Jason Witt

Soon I will be starting the rebuild in my SRT. I will be reconing the subs, adding some new mids and highs, new enclosure, new amp rack, battery bank, and possibly some exterior additions as well. I will try to get all the pictures that I can. Should be a good one this year.

That's a shame too. I inquired about an alternator from them, and I never got a single response out of five emails over a two month period.

I love my Mechman too. I hardly ever have voltage issues and my amps love the power.

Very nice videos Jon.

Looking really good man!

I am almost certain you have a bad battery. I have had experience with this same issue.

Disconnect the 2400's and test the 1800 under a load. Do you currently have your HO alt in?

What is your current front battery? Is it AGM?

The H.O. puts out more current than your stock alternator. This creates more heat inside of your batteries, and if cells are going bad, you get these issues as described.

I would try testing each battery individually out of the car after resting for at least two hours. If one of them is going bad, it will eventually ruin all of the others in time. This will also cause charging spikes like you are having, and burnt out regulators.

Since you mentioned the amp getting hotter than normal, your problem could be the result of a bad connection.

Try checking your fusing and grounds. I should have mentioned that earlier.

Possibly a bad battery. Sounds like the most likely answer. Big 3 upgrades done? Do you have proper grounding and wire size?

You want the mode switch on LP/Bandpass setting on the amplifier.

Well yes guys, the birds are back shitting on everything. I never did get that metal carport kit, and the amounts aren't as copious as last year, but damn it gets on my nerves.

Okay, try this: Use a test tone and set your SSF to 28hz. I usually set my LPF 80-100hz, and turn the gain all the way down and play a song at listening volume and turn the gain up until you hear clipping, then back it off until the clipping goes away.

Using edited music is very risky if it isn't clean. Is your enclosure ported?

Did you mean your SSF up from 15hz? EDIT: I just read the spec sheet on this amplifier and the high pass does go down to 15hz, but the LP/ bandpass needs to be selected so the HP filter doesn't matter.

On a side note, you calculate your fusing by using Ohm's Law. The formula is simple: Total rms Wattage/ Idle Voltage = Fuse size.

Correct

Good to hear you made it safe. x2

Toothpick idea sounds like the best bet. Wrap that tape tight around it, good luck.

My rear fill has no tweeters, just mid bass drivers and it sounds great.

They will work just fine. I wouldn't advise a .5 load as it will void your warranty, but the XS D3400's will do the trick.

You could always go plexi and bolt them down. The rubber is going to allow play for window slap no matter how much epoxy you try to use. Unless you glue both sides, and even then I am unsure if it would work.