italicizedsponge

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My RE SE 10" keeps cutting out whenever i turn my music up so it really thumps. I'm not even getting close to topping out the sub or anything. Could this be because I need a higher power alternator? The amp is a RF 500.2 and I bridged it. I have 4ga RF wiring. And this cd player is a pioneer which never had any problems in my old car. So will upgrading to a 130A alt. fix it? Because I was going to upgrade it anways.

pentavolvo

amp could be overheatin

what size power cable u got

italicizedsponge

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4 gauge. it does it when its freezing cold outside so i know its not overheating. i tried messing with the gain and bass boost but no luck.

pentavolvo

what omh load u wired too

ND4SPD _SS

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maybe your ground for the amp?

italicizedsponge

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this is actually what i believe the problem may be. I checked the specs for the amp and it says 1 channel at 4 ohms = 100watts rms, 1 channel at 2 ohms = 200watts rms, bridged at 4 ohms = 500watts rms. i'm running it bridged at 2 ohms so i figure thats why its cutting out because its not stable. im going to try wiring it to 4 ohms when i get home today
the ground is good its on the T45 bolt by the passenger back seat.

Gordon0652

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Ground...?
Sub/Amp cliping...?

pentavolvo

yup thas why its not stable. no way to wire ur sub to 4 ohms, wire it in series to 8ohms and run it like that which isnt gettin full power, or find a nother amp

italicizedsponge

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Ok I'll wire it to 8 Ohms. I'll just have to get another SE 10" to fill the passenger side then i can run it at 4 ohms

Vicinity

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Air temperature has absolutely nothing to do with it. If you stick a computer outside in cold air, it'll still overheat.

Make sure it's not so much it's making your cd skip, some of the best headunits will skip under a lot of bass (true, tested).

italicizedsponge

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the music is still playing fine just the bass cuts out then comes back on after a second then does it over again

CruzinCobalt

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your probrably pulling more power than your alt can make. Try upgrading the big 3 and possibly an optima under the hood.

italicizedsponge

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changing to series instead of parallel fixed the problem, but im still upgrading to a 130 or 160A alt. this summer. Thanks for the help everyone