
Originally Posted by
v6dreamer
Cable length ang gauge has nothing to do if your system grabbing all the juice from your alternator and battery up to a point. What happen is, his system needs more current than the alternator can supply. You see, car electrical are designed to do one thing very well. Supply the car diff. components likes headlights, a/c, brake lights any parts of your car supplied by the alternator current. Now if you used more current than the alternator could chew, Im sure trouble is within.
Most Japanese cars specially 4cly., have an alternator only rated for 35 Ampere and this is only enought to support in about 125 watts in amplifier power.
Im not striking about capacitor. Sure, actually it does a better job of supplying short bursts of current than your alternator can, because it installed next to the amp...meaning it doesnt have to overcome the internal resistance of the alternator and the battery or travel 20 ft. of wire to get to the amp. Its right there when amp need it. But... what I said here are Im not assuming that you will not be playing in more than 3-quarter volume of your system. If you only play at one-third or let say half on the volume surely it works since it less current use.
Lots of people trapped into this kind of problem. Its nice to ask someone if the system your buying can your car handle the demands of multi-amp system. Have the installer estimate your current demands/ estimate your electrical system reserve current capacity. Once you know all this then you can avoid common mistake that will cost you more than will know.