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Summer is hell.on electrical. I gained like 4 tenths from the weather dropping jnto the 70s

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Summer is hell.on electrical. I gained like 4 tenths from the weather dropping jnto the 70s

yep me too. it was about 90 the other day when i first put it in so i think i found my problem. more batts wont hurt but i talked to the guy with this alt in his mercedes and he said a VCM gained him .6db alone and some voltage.. he does 160s lol.

ill keep you all updated.

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Summer is hell.on electrical. I gained like 4 tenths from the weather dropping jnto the 70s

yep me too. it was about 90 the other day when i first put it in so i think i found my problem. more batts wont hurt but i talked to the guy with this alt in his mercedes and he said a VCM gained him .6db alone and some voltage.. he does 160s lol.

ill keep you all updated.

Im looking at the XS vcm. The one SINGER put on youtube. Good luck.. let us know.

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Summer is hell.on electrical. I gained like 4 tenths from the weather dropping jnto the 70s

yep me too. it was about 90 the other day when i first put it in so i think i found my problem. more batts wont hurt but i talked to the guy with this alt in his mercedes and he said a VCM gained him .6db alone and some voltage.. he does 160s lol.

ill keep you all updated.

Im looking at the XS vcm. The one SINGER put on youtube. Good luck.. let us know.

yea ive been talking with Mike about the VCM. im about to jump on it. it is literally plug and play. cant beat that. Im excited!!

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Summer is hell.on electrical. I gained like 4 tenths from the weather dropping jnto the 70s

yep me too. it was about 90 the other day when i first put it in so i think i found my problem. more batts wont hurt but i talked to the guy with this alt in his mercedes and he said a VCM gained him .6db alone and some voltage.. he does 160s lol.

ill keep you all updated.

Im looking at the XS vcm. The one SINGER put on youtube. Good luck.. let us know.

Does it work on PCM controlled alts? All it is is dash mounted voltage regulator? site doesn't really say

I suppose I could shoot them a PM but meh

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How many people have to say you need more batteries before you realize that the problem is that you need more batteries?

The alternator charges the batteries. The batteries supply the power.

No alternator is fast enough to instantly supply current when a bass peak hits. It takes time to see the load and react to it.

Batteries can supply instantaneous power, which is why people run so many batteries.

YOU NEED MORE BATTERIES :morepower1:

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sort of what this guy said ^

... a DD @ .5 ..

add another battery at least.

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On 9/16/2017 at 3:28 AM, Jake Pace said:

Oh i know how a 12v system works I did take 3 years of electronics in High school hands on and some in college and also worked on cars in college an always got A's to B's in each class. 

But oh well enough dealing with ppl who have probably not even lived as long as ive been into electronics!

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Does your alt have a ground lug on the case? When i installed my 350a alt from mike i didn't grounded it from the lug because i thought my engine was enough, turned out i was wrong i keep getting bad voltage drops.once i grounded it on the lug my voltage stayed strong

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Batteries is not my problem. Today it was 59 degrees in the morning. My voltage held 14.7 for a while. I bumped and only dropped to 13.9-14.

I do not have a ground currently from alt case to frame. That is my problem. Yes another battery wouldn't hurt but my current problem is heat through engine grounds. I'm just gunna ground that alt to the frame and call it a day. Get vcm and be happy.

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