Alternator noise?
01-25-2004, 05:16 PM
#22
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Well.....darknight has been doing it since he was 9, bobby does it professionally.....and I have been doing this for about 7 years. I used a harness from circuit city and my deck runs fine. Thats all I care about. I really really really really dont see any reason to have a direct lead to the battery for a 40 watt head unit. Im not arguing that alpine says run a lead to the battery directly.......I just cant justify the labor.
01-25-2004, 08:12 PM
#24
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Originally posted by darkknight1999
To many know it all's here for me....I must not know what I'm talking about becuase I've only been installing car stereos for about 9yrs or so...
If the manufacture says to do something you would think that maybe just maybe they have a reason why... But you guys seem to have fixed the problem for this guy so I'll just shut up..
To many know it all's here for me....I must not know what I'm talking about becuase I've only been installing car stereos for about 9yrs or so...
If the manufacture says to do something you would think that maybe just maybe they have a reason why... But you guys seem to have fixed the problem for this guy so I'll just shut up..
now, MAYBE if he were using the amplifier... BUT he isn't.
01-26-2004, 07:44 AM
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i can't imagine what that reason could be... not saying that i can imagine all reasons, but for them to need it and no one else, it would have to be fairly esoteric imo.
my vote remains that this is for marketing most likely, and possibly to maybe milk a little more from the inboard amp.
my vote remains that this is for marketing most likely, and possibly to maybe milk a little more from the inboard amp.
01-27-2004, 07:06 AM
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Well, the problem presented it's own solution last night... bad ground. The terminal that I used on the 4-gauge ground wire (where I attached it to the car) developed a crack in it and was coming apart. I just went and got a new terminal and all is working well now. That particular ground lead was over 6 years old and this is the 4th car that I it has been in... probably just vibration fatigue caused it to fail.