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My Lights Dim Very Noticably After My Small System Was Installed, WHY?
I have a 2005 chrysler 300 Touring. I called the Dealership gave them my vin and they told me what size Alt. i Have in my car, which is 160 Amp Alt. I had my Battery and alt tested at the dealership. they said no problems, everything is good, output is correct. I added a small system which includes The Factory Radio, a JL 300/4, a JL 500/1, 4 Polk Momo speakers in the car and a pair of Polk DB subs wired at 2 OHMs at 500 rms. I did the BIG THREE hoping to solve the dimming, didn't have any effect. My lights dim really really noticably even on the freeway. Why? I'm not even pushing that many true watts?!? -- Leo R ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Leo R's Profile: http://www.zerohurtz.com/member.php?userid=1084 View this thread: http://www.zerohurtz.com/showthread.php?t=69504 |
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My Lights Dim Very Noticably After My Small System Was Installed, WHY?
could have a short somewere -- jim m ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jim m's Profile: http://www.zerohurtz.com/member.php?userid=1085 View this thread: http://www.zerohurtz.com/showthread.php?t=69504 |
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My Lights Dim Very Noticably After My Small System Was Installed, WHY?
the problem is that you are pushing enough watts to dim ur lights. what size power and ground wire are u running? it should be atleast 4 awg for the subs and 8 awg for the int. try steppin ur wires, and make sure you have very good ground wires, ground each amp seperate and have atleast 4 awg for the sub ground. if it still has dimming problems i would try a 2-8 fared capacitor, you can get Kole caps cheap and they are very good suprisingly( i have a pair of 8 fared caps) -- executivelevel_caraudio ------------------------------------------------------------------------ executivelevel_caraudio's Profile: http://www.zerohurtz.com/member.php?userid=1086 View this thread: http://www.zerohurtz.com/showthread.php?t=69504 |
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My Lights Dim Very Noticably After My Small System Was Installed, WHY?
maybe the battery is low your ground wire is to small compared to your power wire may your power wire is to big -- Fatboy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fatboy's Profile: http://www.zerohurtz.com/member.php?userid=1087 View this thread: http://www.zerohurtz.com/showthread.php?t=69504 |
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My Lights Dim Very Noticably After My Small System Was Installed, WHY?
I was also wondering if you got your alternator and battery checked before or after your audio install? Also, did they test the car with music on or off? Anyways, I would check for shorts in the system, make sure all connections are good, and go from there. BTW, 1,000 watts RMS is a lot!!!! This is definitely not a "small system"! Go to crutchfield.com and look at every single subwoofer they have, I believe there is only 1 or 2 that have as much RMS as your subs. Even the JL Audio W series that has that much RMS has subs that cost 3-600 bucks each, so I would not call that a small setup -- c420wizzle ------------------------------------------------------------------------ c420wizzle's Profile: http://www.zerohurtz.com/member.php?userid=1088 View this thread: http://www.zerohurtz.com/showthread.php?t=69504 |
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My Lights Dim Very Noticably After My Small System Was Installed, WHY?
Try installing a power-cell. -- jons_audio ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jons_audio's Profile: http://www.zerohurtz.com/member.php?userid=1089 View this thread: http://www.zerohurtz.com/showthread.php?t=69504 |
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