Subs fading out briefly but speakers working fine
2 x 1000/1(2 x 12W7) and 1 x 300/4 (4 x C5 650) Usually happens in the morning when the overnight temp was at -3deg C. Voltage is taken with DMM at 14.3 while vehicle idle. listening to system at roughly 30% nominal as its morning and don't need the crazy bass. for about 10 min the system plays fine and the subs are working great, then all of a sudden the subs start to fade back to almost nothing but the speakers driven by the 300/4 are still operating fine. After a few minutes the base is back on fine. sometimes this will happen 2 - 3 time on the 40min drive to work. I pulled over and when the subs faded out only the Green LED is lit on the 1000/1. the amber/red/blue are all out.
Car Audio & Video - Jl Audio - 1000/1 Car Audio Amplifier
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Holy mackerel you have a ton of power i bet that ****** is loudddddd-sounds like your charging system isnt quite keeping up with the amount of current draw that your amps can pull.Upgrade your alternator and look into a dual battery system using an isolator-that way your alt will charge both batteries but your amps will only pull off the one battery-you can look online into how to set that up its not that hard for someone that has managed to install the gear that you already have- Some folks if not most would encourage you to get some sort of capacitor to store power blahblahblah-BUT a dual battery system has waaaaayyyy more storage capacity than a capacitor does-check out the pro competitors online they arent using capacitors to run their stuff they use banks and banks of batteries to get their power-brother you need more juice