Amp keeps turning off could it be the alternator?

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so i have 2 12 inch kicker l7s hooked up, its just a 1000 watt kenwood powering them for now till i get the cash to get a new amp, but when i turn up my radio when it really starts gettin loud and starts to hit bass the amp turns off. not in power protect mode it just totally turns off then it will come on a little later or if i turn the radio down. i am thinking maybe i need to get a high power alternator or what? i dont know how to fix this and i dont want to damage anything. i thought maybe it was the ground wire. but everything is 100 percent correctly hooked up with all the wires and ground and all, what else could it be? how much money would a alternator cost that is going to be able to do the job I want? and i also seen something about a big 3 upgrade? not really sure what that is but i heard of it. if you could tell me what could be a solution to my problem and approx. how much it could cost. thank you for your time and help
 
Your best bet would be to purchase a capacitor, so it takes all the work off the alternator, and should stop everything from shutting off.
 
Its your amp bud. Your alternator cant be picky and just kill the amp, it would kill other stuff too. Sounds to me like you are making the amp do what it isn't capable of doing. Or maybe its a faulty amp. I would start at replacing the amp first. Good luck my friend.
 
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