blinking lights with bass

[scoupe]

i have a prob with my soundsystem. when ever the sub thumps my dashboard and head lamps blink towards the beat. i only have a simple setup. 1 4 channel amp 60 rms 2 channel towards the woofer. can anyone help solve my prob?

 

[craziechild]

check your charging system... i think they are not supplying enough power for your ICE... try change a new battery or upgrade the stock alternator...

 

[roy_fatboy]

should be alternator.. maybe its dying..

 

[GRexer]

Probably is a dying battery. Do you have a grounding kit installed?

 

[scoupe]

about the alternator, i just changed it bout 3 months ago. i dont have a grounding kit. it was worst before, then my mech added a thicker wire from battery to chassis and 1 from engine to chassis. but the lights still blink but not as bad.

 

[alaimini]

wat ur mech did for u is more like a grounding....by using thicker wire....u might want to conisder installing a grounding kit (after market or DIY).....but that wont help much......i suggest u install a voltage stabiliser (after market or DIY)......my friend did install the voltage stabiliser and the result is good whereby the voltage is stable (no more light blinking) and the bass have more uummpph....

p/s: for grounding kit and voltage stabiliser you can DIY it....there is a share learning thread in here....in DIY forum

 

[illusion4444]

i encounter problems like that also..is it a capasitor helps in this kind of problems??

 

[roy_fatboy]

voltage stabiliser is like a capacitor also lah.. inside got alot of capacitor..

 

[Zenn]

put a 1F capacitor before the sub amp, this should help..

 

[scoupe]

i heard capacitors are expensive, what bout voltage stabiliser how much is it? i was mistaken. what my mech did was 1 wire from battery to gearbox and another from engine to body

 

[louisl]

check alternatorv battery first. voltage wont help much.
add 1F capacitor as zenn sifu too u early so u wont have this problem anymore

 

[Zenn]

why not just go kereta potong change to a larger alternator.....habis cerita

 

[scoupe]

i dont want to change alternator cause just a few months back only i changed it. after all my audio setup is not really extreme.

 

[scoupe]

no one else can help? how much to add a 1F capacitor

 

[Zenn]

depends on brand, few hundred to 1k++....

i have a used 1.2F Lightning cap if youre interested...

 

[louisl]

i dont know if u love Helix DPC 1000 or not, Smart power cap with digital voltage display.
High Quality Product By Brax. asking for Rm850, hehehe....
Click this link http://www.audiotec-fischer.com/englisch/produkte/caps.html

 

[dennis_vws]

use pivot voltage stabalizer....

may help

 

[scoupe]

i dont really want to spend that much.

 

[Zenn]

change the battery la then........

 

[scoupe]

so i need to change to a bigger battery? or just a new one. someone told me if i change to a bigger battery it would strain the alternator, is this true?