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Bwcad1
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Post by Bwcad1 »

If you have an extra battery/headunit laying around i can tell you how to bench it yourself.
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I can do that. I have a spare optima redtop awaiting install into my firebird.
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and you have a clamp and a Dmm correct?
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Post by slick94prix »

Yup.

And that Hifonics sub, in the box, sitting at my place as well.
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Hook it up and use a charger if you can. Put both probes from the DMM on the speaker wire set to ac voltage 200 or so. put the clamp over the positive speaker wire to the sub set to ac current. play a 60hz for 3 seconds and write down the max numbers and get back to me.

Edit: Amp setting's

Open all filters wide open Set gain to max and turn the head unit up till there is audible distortion.

do a test at 4-5 volume levels and write down the numbers for each one like this example wait a min or so between tests so the battery can come back up/charge

Vol 10 Freq 60hz Current 15amp Voltage 24
Vol 11 Freq 60hz Current 16amp Voltage 26

and so on.
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slick94prix
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Post by slick94prix »

On the speaker wire outputs on the amplifier, correct?
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Yes. This is all AC no DC.
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Post by Bwcad1 »

by the way this is my super secret method keep this under wraps ;) Lol
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Post by slick94prix »

Ha, Ok.

I probably won't be able to get around to it until Sunday. I gotta stop and pick up my battery charger from my fiance's brothers' place.
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Post by cargodz »

slick94prix wrote:And that Hifonics sub, in the box, sitting at my place as well.
You still haven't done anything with that sub?... Like I should talk as I still have a EA pro sitting around that I want to install :p lol
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