I already added a cap to my sound system but all the lights in my car still dims when the sub hits. Is there anyway to keep this from happening?

 

Hyper-Grounding kit...

It wont get rid of it completely but it will decrease the dimming effect by like 80%

 

You don't really need the whole "hyper grounding kit"... just a couple of wires.

1. From the engine block to the frame.
2. From the battery - post to the frame.

That'll help more than you'll ever believe it could. Use 4 ga or larger for the best results, and don't remove any factory grounds. (can't have too much)

 

its usually your h/u thats sucking all the power...try to find a better way to power it...but i dunno..how to do that...cus...im having the same problems

 

hyper grounding kit wil do nothing, h/u DOES not dim ur lights------
1st , how much of a amp do you have(watts)/what kind of amp is it?

 

Hank? once again what the hell are you talkin bout? the amp has nothing to do with the motor(better grounding of the amp would help)

 

You need a capcitor and that will stop the dimming. A capacitor stores power and re-distributes it to your amp when it needs it.

 

he already has a cap.

 

oh yeah sorry, well it might not be strong enough for your amp then.

 

I was having the same problems, i have a 1200w amp and my lights were dimming a lot. I couldn't afford a cap at the time, so i took the optima yellow top battery from my old car and put it in the lancer, bye bye light dimming altogether.

 

extra batt= prob solved

 

caps will notsolve everything!!!...i have teoofthemin my car...with two 500w amps...

 

CAPS=**** good wireing, extra batt, bigger alt that is the best ways to solve the prob.

 

Get a better alternator. You need a HO Alternator.

 

dont NEED better alt by it self amps NEED more power than most alt can produce(100 ampsX14volts=1400watts,BUT amps are not 100% efective they run bout 40-50% for class a/b and 70-90 for class D)so a 700 watt(class a/b) amp needs bout 100 amps of power @14 volts to do that or class d need less, but its still alot