Why the hell do I have so much dimming still?

[SkwurlyFab 10+ year member]

Yeah my friend's got a couple batcaps layin around at the shop, maybe I'll just wire it up real quick and see if it helps. I never thought it would come down to this lol

 

[RumbleNTheTrunk 10+ year member]

i get slight dimming running 3kw from my mmats....maybe that 2500d is just very innefficient and has alot of current draw.

 

[gl0ck 10+ year member]

i barely dimmed off a 2500d and a 3002 i had stock electrical with a 2nd kinetik.

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

I took it out cuz I thought it sounded childish. Everybody has their own opinion. They aren't workin too well for me, but I know others that like em a lot. I'd like to go with some rainbows next, I just haven't found out if the kick version is really worth it yet. I don't have money fro speakers right now, so I'll look into it more down the road.

you have a pm

 

[RumbleNTheTrunk 10+ year member]

i barely dimmed off a 2500d and a 3002 i had stock electrical with a 2nd kinetik.

****....maybe theres a current draw coming from somewhere besides your audio equipment @ OP

 

[SkwurlyFab 10+ year member]

My 4runner has always dimmed a lot,. Even when it was just the 1000/1 and my 300/4. But then I know people who don't dim barely at all with some fairly large set ups. Maybe 4runners just **** at conducting anything electrical who knows. This is really tripping me out though.

 

[thatsgonnahurt 10+ year member]

do you have a volt meter? measure voltage at the battery while playing music that causes your lights to dim. measure voltage also at your amps. post the voltage measurements. why are you grounding your amps at the battery? the chassis usually has a much lower resistance and its best to ground to the chassis.

 

[theCybe 5,000+ posts]

Are you running xenon/hid or halogen lights?

 

[gl0ck 10+ year member]

just get a battery like kinetiks cap-killer, should end all or big thee?

 

[SkwurlyFab 10+ year member]

I don't care if I lose horsepower, it's a 4runner, I don't drive fast in it. It just gets loud //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

I grounded to the battery because I thought it would be a better ground then just goin to the frame. I read that a couple people did it in some threads on here, is this wrong? Maybe I should try grounding to the frame instead and see how it does, I can always use that run of 0 gauge for hookin up more batteries in my trunk.

I will take some readings on teh battery and amp today with the multi and see what comes up. I'll post what it's reading, hopefully nothing too scary.

 

[SkwurlyFab 10+ year member]

And no I haven't switched out my bulbs, they're the regular stock headlights.

 

[Anonymous User 10+ year member]

grounding back to the battery is the same as grounding to the frame, since it would end up there anyways.

 

[shiipseki 10+ year member]

I believe he is running ground wire from amp to front bat which then goes to frame?

 

[thatsgonnahurt 10+ year member]

a vehicle's chassis has lower resistance than 0 guage wire.

 

[digital mint 10+ year member]

You need to get that alt checked. I have similar setup than you, my alt is 180amp and i get no dimming at all. Only one bat.