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Earthing a battery in a VS

MGNick

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gday, my sound system is playing up, ive always had a winding/whining noise coming out of my rear speakers but the only time i could hear it when my volume was on 0. since then i have upgraded my sound system from a 1000W 4 ch that powered 2 6x9s and bridged a 12 inch 1200w sub.

now im running 250w 6 inch splits.
300 watt 6 inch speakers amped from the 1000w 4ch
and a 1000w dual subwoofer off a 1000w amp.

the noise has increased ten times worse, but if i hit a knock on the road it will momentarily stop the sound, other small things tend to affect it. it always sings in tune to revs, the higher the revs the louder and more frequent this 'popping' sound is.

i was wondering if i need to run a more powerful earth or something as im not too savvy with how power works and what not off a car battery.
was just wondering if someone could help me out.
(RCA's and power are run on seperate sides of the car)

thanks in advance.
 

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You love those max power figures don't you :p Have you checked the ground is OK to the amp? Turned down the gain a bit?
 

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You havnt grounded it back to the battery have you?

Also have you tried the $10 fix of the alt noise reducer?

You can get grounding and voltage stabilizer kits. Their premade so their going to cost abit.

However, my sound system, before the ground kit, did not make one noise.

Could it be as simple as a wire touching somewhere, the speaker polarity's wrong?
 

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Could it be as simple as a wire touching somewhere, the speaker polarity's wrong?

Speaker polarity would cause out of phase, not what the OP is experiencing.

To the OP, it could be a fault inside the amp if your wiring is ok.
 

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lol max power figures was just to save people asking questions on what im running.

forgot to mention, as soon as the car is off the sound disappears, ive checked the wiring and it all seems okay its just so annoying when you want peace and quiet or that near of i get driven to near insanity.
 

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and no grounded straight from amps to back seat metal.
 

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