Post by cnarvas on May 22, 2009 0:18:38 GMT -5
2000 Mitsu Montero Sport XLS
Stock battery (not sure how old, bought the truck used)
New OEM alternator (I believe it's only 85amps)
Kenwood KCD-MP208 deck
Blaupunkt PCA460 4ch amp for the doors
Blaupunkt Vc650 component 6'5"s in all 4 doors
A single Kenwood KFC-W3012 sub in a ported Bass Slammer box
Being pushed by a Blaupunkt PCA2120, bridged 4ohm load
Did the Big 3 with 4g
Main power and ground cables are 0g, ANL 250a fuse
Goes to a Power Acoustik PCX-10F 10farad Digital Hybrid cap
then to Kicker brand distro blocks,one 0g in and three 4g out.
All power outs go to AGU fuses, 80a for the 4ch and 40a for the other two, although one of them is not connected, ie. ...
Power... 0g in.... #1 out 4g to 4ch amp, #2 out 4g to PCA2120, #3 out is not connected to anything.
Tested all connections, 14.4volts with engine on at cap and at each amp. No ground issues. The 4ch amp is mounted under front pass seat so it's grounded there. The plan was to have the other two PCA2120's mounted on the back of the rear seat, with grounds and power leads going to the distro blocks. anyways, problem is, I'm still dimming and I only have the gain halfway on the amp. I fried the first sub when I had the gain all the way to max.
Any suggestions? If someone says get all the same brand, I'd be more than happy to go back to Blaupunkt subs, but my question is, is that cap a POS? if so, what would y'all suggest? And is a 85amp alt enough if I upgrade to two 12" hifonics B12D4's and a hifonics BXi 1210D amp?
Stock battery (not sure how old, bought the truck used)
New OEM alternator (I believe it's only 85amps)
Kenwood KCD-MP208 deck
Blaupunkt PCA460 4ch amp for the doors
Blaupunkt Vc650 component 6'5"s in all 4 doors
A single Kenwood KFC-W3012 sub in a ported Bass Slammer box
Being pushed by a Blaupunkt PCA2120, bridged 4ohm load
Did the Big 3 with 4g
Main power and ground cables are 0g, ANL 250a fuse
Goes to a Power Acoustik PCX-10F 10farad Digital Hybrid cap
then to Kicker brand distro blocks,one 0g in and three 4g out.
All power outs go to AGU fuses, 80a for the 4ch and 40a for the other two, although one of them is not connected, ie. ...
Power... 0g in.... #1 out 4g to 4ch amp, #2 out 4g to PCA2120, #3 out is not connected to anything.
Tested all connections, 14.4volts with engine on at cap and at each amp. No ground issues. The 4ch amp is mounted under front pass seat so it's grounded there. The plan was to have the other two PCA2120's mounted on the back of the rear seat, with grounds and power leads going to the distro blocks. anyways, problem is, I'm still dimming and I only have the gain halfway on the amp. I fried the first sub when I had the gain all the way to max.
Any suggestions? If someone says get all the same brand, I'd be more than happy to go back to Blaupunkt subs, but my question is, is that cap a POS? if so, what would y'all suggest? And is a 85amp alt enough if I upgrade to two 12" hifonics B12D4's and a hifonics BXi 1210D amp?