Power Drain

I have an anoying problem.  I have quite the current drain when there is alot of bass.  I have taken some steps to remady but still not resolved.  I have a Rockford Fausgate DB 1000 amp and a 1 F Cap.  I use 2 gauge AWD throught.  My box is a cheap one.  Dont know the specs but box has 2 10' Fausgate Punch.  I have a 2001 Honda Civic and have replaced the battery assuming that it could be that.  I have spoken with a few Civic owners and they state that they never had a problem and didnt even really need a cap.  Could there be something that could be causing the major drain.  My thought might be a bad ground but have used a self tapping screw and have polished to bare metal.  Any thoughts?

Phill

The only thing a 2nd battery will do for you is allow you to run the system with the cars engine off for a longer amount of time. But then once you start the car it will have to charge the drained battery as well as provide the current draw from the cars electrical system etc. If you are running 1200 watts RMS on the Civics stock alternator I can guarantee you under powering both your amp and your cars electrical system. The draw alone on the amp almost maxes out the output of your alternator.

You will need to upgrade you alternator as bberman1 stated.  Your factory alternator is designed to supply current to all of the accessories within the car under extreme loads under the worst conditions.  Even using a second battery wont help because the charging system is only putting out a certain amount of power regardless of the amount of batteries.  Also when you add a second battery you have to add additional switches and isolators in order to keep the system from overloading itself which can be just as expensive as upgrading/rebuilding your alternator.