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Haha. I wasn't going to sound deaden my amp. It was just a quick question instead of making a whole new post.

Short answer is yes, technology has come a long way

Started with wine and still drinking, now it is flor de cana. Thanks Aaron, I will be regretting this tomorrow.

Let's go O's!!!

Either of the 6 core 12 thread units will get 75% or more of the number I bet. And one 970 will get you 80% of the 980 for <50% of the cost. I exclusively went the way I did as I do like to game from time to time and I wanted no compromise.

Do any of the newer ZED amps match the quality of the old Rodek amps?

Everything you have described is the fault of how a alternator works. On cold start up an alternator will be significantly higher in voltage on those cold days. After you get the alternator warmed up it will slowly start to sag on voltage. It does this because electrical components heat up and become less efficient. When you set your voltage with one of these things you must do it while cold. Keeping voltage that high will eventually turn in to gassing and can be harmful to your batteries in the long run causing premature oxidation and bulging. Personally, i would only turn up to 15 if you are going to pull up to the lanes. Even still, I would turn it back down to the 14.2-14.6 for daily.

No just no, I'm not sure if you even read the post. Your post wasn't helpful at all because I already knew all this, and normally you'd be right but it's definitely not me turning up the alternator past 15.4 when I've been driving for 30+mins. Sometimes when I start the car the voltage is 12.8, sometimes it's over 16. This is why it helps to give the second bit of information. No need to get defensive. Everything you described sounded like someone that lacked knowledge of how an alternator worked. Had you included the bit about sometimes its 12.8 and sometimes it's over 16 I would have given you a completely different answer. Now as it stands, you get no help from one of the few people that uses a VCM. Good luck.