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my car is my girlfriend haha

Do you have a capacitor for your sound system???

Quote, originally posted by Mr.Bungle »
my car is my girlfriend haha

Quote, originally posted by Mr.Bungle »
my car is my girlfriend haha

Using a capacitor is not a "tiny" fix. Get a capacitor big enough and it will handle just about any power you want. Also, most people running that kind of power use a boat battery in their car instead. Do some research.

Using a capacitor is not a "tiny" fix. Get a capacitor big enough and it will handle just about any power you want. Also, most people running that kind of power use a boat battery in their car instead. Do some research.[/QUOTE

What you need is an isolator, basically it allows you to hook-up 2 batteries to it and both get charged, except the main battery is for the car the second for your system. And the "boat" battery or a deep cycle battery as it's really called is what you should run. Also adding caps is ok, it just stores enough energy in them to prevent your amps from "sucking" all the current from the electrical system, sort of act like regulators to maintain max output amperage

no need for a bigger alternator

Quote, originally posted by Mr.Bungle »
my car is my girlfriend haha

Quote, originally posted by Mr.Bungle »
my car is my girlfriend haha

im with the other guys .. cap or battery should do it, or look around for a bigger "wye" stator that will fit in your stock alternator

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my car is my girlfriend haha

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my car is my girlfriend haha

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i think its the a/c compressor is on the same belt or something.. i dunno thats why i asked

Yeah but I mean as long as you have the belt made for a/c cars you should be fine right?

Modified by .2.Slow4U. at 8:24 PM 3-26-2005

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Okay, your not understanding. I know what i need, and i need a larger alternator. A deep cycle battery just puts even MORE strain on the alternator, causing it to work harder. I know how these things work, i do it for a living. Caps don't do ****, unless they have the power to supply them. All i asked was a simple question, not for you jacka$$es to tell me what you think i need and don't need.

There is no need for a bigger alternator, I don't understand where you got that idea from but if you want to f**k with your car then go right ahead. A bigger alternator isn't something that I "think" that you don't need, it is something that I KNOW that you don't need. Frankly 3500 watts is absolutely nothing spectacular. If you were drawing upwards of 10,000 watts power output then you may need to start searching for a new alternator, but otherwise it makes no sense

Modified by tiohero at 6:47 PM 3-26-2005

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Quote, originally posted by sony224422 »

Okay, your not understanding. I know what i need, and i need a larger alternator. A deep cycle battery just puts even MORE strain on the alternator, causing it to work harder. I know how these things work, i do it for a living. Caps don't do ****, unless they have the power to supply them. All i asked was a simple question, not for you jacka$$es to tell me what you think i need and don't need.

if you do this for a living and know "what you need" then why the hell ask for help mister know it all? geez im a electronic tech with 12 years under my belt, installed my first car radio into a 79 ford granada, and I was 8 when I did this, so if you know what you need then by all means do it

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if you do this for a living and know "what you need" then why the hell ask for help mister know it all? geez im a electronic tech with 12 years under my belt, installed my first car radio into a 79 ford granada, and I was 8 when I did this, so if you know what you need then by all means do it

He is probably just looking for an excuse to put in a chrome or a polished alternator.

nOOb: "You see, the chrome helps to dissapate heat needed by the 3500 watt amps of POWER!!!"

Modified by tiohero at 8:21 PM 3-26-2005

Quote, originally posted by Mr.Bungle »
my car is my girlfriend haha

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, call the waaambulance quick

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my car is my girlfriend haha

Where is this power coming from? While a car is running an alternator is responsible for providing ALL of a car's electrical needs including charging batteries and caps and powering important accessories such as headlights, windshield wipers, a/c fans as well as any added audio equipment.

Adding extra batteries and stiffening capacitors only adds more load to a sorely taxed alternator and would only serve to exaserbate the situation.

If Sony says he needs a bigger alternator then he needs one. Why don't y'all try and help him out instead of showing your ignorance.

Frankly I'm baffled as to how an electronic tech with 12 years experience wouldn't understand the situation and offer more assistance than "if you know what you need then by all means do it".

Sony isn't asking whether he needs a bigger alternator. He's asking where he can find one.

-Fishy

Modified by FlyinFishy at 8:57 PM 3-27-2005

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Hahahaha How do you like your 1998 Volswagon 1.8T Gulf? hahaha We're stupid