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New System in the Grand Marquis (Build Thread)

Discussion in 'General Car Audio Discussions' started by eazy, Dec 3, 2007.

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  1. danracer

    danracer Full Member

    no...my o-scope is from the dinosaur era lol yours should be pretty easy to use...
     
    danracer, Apr 10, 2008
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  2. eazy

    eazy Full Member

    Yeah.... I have no idea what I'm doing lol. I don't have a clue how to use this thing.
     
    eazy, Apr 10, 2008
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  3. danracer

    danracer Full Member

    hmmm take a pic of the oscope perhaps i can tell you what the buttons mean and that stuff
     
    danracer, Apr 10, 2008
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  4. eazy

    eazy Full Member

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    The white button above "Probe x1/x10" is "Memory."
     
    eazy, Apr 10, 2008
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  5. eazy

    eazy Full Member

    eazy, Apr 13, 2008
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  6. electrolytic

    electrolytic Full Member

    That's sick, i want one, post the link to buy it if you get the link. I'm lucky to get 13.9 volts without my stereo on so it dips down to about 12.6 volts when it's pumping.
     
    electrolytic, Apr 13, 2008
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  7. eazy

    eazy Full Member

    Yeah I didn't see any "add to cart" so I'm assuming you just email them.
     
    eazy, Apr 13, 2008
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  8. electrolytic

    electrolytic Full Member

    oh but wait lol, what about ohms law, i think if voltage increases the amperage has to decrease in a transformer.
     
    electrolytic, Apr 13, 2008
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  9. eazy

    eazy Full Member

    UPDATE:

    I took my car to my local shop today and spent an hour with one of the guys tuning my amps and headunit. It sounds sooo much better and louder. He just suggested adding some tweeters in the front pillars. He said other than that, it sounds perfect. I need to make some new videos, but I'm going to bring it in again on Monday after I hookup the bass knob and stinger voltmeter. Oh and I played hood nigga by gorilla zoe for my manager after work and I blew my 40A mini-anl fuse on my 1000D's 4 gauge power wire. What size do you think I should order?
     
    eazy, Apr 19, 2008
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  10. pedro quiroga

    pedro quiroga Well-Known Member

    80 amp or more.

    i run a 150 amp
     
    pedro quiroga, Apr 19, 2008
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  11. eazy

    eazy Full Member

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    That's how it's setup now.
     
    eazy, Apr 19, 2008
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  12. wild-bill

    wild-bill Full Member

    Nice setup.
     
    wild-bill, Apr 20, 2008
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  13. pedro quiroga

    pedro quiroga Well-Known Member

    just up the 1000d's fuse to 80 then.

    are there any fuse's on the amp itself?
     
    pedro quiroga, Apr 20, 2008
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  14. eazy

    eazy Full Member

    Yeah both amps have three 30A fuses. I can order mini-anl's online as high as 150A.

    Someone else is telling me because they amps are internally fused I don't need to fuse the wires between the block and the amps. Eh?
     
    Last edited: Apr 20, 2008
    eazy, Apr 20, 2008
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  15. electrolytic

    electrolytic Full Member

    80 amp fuse on each side of the block would be good, that way the fuse in your block blows before your amps which can pull 90 amps each. I'd say that is very necessary to protect the amps but the other two fuses you have connecting both batteries is probably unnecessary, I know your supposed to but i don't care let it burn, I don't use any on that line.
     
    electrolytic, Apr 20, 2008
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  16. eazy

    eazy Full Member

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    Well I ended up doing that. 200A fuse on the 1/0 gauge before the block... no fuses on the 4 gauge wires after the block (they're 1/2 - 1 foot long).

    I installed my stinger voltmeter... hookup it up to my 1000D. I fused the positive with a 2A fuse. Do they normally need to be adjusted? I noticed a 0.1v difference between the DMM and the stinger voltmeter. The stinger was showing 0.1v higher.

    Once I find my bass knob I'm going to hook that up to the 1000D and install it up in the front.
     
    eazy, Apr 20, 2008
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  17. eazy

    eazy Full Member

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    The flash at night really shows off my dust.

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    Hey how would I hookup my CDT tweeters to my headunit? (no amp)
     
    eazy, Apr 20, 2008
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  18. eazy

    eazy Full Member

    Alright I adjusted the stinger. It's now accurate to within 0.05 volts.
     
    eazy, Apr 21, 2008
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  19. eazy

    eazy Full Member

    I got the bass knob in. I was at my local shop and they were playing with it for like 30 minutes with the engine running and the lowest voltage drop I got was 13.2v playing some really heavy stuff at full tilt. I might have Nate install a voltage regulator that would allow me to adjust the alternator up to 15.5v (for daily) from inside the car. $135
     
    eazy, Apr 21, 2008
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  20. aznboi3644

    aznboi3644 Full Member

    highest for daily I'd do is 14.8-15 volts. 15.5 volts is a little high to be charging a battery

    Maybe 15.5 when cold but if it drops down to 14.8-15 volts than that should be fine
     
    aznboi3644, Apr 21, 2008
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