Doozy™

I installed a amp, cap and two subs. 4 gauge wire and grounded everything very well. I don't get any enginge noise, but when the bass hits hard every single light dims. Any Ideas? New battery or alt??? Any feedback will help thanks!

SpfldS4

What kind of Amp/Watts are you using to drive your subs?

sack lunch

:P

sack lunch

it was a joke...check your spelling.

sack lunch

from your amp? or, it could just be a weak battery- how old is it?

SpfldS4

I'd buy a new Farad Cap or even two. Your risking the life of the altenator with that much wattage.

BoostTed

Id check the wireing again. I was running a bit more power than you, the lights did dim but it wasnt that bad. That was before the Cap. I swear it was worse after the cap, but after i popped in a dry cell it all went away.

BoostTed

others are also running the optima batteries. How much is the lights dimming anyways? A slight dim or a pretty good one. Id try taking out the Cap first and see what happens.<ul><li><a href="http://www.odysseybatteries.com/auto.htm#bcigroup">http://www.odysseybatteries.com/auto.htm#bcigroup</a</li></ul>

BoostTed

Nor did i expect the cap to help with that problem. Cap is there to make sure the amp gets all the power it needs. But the battery worked real good. Before with out the battery with a bass heavy song voltage will drop to 11-12 volts cuz its tryingto charge the cap and the amp. After the battery was put in no matter how bass heavy it was voltage never dropped.