How do you keep your battery from dying
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Topic: How do you keep your battery from dying
Posted By: beatjunkie
Subject: How do you keep your battery from dying
Date Posted: January 20, 2005 at 11:24 AM
At a few car shows this last summer, i showed, adn had my ignition on for a few hours. but the battery would always die. My question is how do i keep the battery on without turning the car on for a long period of time?Im trying to keep my dvd player and my subs going whenigo to shows so turning the car off is a no-no...any one have answers? Thanks...
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Posted By: auex
Date Posted: January 20, 2005 at 11:42 AM
Add a second battery, deep cycle, with an isolator.
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Posted By: beatjunkie
Date Posted: January 20, 2005 at 12:11 PM
[QUOTE=auex]Add a second battery, deep cycle, with an isolator.[/QUOTE How do i wire that into my system? and your talking about a 12 volt car battery?
Posted By: auex
Date Posted: January 20, 2005 at 2:20 PM
Yes a car battery, preferably an optima yellow top. You run a large gauge wire, 4+, to the second battery. You wire an isolator up so that the second battery is only connected to the main battery when the key is in the on position.
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Posted By: beatjunkie
Date Posted: January 20, 2005 at 9:45 PM
auex]Y wrote:
s a car battery, preferably an optima yellow top. You run a large gauge wire, 4+, to the second battery. You wire an isolator up so that the second battery is only connected to the main battery when the key is in the on position.
thanks. but let me ask you something else. Can i just take the 2nd battery with me to shows and wire it up while im there, so it WONT be a permanant fixture? thank again.
Posted By: auex
Date Posted: January 21, 2005 at 4:09 PM
You could but if you are going to do this I would recommend that you use some 4+ gauge quick disconnects.
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Posted By: pimpincavy
Date Posted: January 24, 2005 at 9:44 PM
You could also just play the system on acc. for like 30 min the run the car for like 15 min. Just keep doing that throughout the show and your battery will get recharged. In fact you can leave your car running for the whole show, it wont hurt it any.
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Posted By: misterjimbo
Date Posted: January 25, 2005 at 8:52 AM
i have seen guys run thier cars off of power supplies before. un hook the battery plug in a power supply and voila. i am not sure how smart it is but i have seen it before. also had a relay to power up the acc circuit off of an aux channel on remote, that way they didnt have to have a key in the ignition. again i do not know how smart this is, but i have seen it done.
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Posted By: xaudiopipex
Date Posted: January 25, 2005 at 10:28 AM
odyssey 2150, problem solved
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