CoolWhip Posted July 15, 2012 Report Posted July 15, 2012 I just put 2 3512 Digital Design subs in my car. I used a 3000 watt audiopipe amp, added another battery, and used 0 gauge wiring. So a couple questions. The guy that installed my system said that I need to upgrade my alternator because Im not getting enough power to get the full potential of my amp. Is this true or is he hustling me? So with the bass turned all the way down on my head unit, my subwoofer level is at 10 ( 15 is the max), and the gain is turned way down, I smell the voice coils heating up when I hit very low lows. I am pushing less power than they can hold so I don't know why they are over heating. I have burnt the voice coils on 3 sets of 15's. Why does this keep happening?
RooTxBeeR Posted July 15, 2012 Report Posted July 15, 2012 Make sure bass boosting is all off. Only thing you will be working with is subwoofer level, volume levels, and only time yo should touch your gains is when setting them. If you are smelling your voice coil on low notes and believe your are not clipping, you might be playing below your tuning. On 11/20/2012 at 8:54 PM, AMI CUSTOMS said: Turned mine up today at a light, guy next to me his steering wheel started moving and he looked over at me like I was a magician lol. On 5/9/2012 at 8:45 PM, skittlesRgood said: fuck the plating. look at what the main metal used is. you could buy unicorn blood plated terminals but if its just covering up dog shit, whats the point On 4/10/2013 at 12:26 PM, mrd6 said: I'll admit, half way through sanding that fiberglass in the rain and cold while I was all itchy I was definitely starting to question why i was doing this haha Soon To Be '04 Ford Escape US Alternator 280A Hairpin D4800 Under the Hood (6) XP3000's in Rear 1/0 SHCA & XS Power 4 runs to back TORK2 kit from Tony @ CE Auto Supply Pioneer DEH-80PRS DD AW6.5 (2) per door *Tweeter Unkown* DD SS4a & C3d (2) SCV4000 @ .5Ohm (2) 15" Sundown Zv5
95legwagon Posted July 15, 2012 Report Posted July 15, 2012 installed by a shop? i bet your clipping unless they tuned your amp and headunit with a o-scope or dd-1. or like /\ said playing below box tuning....that causes all kinds of bad shit to happen lol edit: try putting your headunit eq totally flat- treble,bass,mid, sub @ 0 and see if it happens..... even though your gain is way down on your amp-when you use the eq for turning a certain freq. range up it can make it clip sooner @ the headunit causing clipping @ the amp.....( not sure if i worded that right) i think there real i was looking through that guys stuff he sells and it looks like he finds stuff at auctions and just sells it Yea, it looks like someone got the mids about a month ago....shit. If I had a whole Hertz front stage my ears would jizz all over my cheeks. / LOL My Low Budget Build: Green 1995 Subaru Legacy wagon 147k- $1K headunit- pioneer premier deh-p650-$25 4 Lead acid batts. 1 up front and 3 in back- vented outside.- $50 4 vvme L11 10"s <- $30 shipped a piece 6 cu. ft box (after displacment) tuned to 32ish hz with 10 inch sonotube. -about $50 all together maybe a lil more 2 aspm 1300 strapped Selenium 6"s in the front doors on headunit power- for now -$20 quantum tweets in door-for now -$10 boston acoustic 5 1/4 in rear doors- for now-Free big 3 1/0 and 4awg throughout. roof sound deadened (not peel n seal ftw)-free on 80 amp alt (bench tested to put out 100 amps faithfully) <--?-$10 for test about $430 for everything<----Not bad at all still gotta add 3 way crossover, amp for front and rear door speakers and maybe eq
yUmadBro Posted July 15, 2012 Report Posted July 15, 2012 I just put 2 3512 Digital Design subs in my car. I used a 3000 watt audiopipe amp, added another battery, and used 0 gauge wiring. So a couple questions. The guy that installed my system said that I need to upgrade my alternator because Im not getting enough power to get the full potential of my amp. Is this true or is he hustling me? So with the bass turned all the way down on my head unit, my subwoofer level is at 10 ( 15 is the max), and the gain is turned way down, I smell the voice coils heating up when I hit very low lows. I am pushing less power than they can hold so I don't know why they are over heating. I have burnt the voice coils on 3 sets of 15's. Why does this keep happening? I wouldnt doubt they set your gains to high especially if your buying your gear from them everytime you blow it
RedJay Posted July 15, 2012 Report Posted July 15, 2012 I've had a shop install my system before. The gain on my amp was at its max.... What a bunch of morons. 2007 Black Tahoe AudioQue HDC3 15" AQ 1200d
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