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[Guest_Jason_*]

Got home today with my brand spanking new Sound System that costed me 2,300$.

Driving home, playing some Linkin Park: Reanimation in the CD player, bass hits real (like realllllll hard) hard (its already been playing for an hour), and the speakers and subs go completely dead. Nothing works except the head unit. Fuse blew or wire in the back of the head fell out? Any other suggestions. I'm hoping its one of those 2, if anyone else knows what it could be, please come forward before I stab someone in anger and frustration.

[Cody]

Man, whatever you do, don't play Linkin Park ever again.

[forkee]

dOOd!!!! Hybrid Theory RULES!!!! the whole cd bumps

[Cody]

!

[No0bOne]

Do you have a capasitor?

[SaintMichaelCeli...]

the same thing happened to me, check your inline fuse under your hood, you may need to get a better wattage one, i was blowing 40watt ones all the time, then i moved to a 60 and it hasnt gone since.

[Guest_Jason_*]

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the same thing happened to me, check your inline fuse under your hood, you may need to get a better wattage one, i was blowing 40watt ones all the time, then i moved to a 60 and it hasnt gone since.

Where is it and what do I need to do?

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Do you have a capasitor?

Yes!

This post has been edited by Jason: Jan 23, 2003 - 8:15 AM

[RedWuken]

Yeah i'de have to agree, dont stop playing linkin park. Reanimation is like the perfect car music, especially if you have the bass to make it loud.
-Red Wuken

[Guest_Jason_*]

Actually, Linkin Park is sweet ****, yes. The reason why all my **** went, was because of the power fuse in the engine bay. The idiots put a 30w Fuse in there, and it blew. When I went over first thing this morning, my buddy was working (the one who told me to get the specific ****, but was off during the day I got it installed) got pissed at the people for putting a 30w Fuse in, so he opened me a brand new pack of 80w Fuses and put them in, and it does wonders now. I can let the bass hit hard as hell and it takes it and likes it.

Oh, and my Celica doesn't rattle at all, except for the license plate which I am dynomatting now. Again, go hatchbacks!

[95STCelica]

QUOTE (SaintMichaelCelica @ Jan 23 2003, 05:20 AM)

the same thing happened to me, check your inline fuse under your hood, you may need to get a better wattage one, i was blowing 40watt ones all the time, then i moved to a 60 and it hasnt gone since.

lmfao, i have 2 Rockford He2 12s and a 1000 watt rockford Punch Amp..and some asshole...put a 30 amp in my 4gauge wire that went to the amp..what a dumbass...i put a 60 in and haven't had a problem since..**** hits hard as hell and whoever said linkin park sucks...shut up, go listen to mariah carey..

[boosted_K2]

just sounds like a fuse, they are like 2 bucks from radioshack at the most

[Guest_Matthew_*]

QUOTE (Jason @ Jan 23 2003, 09:01 AM)

Actually, Linkin Park is sweet ****, yes. The reason why all my **** went, was because of the power fuse in the engine bay. The idiots put a 30w Fuse in there, and it blew. When I went over first thing this morning, my buddy was working (the one who told me to get the specific ****, but was off during the day I got it installed) got pissed at the people for putting a 30w Fuse in, so he opened me a brand new pack of 80w Fuses and put them in, and it does wonders now. I can let the bass hit hard as hell and it takes it and likes it. Oh, and my Celica doesn't rattle at all, except for the license plate which I am dynomatting now. Again, go hatchbacks!

about the license plates rattling tell me if that works cuz I have tried nearly everything to get rid of that. I have 2 jl audio w7's and 2 jl audio 1000/1 class d mono sub amps. I can not get rid of the rattle

[FallenHero]

I now understand that I will never lose the rattle in my trunk. I look at it like this: My stuff hits so hard it makes my car rattle! So I try to feel good about it.

[Guest_Jason_*]

I triple layered the back of the License plater, and filled the gaps at the bottom in Dynomat, and it seemed to have worked pretty well.

On a more pissed off note, my Alternator is toasted. I'm running 12v if that on the battery, this morning my car wouldn't start, they told me with this alternator, i'll be lucky if it starts tomorrow (brand new battery today too).

