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All right. I notice lately my bass seems louder lately. Its been between 49-59 degrees when im up and driving. I know ill have more voltage drop when battery gets cold. But it seems my clipping light been coming on at 12.8v on my smd volt meter when I never saw it come on at all at -5db overlap on my dd1+ (im at .5ohm on both saz-3500v2 and listen to decaf).

Basically seems I cant turn up as high as I could before but seems louder and clipping light comes on alot more than I have ever seen. 1 d3100 is not even a year old, and 2 I got like 3 months ago with a 320 mechman alt.

05 dodge magnum rt

DEH-80PRS

Rockford fosgate T600.4

st200 tweeters

Sundown Neo Pro 6.5 v2's

2 Saz-3500v2- Toolmaker dual 1/0 inputs

2 Sundown ZV4 12" D1

1/0 Sky High Power wire OFC

3 XS D3100- Toolmaker battery terminals

Mechman 320 Amp Alt

Smd Voltmeter

KnuKoncept 1/0 OFC

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Why would my clipping light..light up now especially since the voltage is fine. Why would it light up at 12.8v now when I seen it blink sometimes at 12.2v on a decaf song. Voltage before would sit at 14.0v and now swings from 14.2-14.0v so .2v difference.

05 dodge magnum rt

DEH-80PRS

Rockford fosgate T600.4

st200 tweeters

Sundown Neo Pro 6.5 v2's

2 Saz-3500v2- Toolmaker dual 1/0 inputs

2 Sundown ZV4 12" D1

1/0 Sky High Power wire OFC

3 XS D3100- Toolmaker battery terminals

Mechman 320 Amp Alt

Smd Voltmeter

KnuKoncept 1/0 OFC

Posted

I have to go with Tacomaguy, during the winter my voltage is much better.

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

Posted

With my Mechman 170A in my Ranger i've seen my voltage get up into the low 15's in -20c weather.

Also get alot of belt slip in the cold (think thats what it is) not to pleased with that.

'07 Ford Ranger - DM-608 I E700.4 I SA-CX6.5 v2 I SAZ-1500D 15th (x2) I Zv6 12" D1 I SB500-34 I JP40 I

On 5/21/2015 at 7:07 PM, boom50cal said:

of course he gives no fucks. it's a ford ranger.

only bad mother fuckers drive ford rangers

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