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Hey i guys i finished installing my system last night, 2 rockford amps for mids and tweets, 2 audiobahn amps for my 2 12's. So my problem is that every time the subs hit the amps for the mids and tweets cut out. I think that there just might not be enough juice there. Also my speakers make a crackling noise, could this be a ground loop or what? Thanks for any help. I also have a 1 farad cap and 2 crossovers for mids/highs.

 
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First why do you have 2 amps for mids and tweets? Second what kind of battery/alternator are you running, third what gauge wiring do you have, and lastly what did you ground to?

 
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alright ive got O/1 gauge wire from my optima yellow top back. then it splits to 2 gauge for my sub amps and cap. And 8 gauge for my other 2 amps. I have a dedicated amp to just the tweets and a dedicated amp for the speakers. I have the stock alt. ...I grounded to where Ive always grounded my systems and this is the first time ive had a problem

 
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how many watts total are you running? And you might want to go to (Alterstart Systems Inc - ) Alterstart Dallas Texas and check out their selection ( i personally run the 170amp that they sell ) .

 
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its just 1100 watts total...I dont have any money for an alt. right now but thanks for the link. Im gonna try running a dedicated power wire for just the mids/tweets amps and see if that helps. Maybe a 1/2 farad cap too

 
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you can get bigger caps, i think 1 farad per 1000watts is normal but w/your low power producing alt. you may need more and it still going to be just a band aid for the real problem.

 
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scrap the caps. honestly. all that stuff is worthless.

do the big three.

 
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i have every wire that i could find upgraded to 4 gauge or 2 gauge, a kinetics 1400 battery, and a 170amp alt hooked up and i will still get some map light dimming on my car

 
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alright well i played with the system and figured some stuff out. It looks like im getting a voltage surge or something. the speaker/tweeter amps go into protect. and one of the subs looks like its unloading. it slows down and when i turn it back down in pops. so not good. any one know whats happening?