Adding power to my stock Wet Sounds system

[Fiveflat]

I like the idea of bridging channel 1-4 and powering the Pro80s with that 200x2 and powering a single sub with channel 5-6 with 600x1

[Nobody]

Your welcome! Donations welcome...business appreciated

Ok. I'm sold. You da #1 man from now on.

[What she said]

Okay, i ended up buying one Syn4, and this is how its all powered.

The new Syn4= channel 1-2 & 3-4 bridged to power the Pro80's at 400rms ea

Syn6= 1-2 & 3-4 bridged to power bow speakers at 200rms ea.
5-6 bridged for sub at 600rms

Syn2 is powering 4 cabin speakers at 175rms ea (i think)

That is a total of 2500 watts.

Now i need to install a WS420, and maybe a 3rd battery.

[Fiveflat]

What is your alternator output? I had 1600watts in my Arc Audio setup and the stock 65amp alternator was being overworked. I was about to get a high output alt before it sold.

[What she said]

Fiveflat, i had it out yesterday after the upgrade, and i was wondering if the alt was large enough to keep up, and it seemed to be okay. Well what i mean by okay is the low voltage warring never came on. You think i need to pull the alt and send it to a rebuilder to increase the amperage?

[chpthril]

Its a 95A alt.

[Fiveflat]

I don't know what your current alt output is. My old '99 had a 65amp alternator. While my batteries never got a "low voltage" warning either, the leads on the alternator got pretty warm. So I assumed it was quite a load on it.

edit: I see chpthrl posted 95A. Good to know!

[What she said]

Chpthrl is like an encyclopedia, and i mean that with the utmost respect!

chpthrl, do you think im okay with the stock alt, and do you think i need a 3rd battery?

[chpthril]

Chpthrl is like an encyclopedia, and i mean that with the utmost respect!

chpthrl, do you think im okay with the stock alt, and do you think i need a 3rd battery?

I feel the 95A will do fine to keep pace with the system while the engine running, but you may find that it will not replenish the house battery after a long day in the party cove. This will depend on how much engine run time there is compared to anchor play time. You may want to supplement the charging with a shore charger and especially if you add a 2nd house battery as this will basically double the battery Ah on the house bank that the alt will be responsible for.

[What she said]

Great! Thanks again Mike!

[What she said]

Not the best install, but here it is.

[What she said]

So i got my WS-420, and ran my RCA's thru the bilge. Not an easy task! I took the back seat out so i could lift up the floor to see what i was doing. Oh and i had to get my fiance to get in the v-drive side compartments to losen the nuts for the rear seat, cause im to big. I sure hope the rest of this is easier.

[What she said]

And this is how i mounted the WS-420. This was taken before i cleaned up all the wiring tho.