Sorry guys there are always 3 sides to every coin I feel you are both friend's and i have learned a lot from Both of you. You are both very educated in the audio relm Have a good night everyone i will leave it at that Blah! I'm sorry Mike. As usual, I was only trying to help, but it's hard to deal ...

HAHA! Why would I edit? I meant every damn word of it :D Here, I'll even quote myself again for ya just so there's not confusion :thumleft: Shawn, I hate to resort to personal attacks in any online argument, but the certainty with which you present your position does not leave me a lot of wiggle ro...

Shawn, I hate to resort to personal attacks in any online argument, but the certainty with which you present your position does not leave me a lot of wiggle room. Too funny man. If it somehow makes you feel better to "attack" than feel free! It's quite amusing really. :) Yes, I do "r...

For a quick (ease of use) solution, a passive xover is the way to go Mike. If you can invest the time and put in the effort to learn and understand the benefits of an active system, the performance is absolutely superior to that of passive components. Couple this with the abundance of todays afforda...

So weird! The replies kind of, almost, somewhat make sense

Weird.. I thought it was just broken English or something lol

what size of piping should this car run?i realized that this amp is sound and base is good and heart touching I am asking since I know someone that has an integral also and wants to run 3 inch piping. I think that's too big. mmmm, 3" is excessive unless they have a large Turbo with over 20lbs ...

Yep.. Sounds right!

Hmm.. I'm getting: 1.6 cuft net with a tuning of 31hz the port would be 24.89" long (16 square inches of port surface area) 16 sq in of surface area equates to a 4"x4" square port for example. Not 16"x16".... which for the box and tuning previoulsly mentioned would be like 4...

Sounds like the you had a pretty severe low voltage issue and because of it, your gear was being stressed. There are multiple reasons why the I could see the 2500 having problems before the 4300. Even though the 2500 is only running at 4ohm, I'm sure it was still being driven hard for those 12"...

There's really no way to fuse for what a battery is capable of . Most car batteries are capable of 600..800..1000 amps or even more if a short happened. You typically want to fuse your charge cable for what ever the current rating is for the 1/0 at the distance you're planning on running (which for ...

My daughter is 5 and just started kindergarten a couple of weeks ago. It seems like time accelerates exponentially when you have kids! And I'm with you guys.... my current install is closing in on a full year now and I've still got a good 10-15% more to go.

My two eurocents.. If the charging wire shorts, the fuse at the battery end blows. If the alternator keeps on charging I'm pretty sure the diodes in the alternator will fry. If not then the alternator will overheat and fry. It's also quite probable that the belt will start slipping if the alt is sh...

I had come to basically the same conclusion last night tom, sorry I took his bait. I am not sure why he feels the need to argue such a minor point on the idea that "its rare anything would happen to this wire" because if we lived in perfect worlds we would never need to fuse a power wire....

I find it laughable that you are "debating" the necessity of a fuse for safety when there is nothing to loose short of the money out of your pocket. LOL.. I said it was "unnecessary" not that you "shouldn't" or "couldn't do it! Please tear yourself away from the n...

no I challenged you to go prove your point and you said you would. You then waited 24 hrs while thinking it over and then come back on saying you never had any intention of doing it. Like I said it proves my point just as well as you melting down your alt. Even better if you consider it showes that...

you can keep throuwing the pc insults out, make fun of the fact I don't give a crap about spelling or grammar(hell the fact that it annoys you makes me threw in a few typos on purpose now) or trying to twist crap around but I am sure anyone reading this with half a brain and $10 will have a fuse th...

Recently, I had a short to ground and my battery melted, burned the ground insulation off and shut the car down. The alt is still fine. The drop in voltage shut the alt field wire and the alt won't make power without voltage Many alternators have a "field" sensor that is a form of protect...

Take a closer look at those stock charging leads and you will normally see a link on both ends. That is not true "the problems" my system will be susceptible too = a minute voltage loss that might be applicable if we were in a big spl rig? That is not the ONLY Problem you face. Go back an...

Ok, so I havn't "changed my tune" at all. I debated that it's not necessary to install a fuse the alternator and I STILL view it that way. I'm not sure how or why you think I've changed my view on this. I'm also not trying to "turn" anything around on you. You had your view on th...

LOL! Again.... Instead of the constant arguing, how about you go back and re read all of the posts and actually try to comprehend something... I'm serious man! Are you really not capable of this? I find it amusing that you never offer any solid information even with your 10,000 posts! Just go back a...

Nothing has changed. I stand behind everything I've said

You need to go back and read again what I've posted

Glassman: I wouldn't bother making a video man. It's quite silly to potentially destroy your alternator just to prove a point. If Scott wants "proof" that a fuse located at the alternator is necessary then no one is stopping him from making his own video and "proving" us wrong. A...

ttocs wrote:so are we a go for the vid then?

Sure why not

hey shawn I know how you can settle this for us right now. go out and start your car and then short out your charge cable. A vid is a must-have....... I mean it should be able to take the load right? Put your money where your mouth is and if you don't have to buy a new alt I will salute you. This w...