thizzkid

great thanks

anyone care to revise what all this means?

bump?

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bump? what do you meaan M5?

im just want to set my amp the right way so im lookin for people in my area

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another thing i forgot to mention is that when i measured for voltage drops at the neg and positive post at the battery, not only did i use my DMM, i used my diehard 950 portable battery, with voltage display and i used it just like the voltmeter, placed the clamps on the post to measure voltage drops, and its reading was the same aswell, so out of curiosity do you think that the portable battery can detect voltage drops, or would it be in the same category as the DMM, which it cant read voltage drops since it has really fast voltage spikes? Heres the link to the pic of my portable battery to show you guys what im talkin about picture

so what should i do? if my DMM cant read voltage drops, how can i be able to even set my gain? whats the point in even using a DMM if my amp is clipping at the rated power it claims, and if so how would i know setting it at 1000 watts is really going to be set at 1000 watts if my meter cant read it? from what every said about me set-up i thought i would be ok, but what your telling me is making me really nervous

ok so whats not picking up the voltage drop? my meter? im at a 1 ohm load so 1200 watt rms at 1 ohm is 34.46volts are you trieng to say that right now my amp and subs is clipping? please explain clearer, thanks again though for the feed back

with the harbor freight tool DMM, i used that to set my gains, just turned the dial to 200 ACV and measured for 34.0 no aftermarket lights, just stock

all soldered, thanks though

sweet thanks guys

thanks again guys for the help, so should i measure my amp ground with a DMM to see if its faulty? if so, please if you can do so nicely direct me on how to measure it. do you guys think my amp will be alright? i dont want to loose my baby.

ok so i done some trouble shooting to figure out why im still getting voltage drops, light dimming, and why my subs turn off when i play heavy bass songs, and this is what i came across so today i measured for bad grounds, first i measured the battery with the car off, 12.6volts. secound i measured from the neg side of batt to chassis ground, got 0.01 as a reading on the DMM, so that means mininum resistance which is good right? i turned my car on, turned on the wiper blades front and rear, turned high beams and headlights on, and put my heater on MAX i put my HU to about 26/35 and measured the battery and it never went less than 13volts so with everything still on, i measured the power cable and ground cable AT THE AMP, same reading 13-14 volts this is the part where im confused, so with all that being done, my lights still dim, and when the heavy bass drops when im driving and listening to music, my amp seems like it cut offs, but the green light always stays on, so really its just my subs that cut off for like 1-3 seconds so is it a bad ground at the amp? i have 17 feet of power cable and im running 1200 watts, do i need to upgrade my power wire to 2 gauge? Should i be worried that this will ruin my amp? heres a little background info -1995 ford explorer -130-140 amp alternator -BIG 3, 4 gauge everywhere -4 gauge amp kit from ebay -Hifonics BXI1210D 1200 watts at 1 ohm -2 12" pioneer subs -kenwood mpc 205 HU, 2 volt pre-outs thanks guys for all feed back