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[berzerker_ibiza]

hello people just got a mk4 beeza and before a can get any decent miles on the clock al be fitting a vibe 15" black death sub power cap and a vibe bass5 amp.

now i haven't yet wired this up yet and am wondering if any one has heard this set up before and their thoughts on it


will do my best to post up some pics or a link sum time soon

 

[Poverty]

black vibe is meant to be alright. Loose the power cap though.

 

[berzerker_ibiza]

Why? is it not a good idea to keep the power levels steady since on one bass5 it can run 1350rms?

 

[Poverty]

Why? is it not a good idea to keep the power levels steady since on one bass5 it can run 1350rms?

power cap will put extra strain on your powersupply.

Get on talk audio and do a search about it. No one over there runs a power cap and some guys are running 10 times the power of you and I if not more.

 

[BigWill]

Invest power cap money in uprated front battery or 2nd battery in boot and big3 wiring upgrade Then you'll be able to play until your ears bleed!
Edit: you might need to give that sub more power, think it's rated at around 2.5Kwrms, and with that amp, you can give it a 2ohm load which with that amp is about 1500, Don't know if that amp is 0.5ohm stable though.

Just been on the vibe site and looked at the amp's specs, I always thought, lower resistance, higher output, but 2ohm has higher output than 1ohm, poverty please explain

 

[berzerker_ibiza]

rite a put the sub in the boot last nite and fook me theres no much space lol

4gauge wiring kit with 0gauge earth thats split into 2 4gauge ground in seperate locations

but fitting all this is tomoro nite will let you guys no how it will go

 

[BigWill]

I don't want to annoy you matey, but a sub like that, you will definately need 0gauge power cable

 

[Poverty]

Invest power cap money in uprated front battery or 2nd battery in boot and big3 wiring upgrade Then you'll be able to play until your ears bleed!
Edit: you might need to give that sub more power, think it's rated at around 2.5Kwrms, and with that amp, you can give it a 2ohm load which with that amp is about 1500, Don't know if that amp is 0.5ohm stable though.

Just been on the vibe site and looked at the amp's specs, I always thought, lower resistance, higher output, but 2ohm has higher output than 1ohm, poverty please explain

No idea why its like that but quiet a few amps work in that way. Alot of amps struggle to be 1 ohm stable and I can only assume its related to that. Think it has been covered before on TA but it got too complicated for me lol.

And big will is right, you need 0 gauge, and the big three doing.

 

[berzerker_ibiza]

a would like to use 0gauge but the amp power and power cap can only take 4gauge

 

[BigWill]

a would like to use 0gauge but the amp power and power cap can only take 4gauge

Yep it's the same with mine, but you have to run 0 gauge to the boot, get a distribution block from 0-4 and then run half a metre of 4gauge to the amp

 

[berzerker_ibiza]

well its all gettin wired up tonight so a get al see how it goes

 

[Poverty]

well its all gettin wired up tonight so a get al see how it goes

get a multimeter and watch the voltage drop at the amp terminals. It will be massive!!!! Thats a bad thing though by the way lol.

 

[berzerker_ibiza]

well it sounds brilliant and watching the power cap readings we did push it to drop from 14 point something straight down to 11.00

jst need to sort the panel rattle in the boot i think it way be the lights and the latch mechanism and need a stealth shelve to hide the amp and power cap

and saving up for at least 2 sets of vibe space 6 components new uprated batteries and i have a mate in college that is going to make up a series of capacitors to help with the head units lack of power

i will let all hear at the next scotland meet