Low Power Problem, Needs Idea's...
 

- I have a 7" flip up and 2 12" and an amp. My subs cut out regularly on hard hitting base and all lights dimmed with each bass pound, got a compacitor and solved 85% of the cut out but not all and I want to fix this and its getting worse.
I was at a red light with it fairly loud and everything shutoff, screen shut like I turned it off and rpms dropped but kicked back on before it totally died. Im not sure if having a weak battery and not enough power output effects engine performance but that got me thinking my car probably is tired and im on a little kick of gaining horsepower and this is really holding my car back, this needs to be fixed the only thing im thinking is...

- Optima yellow top.
What else can I do, I dont know how batteries in the trunk work, I dont really know if buying ground wires are for this type of problem... Theres got to be somebody in here that has had this problem what can I do to solve this, Thanks guys

Yup you need to do some grounding.Alot of people say to use 1/0 but 4 ga. will work just fine.

Big 3.

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yea 4ga is good and all depends on what amp and sub you are pushing. if the subs are not connected right the the warning light will come on ,try a die hard marine battery from sears cost around $230 and the cap u need a 5 Farad i dont know what u got but this is wat i am working with two 15''subs 1500 rms and 1500 rms amp and i have no problem here is a link for the capacitor good luck http://cgi.ebay.com/POWER-ACOUSTIK-P...3A1%7C294%3A50

Wow, Rion, please stop posting.

I got this, but i need somthing other than more audio components i would like to have started out with somthing like yours and mine was 140 so ill probly go with a grounding kit then a battery if needed, its just that a different one isnt gonna solve my performance problem probly just the cut out wich would be nice but i know my car is slow because lack of power my rpm's dance with the bass when im at a red light as well as lights dimming and all thathttp://i.ebayimg.com/05/!BQdjj0QBmk~...p+Wpi!~~_1.JPG
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Capacitors are a waste of money and a bandaid for a real problem.