batteries

I am going to be running 2 JL 1000/1 amps and was wondering if I needed 2 or 1 battery to run these? I would be runnign a 450/4 amp on my main battery (a4 05.5 stock battery) and a 120 amp alternator. Is it possible to have the extra two batteries stand alone and charge them with a car battery charger? also how long would these batterys stay charged? thanks

Have you upgraded the big three? and you might need a bigger alternator for 2 1000/1's and a 450/4

yea i have updated the big three was just wondering if you could run the two extra batteries on no alternator and charge them? thanks!

2 batteries on no alternator?    you cant run batteries without an alternator. you really only need a single gel cell batteri like a kinetik or optima, and a high output alternator2009 0-1000 Trunk WR 154.0DB 2009 1001+ Trunk WR

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mtmas8 wrote: I am going to be running 2 JL 1000/1 amps and was wondering if I needed 2 or 1 battery to run these?

2 batteries and a stock 120A Alternator and 2 JL 1000/1, doesn't sound good you'll need a HO Alternator, 2 batteries wont help you out they will steal more current from your Alt to get charged, means more current for the batteries, less for the Amps.

mtmas8 wrote: I would be runnign a 450/4 amp on my main battery (a4 05.5 stock battery) and a 120 amp alternator. Is it possible to have the extra two batteries stand alone and charge them with a car battery charger? also how long would these batterys stay charged?

it is possible, but...just get a High Output Alternator and you'll be happy. Shaking The Neighborhood

Simply answered... NO Well, do the math... AmpHour capacity of the battery, divided by the current drain (in amps), will give you APPROXIMATELY the time (in hours) that the battery will run, to terminal voltage (usually 10.8v, I think) Example: if you have a 100AH battery (which is fairly typical) And a 100A drain (each of those 1000W amps will pull that, easily), that battery (if PERFECT, and in a perfect world) will run that amp for ABOUT 1 hour. The first time. The next time, even less, and less the next time, and less the time after that... You CANNOT drain lead acid batteries like that, and expect them to live very long at all... Even deep cycle batteris ("Yellow Tops") cannot take that abuse for very long. My suggestion? Upgrade your alternator (which BTW, is PART of the Big 3) with the biggest one you can jam under the hood, and then add a second battery if necessary.It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."