 of these little kinetik hc800s at first, but it wasn't nearly enough, so i added the other 2 i made room for you see in the first pic

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-jvnxbZzunaQ/U1haQyO1fAI/AAAAAAAAA3o/ztka2Wj7xdc/w1183-h669-no/IMAG0187.jpg

I'm thinking of putting a D6500 xs power battery up front next, but I want to get this voltage gauge installed so I can know when to stop turning it up before it cuts off, plus always good to keep an eye on things.

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I'm having some voltage drop issues I believe, so I actually just ordered one of these meters.

My question is, do I wire it right where the power goes into my amp?(zapco c2k 9.0xd) or should I wire it to a battery bank thats in my spare tire well about 2-3ft away from my amp?

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-p2osXMW3eA0/U__i3Uy0slI/AAAAAAAAB2o/lmBb5eS4dhI/w1183-h669-no/IMAG0442.jpg

I have knu kollosus 0awg from front car battery('14 taurus SHO factory 650cca group65 batt) to the bank in the back there, it actually goes to the stinger relay. I have a 0awg ground cable coming in there that I ran upto the front alternator casing, 0awg from alt case to front subframe(175a factory alt), 4awg front batter to chassis ground(had to squeeze it in a factory amp ring https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-GmHXiix2cbc/U_n_y8gugKI/AAAAAAAAB0E/0EjrrHXXkME/w1183-h669-no/IMAG0440.jpg ) and 0awg power from alt to front battery connects to the same spot the 0awg running to the trunk power is.

I only had 2 of these little kinetik hc800s at first, but it wasn't nearly enough, so i added the other 2 i made room for you see in the first pic

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-jvnxbZzunaQ/U1haQyO1fAI/AAAAAAAAA3o/ztka2Wj7xdc/w1183-h669-no/IMAG0187.jpg

I'm thinking of putting a D6500 xs power battery up front next, but I want to get this voltage gauge installed so I can know when to stop turning it up before it cuts off, plus always good to keep an eye on things.

just wire to the batt bank, and have you thought about getting a high output altenator?

2007 Ford F-150 Reg. Cab. Flareside
250 Mechman Alternator
Sky High Car Audio Big 3
XS Power D3400
Rockford Fosgate 1/0 amp kit
Rockford Fosgate T1500-1bdcp
Rockford Fosgate T400-4
DC Audio Lvl 4 12"
Rockford Fosgate Punch 6.5" component
Rockford Fosgate Punch 6x8
Pioneer AVH-P2300DVD
SMD Volt Meter

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I did look into alternators, I didn't find much for my vehicle TBH. I can buy a factory 200amp version that is the same size, but even then I'm not sure if I need to have my PCM reprogrammed. It seems ford has tied fuel economy in with the alt output. Infact when I first grounded my factory battery to the chassis I didn't run it through that ring and I was having crazy voltage fluctuations. Once I took that off the car ran way way better and voltage was stable and higher. Then I ran that 4awg through the ring(might even be an 8 i forget now) and that helped a little bit.

Basically I can't find anyone that knows much about this alternator setup so I'm leery of changing that, and I'm trying to just do everything I can do right now with the alternator I have.

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I did look into alternators, I didn't find much for my vehicle TBH. I can buy a factory 200amp version that is the same size, but even then I'm not sure if I need to have my PCM reprogrammed. It seems ford has tied fuel economy in with the alt output. Infact when I first grounded my factory battery to the chassis I didn't run it through that ring and I was having crazy voltage fluctuations. Once I took that off the car ran way way better and voltage was stable and higher. Then I ran that 4awg through the ring(might even be an 8 i forget now) and that helped a little bit.

Basically I can't find anyone that knows much about this alternator setup so I'm leery of changing that, and I'm trying to just do everything I can do right now with the alternator I have.

you wouldn't need the pcm repgrommed. What vehicle do you have? I've never heard of a Ford vehicle having the ground loop thing like GM vehicles.

2007 Ford F-150 Reg. Cab. Flareside
250 Mechman Alternator
Sky High Car Audio Big 3
XS Power D3400
Rockford Fosgate 1/0 amp kit
Rockford Fosgate T1500-1bdcp
Rockford Fosgate T400-4
DC Audio Lvl 4 12"
Rockford Fosgate Punch 6.5" component
Rockford Fosgate Punch 6x8
Pioneer AVH-P2300DVD
SMD Volt Meter

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I did look into alternators, I didn't find much for my vehicle TBH. I can buy a factory 200amp version that is the same size, but even then I'm not sure if I need to have my PCM reprogrammed. It seems ford has tied fuel economy in with the alt output. Infact when I first grounded my factory battery to the chassis I didn't run it through that ring and I was having crazy voltage fluctuations. Once I took that off the car ran way way better and voltage was stable and higher. Then I ran that 4awg through the ring(might even be an 8 i forget now) and that helped a little bit.

Basically I can't find anyone that knows much about this alternator setup so I'm leery of changing that, and I'm trying to just do everything I can do right now with the alternator I have.

you wouldn't need the pcm repgrommed. What vehicle do you have? I've never heard of a Ford vehicle having the ground loop thing like GM vehicles.

its a 2014 ford taurus SHO

Here is a pic of the loop right near the front engine battery https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/euyhRKjyVIACo2WZuOd17gC2Nfjx-Z44SwkgaQcRpco=w614-h347-no

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I just wanted to post an update, got my VM1 and I love it. The worst part about it is trying to pick a place to mount it in my interior!

It's already helped me immensely. I was able to monitor my voltage from the front seat while I articulated the volume and song selections and from that I was able to figure out voltage drop wasn't my issue.

I've been fighting this system for the last year, I finally got my oscope out and checked my levels and gains, ended up pulling a pc of gear out of the signal path, and the final hurdle I have now is that the PSI subs I ordered 2yrs ago with 1ohm coils actually have .7ohm coils and they keep tripping my amp in protect mode. I'm about to ship them back to get true 1ohm coils swapped in on a rebuild and hopefully that will fix me up.

btw, anyone know where to get some of that 3 conductor wire that the vm1 uses? Or where do you guys generally get stuff like that?

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Hey guys I'm from Trinidad, where can i get these products to order? i checked Amazon and Ebay and the SMD VM-1 is out of stock,

are there any other trusted websites where i can get good shipping from? i saw them on a website named Bladeice.com not too sure how legit they are tho.........any help would be appreciated

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I just wanted to post an update, got my VM1 and I love it. The worst part about it is trying to pick a place to mount it in my interior!

It's already helped me immensely. I was able to monitor my voltage from the front seat while I articulated the volume and song selections and from that I was able to figure out voltage drop wasn't my issue.

btw, anyone know where to get some of that 3 conductor wire that the vm1 uses? Or where do you guys generally get stuff like that?

i have a ton of it, i can send you as much as you want. Ill even ship it to you on me. Thanks for the great review and glad you love the VM-1!

email me at [email protected] and let me know your address and how many feet you need. We will get it out same day. :)

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