Guest Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 what brand 4 gauge do you have on that amp? also where is your ground wire bolted to on the car? and i second that picture of the settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSkippyJ Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 'with my lights on my lights will dim' 2001 Mitsubishi Galant Kicker zx1000.1and a Raptor 1 farad cap oh, haha I get it. I mis-read what you wrote, though did you really have to tell us your lights only dim when they are on? what ohm load are you running your amp at? F150: Stock 2019 Harley Road Glide: Amp: TM400Xad - 4 channel 400 watt Processor: DSR1 Fairing (Front) 6.5s -MMats PA601cx Lid (Rear) 6x9s - TMS69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xf1v3xf33txf4tx Posted January 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 Clipping can cause voltage drop, having that cap in will cause voltage drop. what is clipping and i was still getting the voltage drop before i put the cap in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipping_%28audio%29 In other words, don't max the gain on the amp and do not go gansta with the volume. the gain isn't a quarter of a turn and the volume isn't past halfway Can you take a picture of your amp settings please? Also do you have bass boost on? If you do turn it off or 0. can't get a good picture of my amp right now i'll try tomorrow but dou mean the bass boost on the amp or the knob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel4055 Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 Clipping can cause voltage drop, having that cap in will cause voltage drop. what is clipping and i was still getting the voltage drop before i put the cap in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipping_%28audio%29 In other words, don't max the gain on the amp and do not go gansta with the volume. the gain isn't a quarter of a turn and the volume isn't past halfway Can you take a picture of your amp settings please? Also do you have bass boost on? If you do turn it off or 0. can't get a good picture of my amp right now i'll try tomorrow but dou mean the bass boost on the amp or the knob 90% of the time that knob is a bass boost knob so yes that knob which I'm thinking is a bass boost knob and the boost on the amp. If the knob is bass boost just get rid of it and leave the bass boost OFF Rest In Peace mother. January 22, 1955 - February 14, 2013 http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/user/35351-megrch/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel4055 Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 lol @ this thread Dude he's trying to learn GTFO! Rest In Peace mother. January 22, 1955 - February 14, 2013 http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/user/35351-megrch/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xf1v3xf33txf4tx Posted January 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 what brand 4 gauge do you have on that amp? also where is your ground wire bolted to on the car? and i second that picture of the settings. tsunami and its bolted on to a metal plate that is behind my back seat i'll show u when i take a picture of my amp tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xf1v3xf33txf4tx Posted January 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 'with my lights on my lights will dim' 2001 Mitsubishi Galant Kicker zx1000.1and a Raptor 1 farad cap oh, haha I get it. I mis-read what you wrote, though did you really have to tell us your lights only dim when they are on? what ohm load are you running your amp at? well the gauge lights don't illuminate enough to see them dim with the lights off and 2 ohm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSkippyJ Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 oh, haha I get it. I mis-read what you wrote, though did you really have to tell us your lights only dim when they are on? what ohm load are you running your amp at? well the gauge lights don't illuminate enough to see them dim with the lights off and 2 ohm na it's cool, I just meant how can lights dim if they aren't turned on. So you have 2 4 ohm subs wired in parallel to that amp correct? That is a good amount of power for those subs, so your gain should be fairly low. That shouldn't be dimming your lights too much. It sounds to me like you aren't getting good voltage to your amp. Check the voltage at your amp while it is playing and see what it's like. And again, take the cap out, it ain't helping any. F150: Stock 2019 Harley Road Glide: Amp: TM400Xad - 4 channel 400 watt Processor: DSR1 Fairing (Front) 6.5s -MMats PA601cx Lid (Rear) 6x9s - TMS69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 he has a kicker amp and he has 2 dual 4 woofers in parallel? yeah he's dropping it to 1 ohm when the amp is designed to play 2 ohm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EclipseChris Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 what is clipping and i was still getting the voltage drop before i put the cap in Bold just means that you had the clipping and poor ground before you got the cap. I'm willing to bet you grounded the amp to the same place as the cap, so its prolly worse. i resolve to be a nicer moderator. Tercel build R.I.P. Eclipse build Old New V-Dub My feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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