[QUOTE]Originally posted by s2khondaimport
THIS IS MY SOON TO BE SETUP AND YOU WILL BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL BE THE MOST BALANCED SYSTEM(nice HIGHS with just the right amound of bass)

My last system was GHETTO, i had 3 12's but the highs were good too.

HEAD UNTI: Well anyone u like(get an MP3 one for sure), you can put like 100 songs on a cd. ALPINE or Kenwood. No Pioneer in my opinion, its all show but no go.

 

Okay, here's the question.

Why don't HIDs dim?

 

Ok...simply put.......

Halogens and other "regular" light bulbs run at about 75watts. They are constantly feeding off the battery. Hence when your bass hits, the batt, gets drained, and they dim.

HIDs on other hand, take MASSIVE power to turn on, but not to stay on. When my system is playing, and I look at my volt gauge on my amp, and I turn on the lights, the voltage will drop about 3.1volts. This is a major drop, because the HIDs need 10,000+volts to heat up. This is the job for the ballast. However, the HIDs get 35 watts to stay on, and are being fed a constant supply of 35watts from the ballast....voltage spikes/drops harm HIDs, so the ballast regulates the flow of power. Hopefully this helped a little.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by NFRs2000NYC
Ok...simply put.......

Halogens and other "regular" light bulbs run at about 75watts.

 

So as long as I don't get into a Daytona bass contest, I'll be fine.

BTW: You should see the looks my stock minivan gets when it "out drops" ghetto superstars in blinged Novas. It's hilarious.

I've got dimming issues with the van but I generally don't push the system. I'm glad to hear that allis well with the S.

 

apparently all's well in the S unless you're me... or, well me and running my current thirsty AB amps...

Yellow Top is going in tonight or tomorrow... hoping it helps, but not expecting miracles. and yeah, the only dimming i notice is mainly dash lights and interior lights. it's funny... i run the voltmeter mode on the 8500... i'll be cruising along at 13.5 V (normal? i hope?), and i'll crank things up a bit... for every hard kickdrum or bass hit, i'll watch that puppy dip to the 11's. it's super quick, but i can see the 3 (in 13) become a 2 or 1, then pop back to 3...

so, is that like uber cool or what? my car is in the 11's!

 

You have an 8" right???

 

yup... greedy little bastard! (450 Wrms)

 

Dang......I got a 10" and only doing about 200rms right now. My bass needs are far less than most people.

 

I'm rethinking things:

So a 12 with 600 RMS will definitely cause some power issues. How inefficent can an amp be?

The PG's seem to be pretty efficient but I don'tk now if they are "D" class amps.

Would I need a yellow top as well?