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Bronze Member Username: Jbump
Nebraska City,
Nebraska
USA
Post Number: 31
Registered: Dec-05
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| Posted on Monday, January 23, 2006 - 11:15 pm: |
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Can an amp burn up your alt. over a period of time? My lights didn't dim and my cd player didn't dim at all, so i wasn't drawing that much off the bat. for it to work to hard.. Alt was only 6 years old... any info.. |
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New member Username: Goatin
Post Number: 7
Registered: Jan-06
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| Posted on Monday, January 23, 2006 - 11:24 pm: |
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I dont know a whole lot about amps but I know a 6 year old alternater pushing full amps is most likely wearing out and a high output alt would make a great replacement. |
Bronze Member Username: Jbump
Nebraska City,
Nebraska
USA
Post Number: 32
Registered: Dec-05
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| Posted on Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 12:02 am: |
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I'm gettin a 110 amp alt. for 109$ with the core only one i can find in my town better than my stock.. |
Silver Member Username: N2audio
Lawrence,
Ks
USA
Post Number: 372
Registered: Mar-04
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| Posted on Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 01:15 pm: |
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If you run anything electromechanical near it's limits it's going to wear out faster than one that's never pushed. That's just the way it goes.
I also damaged an alt (75A) after a couple years of running a ~1000w system with it. I upgraded to 110A jy alt and also upgraded the amps to ~1200w. It's been running for a year and a half now with no problems. |
Bronze Member Username: Jbump
Nebraska City,
Nebraska
USA
Post Number: 33
Registered: Dec-05
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| Posted on Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 10:29 pm: |
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Yeah, I put in a 110A alt. today, works awesome, and keeps up with my amp.. bump |
Silver Member Username: Symplestiles
Stockton,
CA
Usa
Post Number: 451
Registered: Aug-04
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| Posted on Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 11:33 pm: |
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do you think a system drawing 750 total watts at max power (JBL BP600.1 + Kicker KX150.2) on a stock 75amp alt will have problems? I am thinking of ordering a bigger alt but i dont know if it would be a waste or not? Its not like im going to have my system up to volume 35 out of 35 EVER, highest i ever had my old system up was around 26-27 with the same JBL amp..but then again i was also running stock components w/o the Kicker and i now have infinity kappas comps =) I was looking at 150+amps but i doubt ill ever need that much, maybe like 120-130amp alt as an upgrade? what do you guys think? |
Silver Member Username: N2audio
Lawrence,
Ks
USA
Post Number: 387
Registered: Mar-04
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| Posted on Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 11:55 pm: |
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No reason to expect catastrophic results with that system. As long as your car is starting every morning I don't think you have much to worry about. If you are considering a system upgrade you may want to prepare for an alt upgrade, but for now I think you're fine. |
Silver Member Username: Symplestiles
Stockton,
CA
Usa
Post Number: 453
Registered: Aug-04
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| Posted on Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 02:39 am: |
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ya, its about all i need. plus i dont have much room in my car for more w/o alot of custom work lol im an SQ guy so lots of power isnt needed. thanks for the help =) |