[Guest_Matthew_*]

QUOTE (Jason @ Jan 24 2003, 03:43 PM)

I triple layered the back of the License plater, and filled the gaps at the bottom in Dynomat, and it seemed to have worked pretty well. On a more pissed off note, my Alternator is toasted. I'm running 12v if that on the battery, this morning my car wouldn't start, they told me with this alternator, i'll be lucky if it starts tomorrow (brand new battery today too).

get a 100 amp altenator. I had that same problem. It works wonders, no dimming headlights or cd player display or anything

[Celica95]

Also look into a capacitor if your lights dim when it hits. It will work wonders, but make sure you get a quality brand. The cheap ones dont do sh*t.

This post has been edited by Celica95: Jan 29, 2003 - 10:02 PM

[Cody]

Hey...when I'm sitting in neutral, and I hit the gas, my headlights get brighter, then dim when the revs go back down...should I get a better alternator? Or is that like, normal?

[Guest_Matthew_*]

so it's official...get a capacitor (lightning audio,rockford fosgate) and a bigger altenator. Or atleast new one.

[Guest_Jason_*]

I already had a Capacitor, thats what was draining the battery so fast so the alternator couldn't recharge it. I got a new stock Alternator, but I still think its lagging behind on recharge, or maybe its just because its cold outside, but people told me the Battery and Alternator in my car were probably already shot due to them being the original, and my car being 6yrs old, its the average life for them. Either way it runs fine now, but I might look into getting a bigger Alternator. Any ideas where I can find one?

[Celica95]

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Hey...when I'm sitting in neutral, and I hit the gas, my headlights get brighter, then dim when the revs go back down...should I get a better alternator? Or is that like, normal?

What kinda of stereo system do you have? More than likely you can get a cap or a bigger battery will do the trick. But I got rid of my subs and amp and mine still do that to a certain extent. And I just got a new battery.

[Blackcelliman]

About the lisence plate rattling........ I just put a piece of cardboard behind it and screwed it on top of it and it did the job. I'm running 2 rockford fosgate punch z 10's. When I really crank up the system with a bass heavy song, it does rattle a bit, but not nearly as bad when it was without the cardbord.

[DmVinny]

QUOTE (95STCelica @ Jan 23, 2003 - 12:53 PM)

QUOTE (SaintMichaelCelica @ Jan 23 2003, 05:20 AM) the same thing happened to me, check your inline fuse under your hood, you may need to get a better wattage one, i was blowing 40watt ones all the time, then i moved to a 60 and it hasnt gone since. lmfao, i have 2 Rockford He2 12s and a 1000 watt rockford Punch Amp..and some asshole...put a 30 amp in my 4gauge wire that went to the amp..what a dumbass...i put a 60 in and haven't had a problem since..**** hits hard as hell and whoever said linkin park sucks...shut up, go listen to mariah carey..

Thats great except for one thing, the 30amp fuse is meant for protection, unless u wanna a nice fire from your battery to ur location of ur amp, i suggest swapping out that 60amp for something more towards the specs. I believe if u goto streetwires.com they will have a chart telling u what wire guage/and fuse to use in certain applications i.e;

20foot 4guage with 300watts of power will need xxx fuse...

u get the picture... becareful with that 60 tho im serious, i worked for a car audio place in ny for a couple of years and we had dozens of people come in cuz there power wire fried there interior etc...

[AudioFreak]

QUOTE (DmVinny @ Feb 26, 2003 - 10:36 AM)

i worked for a car audio place in ny for a couple of years and we had dozens of people come in cuz there power wire fried there interior etc...

I've seen the same thing. Usually people put too big of a fuse or no fuse at all.

But 20 feet of 4ga can eaisly handle 600watts rms. And for an amp to produce 600 watts of power it needs 96 amps of current. If his 60 amp fuse isn't blowing he has nothing to worry about.

This post has been edited by AudioFreak: Feb 26, 2003 - 4:10 PM

[95STCelica]

I haven't had any problems, thanks for all the info