brickloaf

last night I noticed something weird happening when I would turn my music up, when the bass would hit my light would flash on and off fairly frequently and my speakers would make a crackling noise (like the bass was turned up wayyyy to loud). I have never had this happen before and my first thought was something is loose, but if it was a power wire on the amps, it would just shut the amps off and not affect the headlights. If it was the car's power/ground wire then im pretty sure ALL the electronics would be affected when it came loose.

Any ideas? I have never heard of anything like this

doggxyo

i know that with my subwoofer, my headlights dim the slightest amount when the bass hits. same for the interior light on the ceiling. my sub is just too powerful. doesnt bother me

brickloaf

yea I know, but HID's do not dim when the bass hits and I have never had that problem except with my interior/tail lights

also i had no problems during the day with the headlights off...weird

c4w18

what speakers are crackling? the interiors? is the sub included in this?

EmperorJJ1

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maybe check voltage and connections at the batteries?

c4w18

yea i was about to suggest voltage drop....the same gain setting for the amplifier can't be applied to different voltages...probably causing the distortion you hear.

Spun

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Ah, Bickloaf.....
Electrical problems just seem to haunt you don't they? (just kidding)

You HID's are a regulated power source so they shouldn't dim at all. Its the one way to get rid of the headlight dim in theses damn cobalts, since Emp still sleeps with the plans to the dual alt setup under his pillow.

Sounds like a wierd one, its a shot in the dark but check whatever your using as a harness, if I remember right you had issues with the ground on that before..or maybe it was someone else.

Whatever it is it sounds like the problem is tied into more than just your stereo, I would have said your alt was going but that doesn't explain the crackle in your speakers, since the LAN-04 is connected to electronics and your stereo (for the lack of a better way to say it) then I thought it might be your problem.

c4w18

shoot i'd hide those dual alt plans in a treasure chest too...****'s custom.

EmperorJJ1

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lol i'm flattered but there really aren't plans to give even if i tried. The guy who did it for me is just a good welder who has done alot of bullshit car audio custom stuff so the whole idea and workings was just hit or miss type deal. luckily it all worked out in the end but it isn't or wasn't nearly as easy as it seems.

plus if i did have plans it would only be possible for the LSJ

Spun

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I just figured I haven't been around for a while, I should give you guys a hard time.

I see things don't change much. That was directed at you brickloaf (lol)

Added-You had to do some cutting to get it in there, but was that because it was a bigger alt (the second one). Would you need to cut if you used another cobalt alt?

EmperorJJ1

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lol i was going to ask how u were doing but i was just sorta heading out. as far as the cutting goes probably.... if you got a smaller alt you probably wouldn't have to cut as much but still unless its really tiny your going to have to cut some. stock LSJ alts arent really that small. in comparison to the ohio gen ya theres a difference but still

brickloaf

well the next night I took a rubber mallet to the pos/neg posts on the battery and tightened the set screws back down and problem solved for now...

c4w18

LOL @ rubber mallet, glad to see it works

JJ, just started a new job in the shop today, glad to see the audio questions on here aren't half as stupid as the ones I get asked in person.

"Where's the loudness option at...ok turn it all the way up for me. Where do you put the trebles up?"

"Well sir, you only have 4 bands for the graphic equalizer, but if you turn the 10 khz up it's almost the same a..."

"Nah man I just want to turn the treble up.."

2 minutes later:

"Let me show you also how to operate the high pass filt..."

"Don't worry about that...how do you make it change colors?"

And of course I don't know the answers to stupid **** like that so he thinks I'm a moron.

I love this job already.

EmperorJJ1

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dude u dont eve know the half of it. sorry for everyone on the forum but ive gone thru my share of stupid **** so im much more of a dick then i used to be (on the forum at least i don't get paid for this **** so i can tell whoever i want to **** off)

wait till someone comes in and says "my speakers sound blowy" or even better someone having you custom build you a box for speakers then tell you afterwards they speakers are blown

brick what terminals are you using?

c4w18

btw brick i'm not calling your question stupid lol. just saying i've seen some herp derp moments on here...much much less than other forums though. the nissan community is horrific. Often wrong, but never in doubt over there.

EmperorJJ1

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thats the best one. u will get that more then anything else bro "i wired it right i know what im doing but it doesn't work"

brickloaf

im using the knu triple 0g terminals

haha its all good, i just have not had any electrical issues in like a year until that one night so i had no idea what to look at.

Q Bert

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"Hey I want to put this 19" flip down in my convertible, can you do it?"

Thats the problem these days everyone thinks that there an expert because they read an article on the internet. With 16 years in the biz I could fill a book with stupid audio questions LOL.

Glad you figured out the problem OP.

EmperorJJ1

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hmm thats crazy bro. the only ones i've seen do that are cheap ass bullshit