First of all, hello my name is Matt, and after a bit of reading and so much awesome feedback on sundown audio amps, I want to try them out in my next build. I ask a lot of questions, but seem to answer a lot as well.

Anyway, my question is this...

how much power do these amps pull from the electrical system of a vehicle when under ~full load (1 ohm for 3000d, and others bridged)

Just trying to figure out exactly what kind of electrical upgrades will be necessary.

Thanks in advance,

Matt

for the 3000d. you will need to do alot of up grades, i think jacob recomends a h/o alt, 1 o more runs of 0 gauge along with a minium of 3000 crackin amps in storage, i think he says a powermaster 3100.

i use a h/o alt. 1 run of 0 gauge and 3 yellow tops.

i have drawn 250 amps current like 3 times.. i play hard. sundowns are great amps. its also a mono.

Matt,

For an actual music application you can figure that it will *usually* be a good bit lower than what you get by adding up all the fuses. The multi-channels, especially, since they will be high-passed and the high energy sound (low frequency) is being cut out.

yes, i figured the fuse ratings add up to 900, so I should be ready for about 40% of that?

oh yes it's 4- 100.2's and 4-100.4's

I'm thinking to do a 240 amp iraggi alty, possbly in addition to the stock alty, just got to see how much it would cost me for someone to do that for me. That way the idle amperage wouldn't be too bad either.

Starting batt will be a kinetik hc1400, with two hc2000's in the back. I just hope that's enough, cause if it isn't My budget will be pushing it. The 3000d i think i can handle, just trying to figure out how much power the speaker amps will pull since i've never used that many before.

thanks for replies

matt

yes, i figured the fuse ratings add up to 900, so I should be ready for about 40% of that?

oh yes it's 4- 100.2's and 4-100.4's

I'm thinking to do a 240 amp iraggi alty, possbly in addition to the stock alty, just got to see how much it would cost me for someone to do that for me. That way the idle amperage wouldn't be too bad either.

Starting batt will be a kinetik hc1400, with two hc2000's in the back. I just hope that's enough, cause if it isn't My budget will be pushing it. The 3000d i think i can handle, just trying to figure out how much power the speaker amps will pull since i've never used that many before.

thanks for replies

matt

your not gonna have enough batteries Ive got a 100.2 @ 4 ohms and a 3000D @ 1/2 ohm 200 amp alt Powermaster D2400 under the hood and 2 D2700s out back and I could use more batteries but Ill probably end up putting my stock alt back in and run it along with my 200 amp alt for a bit more Idle voltage and more on the top end too

yes, but in my setup the 3000d will only be at 1 ohm, so it will be a lot more efficient, of course I'll have a lot more speaker amps as well....hmmmm thanks for the input, looks like iraggi 240 on top of stock alty, and now 3 hc2000's in back.

Anyone else running a 3000d, what other amps and what electrical upgrades??

im running a 3000d 1 ohm with a 200 amp ho alt, and one powermaster under the hood and another in the back , one run of 0 gauge, also have a 100.4 on its own run of 4 gauge. Voltage does pretty well doesnt drop to low never seen the 11's with the car running at the amp

well that's good to hear, gives me much more confidence.