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Ok it's fixed. thanks for telling me to check my grounds. and my friend told me that trucks are different then cars, there not all one piece. the cab isn't attached to the frame except by the pencil thin grounding wire. i had the amp grounded to the seat bracket bolt. but i guessed that wasn't good enough. so i added another ring terminal to that bolt and put the 0 awg through the floor to the frame. them i made my big 3 a big 4 with a frame to batt -. It works great now thanks for all your help. and heres my PSA: don't assume your ground is "good enough"

wow thanks for the inlightenmemt. I will be getting the h/O alt and hoping the amp isn't fried for good. You will be hearing from me again if it is. In the meen time I'll double check my ground is in a good spot. Right now it's on a seat bolt and I scraped the paint .thanks very much.

I don't think so but maybe, the truck starts fine after I tried that I meen I left it alone for two month then I turn the amp on and it instantly goes in to protect

thanks for all your help everybody.

oh what the heck I'll get an alt no matter what. Just to sleep better

I just thought about my post. I don't really want a stack of fried amps in my closet. I should probly fix the voltage problem too. Cuz that's why the voltage drops at the amp cuz it draws more then it's getting right? But the sundown is 1500 at 1 ohm so that's less and is it more eficient?

Lol so I should get it bench tested. If it's terminal I should put my alternator money toward a sundown 1500d?

yeah maybe. I put the Dmm on the amps connections and it reads 13 or so volts but as soon as I turn it on it's goes to like 9 or 8. And I'm not sure if it was hot. I did smell smoke when I was messing with it once and that's what made me not touch it for two months.

I wired it in series to 2. But it's more like 1.4. each coil is a little less then 1 ohm.

I have a zx1500.1 kicker amp 1500 watts at 2 ohm's//. 2 ohm stable,,,, a duralast gold battery. (primary) 0 gauge knu wire. I just put it all in my f-150 . it all worked great with my two type r 12" wired at 4 ohms. but i recently got a 15" Fi BL fully loaded dual 1 ohm. I built a box and wired it up, set the gains and it worked great for about 4 hours. then the amp suddenly shut off. i'de hard reset it and it would work for another 2 minutes and go in to protect again. so i got the duralast gold. cuz it worked great with the amp and 4 type R's at 2 ohms in my galant. no voltage drops. .......... so i put one in my truck and it made no difference. eventually it just didn't turn on at all. I figured it was a weak alternator and started saving. i don't have a H/O yet. Now 2 months later of no sub, letting the battery charge, my friend revs the engine and i flick the switch to turn the amp on and straight to a red light. so i put the DMM on the sub and it's 1.4 ohm. would that have fried my amp? running it full blast for 4 to 5 hours at 1.4 ohms. should i get my amp bench tested? any help is greatly appreciated. I really would like to listen to my $400 sub again soon. Thanks

OK I emailed DC power again. well see if I can add them to the list........anyone else have an opinion

I really only want to spend about $300 to $350.

I'm shopping for a h/o alt for my truck. It's a 2003 Ford f-150 triton V-8 4.6L. I have a ZX1500.1 at 2 ohms and a SX400.2 at 4 ohms per channel. a duralast gold 850 cca under hood 0 gauge big 3 upgrade My ZX1500.1 keeps going into protect mode from the voltage drops. I've emailed I think everyone recommend on this forum. This is the list of what I've gathered and got quoted including shipping. in no perticular order. Iraggi 220 amp $290 High Output alternators 200 amp $400 Mechman 270 amp $420 200 amp $320 db electrical 250 amp w/odp $290 excessive amperage 200 amp w/odp $345 250 amp w/odp $425 300 amp w/odp $490 ohio generators said they have a 200 and 250 but never gave me a price dc power never emailed me back So which one would you choose?

I have a 2003 ford f-150 triton V8. with the stock 130 amp alt. a 0 gauge big three upgrade. i'm running a kicker zx1500.1 at 2 ohms. the birthsheet says 1778 watts, and a sx400.2 at 4 ohms per channel. I'de say all together close to 2000 watts. I want to replace the primary battery with an xs battery. wich one should i get? my guess is the D5100

Hey me too. i got the tracking number for my 15" BL yesterday. mine says jan 11th. what about you?