Kicker CVR12

Indeed, I do. lol

Luckily the power distribution block I bought holds 4 mini-anl fuses and I bought 4 just in case. It's interesting... it has one 1/0 gauge and two 4 gauge in ... and four 4 gauge out. I'm only using one 1/0 gauge in and three 4 gauge out.

If I hooked up another 400.1 do you think I'd need a 4 gauge run plugging in too?

 

Wait, do you think I'd need a second battery/ high output alternator?

 

I'd wait and see first...one 0 gauge power wire can handle up to around 350 amps of current so you will be fine with one power wire.

I'd think about adding a second battery...just wait until you get it all hooked up and play it full tilt at idle and check the voltage drops at distribution blocks

 

Okay. My alternator is 135 amps and my battery is...

Size: 65
CA: 1000
CCA: 875
RC: 165

...if that makes any difference lol.

 

Oh yeah, how can I check the voltage my amps are seeing, just stick the + DMM probe into the power terminal and the - into the ground terminal (on the 200 V~ setting)?

 

yes...........

 

no...use the 20 volt setting for DC voltage


I think my alt is 130 amps but it sucks balls...the highest voltage i've seen so far lately is only 14 volts. But it handle my Nine.1 at 1 ohm full tilt pretty good...only drops down to around 12.5-.6 volts at the lowest

 

...which one Azn? lol

 

top left "V" one the 20

 

oh my bad. i read it as 20.oops.

 

Alright. What do you guys think...

Should I buy a third 400.1 and third CVR12?

Or, should I sell my two 400.1's and two CVR12's and get something else?

 

why not a 2500.1 and a 3rd 12

 

or a 2500.1 and some solo 15's?

 

...2,500 watt amp... three 400 watt subs...

solo x's? wanna give me like 3 grand? lol

 

get a third 400.1 and a third cvr

 

i never said the solo x's.just solo's.

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I have a question. I did all my tuning to 400 watts (28.3 volts) with the EQ on flat. When I put my EQ on rock the bass is MUCH louder. Is this bad? Am I making my amplifier try to push more than 400 watts? Because I've kept my EQ on flat this whole time and the bass just isn't enough.

 

play a 50Hz test tone and check the voltage with the eq on rock

 

I'm just curious, if I played a 70 Hz tone and got 28.3 volts, if I play a 50 Hz tone, should I get the exact same voltage? Or is it different from tone to tone?

 

Alright, I went to a shop, 2 actually. The first shop told me I did it all wrong. "You're supposed to have 2 chambers." I explained that I matched the amp gains at 28.3 volts (400 watts at 2 ohms). The guy said that's not accurate. He said you need some device like an osiscope or something and he didn't have one. I asked him to take a look at it anyway. I put the volume on 30, put the headunit on +6 bass, put the EQ on flat, and played a 50 Hz tone, 70 Hz tone, and some bass tester music. He said it sounded great. The amp gains were at about 75%. He said he didn't hear any distortion. I was like okay sweet and left. On my way back I realized I forgot to ask about the rock EQ so I went back. He was too busy to look at it again so I went to another shop. I did the same thing. I explained the setup, put the volume on 30, headunit on +6 bass, put the EQ on flat, and played the same stuff. He said it sounded great too. He said he was very surprised how good it sounded with the trunk open. He said usually it sounds terrible once the trunk opens. I said okay let me try with the EQ on rock. I put the EQ on rock and put the volume at 25 (headunit at +6 bass still). He said it sounded fine. But as we were listening a guy at the shop was walking by and said he could smell my voice coils burning. I immediately turned the volume down and asked him about it. I asked him if he thought I should turn my amp gains down. He said no just close your trunk. He said with the trunk open there's no back pressure and it ends up causing the voice coils to burn faster. So what's your opinion on all of this now?