@MarkerDerbyshire good point, I didn't realize it pulled so much current 
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I got it off amazon and didn't go too much into depth to check the current rating, I assumed it was the good to run off an arduino. Do you have any suggestions on how to go about this? would maybe connnecting the system to 2 vcc ports help?
@adwsystems the arduino just resets completely, so yeah verything turns off, except I've noticed the arduino ON led stays on the entire time. I initially though it was a hickup from the power input, so I have a cap across the arduino input power as well to keep it on.
sorry if I'm cramming replies together, its my first time posting in the forums and I can only post once every 5 minutes 