Uprated Alternator?

[Liam-6]

I'm a real bass head. My main listening content is drum n bass and currently have a 1200w inphase sub and 900w Amp fitted.

Now, ive had the problem of the headlights / dash dimming for a while when the volume gets pretty...Ahem, LOUD. This is slightly annoying.

Rather than just bodge with a powercap, i'd like to do the job properly and fit a better alternator to solve the problem.

So the question is, where do i source one from?

Cheers.

Edited 30 December, 2012 by Liam-6

[Volvomeg]

Carn't see a bigger alternator making much differance as it still won't be able to react fast enough to stop lights dimming,

I wouldn't call a power cap a bodge as thats what there designed to do once there charged up as they can release power alot quicker than a battery or alternator ever would be able to

[Raf_]

My sierra used to do it

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[Raf_]

Soz tapatalk won't let me edit my post lol

Was gonna say my sierra used to do it till I put a transit battery in and it cured it

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[Lloyd55vrs]

I have a 150amp yummy shiny 1

And a cap

Add that and try a optima bat mate so the power flows rather than pulses then go from there

But then its split charge fiddling im afraid

[Lloyd55vrs]

Pop me your email in a pm mate and i'll forward u my receipt lol

I sent a pic of it to dave

Easier than hunting lol

[Bowders1]

Soz tapatalk won't let me edit my post lol

Was gonna say my sierra used to do it till I put a transit battery in and it cured it

Sent from my Galaxy S3, not a Crapple!

Tapatalk lets you edit, I have done it few times. You just click on your post and you get lots of options, like multi quote, quote, edit etc.

I have tapatalk 2 so maybe different.

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[Steven89]

Power caps are a large farse they aren't efficient enough to stop the dimming you will find that after 5 minutes of booming the lights will dim again

The best solution is a large alt and a second sealed battery in the boot

[mbames]

Diesels have larger rated alternators than their petrol counter parts.

Mine in a 90A unit (038 903 023 L)

[Raf_]

Tapatalk lets you edit, I have done it few times. You just click on your post and you get lots of options, like multi quote, quote, edit etc.

I have tapatalk 2 so maybe different.

Sent from my Galaxy S3 using Tapatalk 2

Had a bug or something will let me edit now lol

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[TeflonTom]

But then its split charge fiddling im afraid

I agree with this, split charging system would work best for bigger systems, you could use a deep duty cycle battery in the boot right next to the amplifiers.

[Volvomeg]

I used to have a split charge system in back of my volvo when i was running 3 amps in it, i also had a switch up front aswell so i could control it