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mezzaricardo

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Posted: December 22, 2006 at 12:48 PM / IP Logged

to install an additional gel battey back there with my amplifiers... should I connect it directly with the main car's battery then.... from the gel battery feed the distribution block which will feed the amplifiers and capacitor?

is that right?

Ricardo Daniel Meza Cavazos

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Posted: December 22, 2006 at 1:18 PM / IP Logged

Yes, but you will need a fuse less than 18 inches from each battery.

Also, what are you trying to accomplish. Do you want to run the radio with the car off, if so, you will need an isolator (basically a heavy duty relay) that will allow the battery to charge while the car is on and isolate it when the car is off.

If you are trying to help the electrical system, while a second battery may help a little, (to quote someone else) it is just like a band-aid over a gunshot wound. You will need a HO alternator. Remember, it takes power to make power.

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mezzaricardo

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Posted: December 22, 2006 at 4:11 PM / IP Logged

Ok, thanks, so... I can connect both batteries together with two fuses.

I am trying to run the stereo with the car off for a while and I am also trying to help the electrical system a little bit.

But basically this idea just popped up in my mind in order to make prettier the installation.

Any comments, please, I'll be waiting.

Ricardo Daniel Meza Cavazos

aznboi3644

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Posted: December 22, 2006 at 5:59 PM / IP Logged

Use the biggest wire you can afford...I'm adding a battery and using 0 gauge welding cable

But like jd said...make sure to fuse at each battery positive terminal??

Also I would not recommend a battery isolator...too much of a voltage drop...use a heavy duty relay.

like this one

http://www.sonicelectrnix.com/item_5287.html

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Use the biggest wire you can afford...I'm adding a battery and using 0 gauge welding cable

But like jd said...make sure to fuse at each battery positive terminal??

Also I would not recommend a battery isolator...too much of a voltage drop...use a heavy duty relay.

like this one

http://www.sonicelectrnix.com/item_5287.html

mezzaricardo

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Posted: December 22, 2006 at 6:05 PM / IP Logged

Could you please describe in a diagram way how to install properly one of those heavy duty relay?

Best regards.

Ricardo Daniel Meza Cavazos

aznboi3644

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Posted: December 22, 2006 at 8:31 PM / IP Logged

Well...there are two big posts....battery to one big post...power wire to trunk coming off of the other big post.

One small post is a ground and the other small post needs a wire run from an accessory wire.

It will come with directions

mezzaricardo

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Posted: December 23, 2006 at 11:07 AM / IP Logged

Thank you... a lot.

let me try, see the results and talk to you later.

Ricardo Daniel Meza Cavazos

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Posted: December 23, 2006 at 1:45 PM / IP Logged

No problem...Just make sure to find a nice place to mount the relay though...lol don't just wire it up and lay it somewhere

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