a 5v preout to help engine whine???

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Jan 5, 2006 | 05:45 PM

white ice

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a 5v preout to help engine whine???

i am getting a little bit of altenator whine. the gain on my fosgate amp is set about 55%, anymore causes whine. i have checked my ground, ran the fosgate patch cables on the other side of the sc3 than the power wire. if i bought a new headunit (maybe the kenwood mp728), would the 5v pre out help with my whining noise? it already has 1 inline noise filter on it. thanks
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Jan 5, 2006 | 06:46 PM

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How many watts RMS is the amp? what size ground wire are you using? Where did you ground it to?

Jan 5, 2006 | 06:50 PM

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its 200x1 @ 4 ohms . the ground wire is 8awg and grounded to a big bolt that goes to the chassis to the left of the gas tank,

Jan 5, 2006 | 09:23 PM

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Use a star washer on the ground connection and scrape off the paint under it to make sure you have a solid connection.
You could also consider adding a line driver to increase line voltage and generate balanced connections to your amp. Try www.audiocontrol.com.