Why don't my car have constant power?

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I have a 98 Cadillac Deville and i switched out the radio with a cd player and added subs with a 750 watt amp. For some strange reason when i get out the car and its parked for awhile, my interior lights will not come on and sometimes my alarm does not get de -armed with my key less entry. Do i need a new alternator? I just got a new battery last week! please help
 
Go to your local auto-elec and get them to check the alternator for charge.Do this before you kill your new battery.In modern cars its vital your alternator keeps the battery fully charged all the time.Otherwise your car's computer will not have enough electricity to operate your car correctly.
 
lmao

finally someone else experiencing my pain

i had this exact same problem my god!

with my 800 watt am and 12 in subs

i have a 2003 honda civic coupe
its alternator was a joke....lol

lmao

OK

sorry just feelin excited,

OK your amplifier is basically like a hoe

all its doing is sucking,
sucking power Faster than your alternator can charge your car/battery

its not the batteries fault, you can change the battery all you want but in the end its the alternators responsibility

the battery is used once and thats just to start the cars engine and the engine runs the alternator and the alternator keeps the battery charged

now look an inexpensive solution to this is to buy a capacitor(cap)
and what the Cap does is relieves power stress from your alternator/battery, its like a battery, but when your amp is pulling to much power, the cap throws enough power so where the amp is not just sucking sucking sucking.

but caps have there limits as well, assuming you dont want to go crazy on buying one

(1.2 farads is enough) thats how there power is measured
think of the farads as gigabytes, id love to ad an extra 1.2 gb to my harddrive lol

but a permanent solution would to be buying a new and stronger alternator... now that...would basically rape you and your wallet.

if you dont want to do any of that up above....

just turn it down
keep it low,
i kno its hard but thats your only option
 
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