Car Stereos: car audio system, pioneer cd player, pioneer speakers

Question
my question is , i have a pioneer cd player ,a jbl amplifier, 2, 9 by 6 3way pioneer speakers and a 10inch pioneer subwoofer. Every time i turn up the music loud all the lights in the car dim  from the bass line .I would like to no what can i do to solve this problem

Answer
Hi Cj.

Whats happening here its that your alternator its not generating enough power to keep your engine+electronics+your power hungry amplifiers. working properly, it mostly depends on the amp.
The fast way its to get a capacitor they are rated on farads. 1.0 farad = +-1000 watts. if your amp its too big the capacitor would hold the charge for a little bit but it wont solve the problem completely see a capacitor doesnt have cells like a battery does, so it wont hold constant power it just charges and discharges real fast so when your amp needs more power then what your battery has left the capacitor helps out but it comes to a point where neither the cap or the battery have enough power to feed the sound system, lights and engine.

now to completely eliminate the problem the best thing to do is to get a separate battery, like i said it just depends on how efficient your amp is, but ussually the cap does the job just fine.

Good Luck.

Ed.