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Got a call from Navid this morning. He said that first runs don't like above 15.0 so that's my problem. He said he will put a new diode on the board so it can take up to 16.6. Amp shipped back this morning.

LMFAO. Even had my mom Like :what:

Yep my ADD can't stand it.

Yes sir PCM controlled? It only reads that high for a min or 2 Ok so triple checked my stinger meter with my DMM stinger was off .2 to high so I adjusted it. Drove the truck around the block and still saw 15.3 volts then settled to 13.9-14.0. After the drive I double checked with DMM with the truck still running and they are dead on.

Really over 15 volts. Read off the calibrated stinger meter or straight from the DMM when I can see it.

I believe I read somewhere that Z.v3 is China. Maybe I'm tripping.lol

Yeah. I know he was some random guy at the shop that day. When I start the truck it stays at 15.1-15.2 then put it in drive it goes up to 15.4-15.5 then comes down to 14.4 or 13.8 or so. It doesn't happen underload and I'm scared about it even charging at 15.4 at start up. I'm trying to save money to get a dual alt setup so I can charge at 14.9 at all times with no worries about my stock alt voltage.

Me too my friend. I remember the first time I gave a demo. The guy saw my voltage at 15.2 at start up and was like "is this a 14volt truck" lol

It just seems like something to buy to say " I got 1" like Steve said $6k for 15,000watts is not the logical choice.

The z3 is built in the USA? Not China? Z v.3 is China NS is U.S Zcon U.S

If I'm not mistaken the z v3 is sundowns sq ish sub? If it doesn't sound musical then the problem is your enclosure/install. It sounds great. I thought the Zcon was build to be purely musical, so i thought it might handle better. My bad if it came out wrong The zcon is geared more toward spl. This is not at all saying it can't sound good. My misunderstanding. Thanks Ricksi

If I'm not mistaken the z v3 is sundowns sq ish sub? If it doesn't sound musical then the problem is your enclosure/install. It sounds great. I thought the Zcon was build to be purely musical, so i thought it might handle better. My bad if it came out wrong

I was in the same spot not that long ago. I got the Z's because shipping cost of the Zcon. Also the fact that the Z 18 has that sexy high rolled surround, but that's me. I like my Z's, but if I had the money it would be Zcons. Just because I like to play a lot of types of music like blues and zydeco when my dad is in the car. The Z's can handle it, but I think the Zcon would excel in this field being they are more musicly based.

Shipping is not a problem for a working amp. I left 2 messages and made a thread on C**O since it seems Crescendo and Jon are still more active over there. I will call tommorow as I think they are closed weekends. Also Shizzz your right it is 18v in my manual. I thought it was 16.8

Stock PCM controlled. When I start the truck it sits at 15.0-15.1 then when I put it in drive it slowly goes up to 15.4-15.5 for about a min then settles down to 13.8-14.4. Sometimes when I'm on the freeway it can sit at 12.8. That's just how the PCM works on these GM's. Also I think the 2k are supposed to work on 16.8 volts? I'm a ways from that even at start up.

Update: no speakers or RCA's connected. Start the truck pull out the garage boom PROTECT. voltage 15.4. I then made a vid of it in protect with the speakers unplugged and no RCA's.

Also one day I was hoping of running 16volt, but this amps seems to finicky. I really do agree on the circuit being the culprit. If its not. I'm done.

They did two whole days of troubleshooting. They think it's the amp too, but the only amp they had was a D9 and I didn't want to mess it up and then have to pay for it because it's his personal amp. When I'm charging at 12.8 to 14.9 amp is fine and I can beat the shit out of it.

Ok cool I'll run out and let the car warm up before I turn the amp up.

But, isn't that just a bandage to a bigger problem? I know once my car warms up it settles to 14.4 or sometimes 12.8 while driving(thanks GM). The amp plays fine at any volume them. I know cause I was banging coming from work. Voltage at 13.8-14.0. Drive from work is about 25-30min. Also I have my amp on a switch so I remote started the vehicle and then when I got to the car I turned on the amp. Voltage was 14.7-14.9 when I turned it on after leaving work.

At the amp sir. The stingers positive is connect right to my amp power. I just double checked that the stinger is deadon with my DMM while the vehicle is running.

I believe the 2k is 16.8, but mine is a first run and may have a bad protection circuit or something. My DMM reads 1Ohm at the speaker terminals, and like I said before if my voltage goes down to 14.9 or below it plays. I know I can't lose anymore sleep over this though.

I really think it is the voltage because the more I have been paying attention it seems to protect at 15.4 or around there.

With vehicle on, Ok Oh you said overnight I was like What?