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Stock alt sufficient?

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Topic: Stock alt sufficient?

Posted By: zolron
Subject: Stock alt sufficient?
Date Posted: September 24, 2004 at 12:50 PM

Hi, first time poster, relatively new lurker :)

Just have a quick question on whether my stock 80amp alternator will be enough for my new planned system

Car is a mazda protege ( power moonroof, windows, doors, air, ; )..planned system will be:

Kicker 600.1 amp ( powereing 2 alpine type R, or S , not sure yet :) ) 600 RMS @2 ohms

Kicker 650.4 amp (powering fronts) 90rms x 4 @14.4V @4 ohms

Bear in mind that 80% of the time the volume will be run at 60% or less ( if that matters in current draw ?)

From what i've read, it seems that this setup will draw 35-45 amps which should be close to the breathing room for my stock alt. However, does this figure represent the max draw or avg draw?

Sorry if it sounds confusing, just trying to figure out if will fry my alt.  If this is the case, can someone advise me as to what the max RMS my system can be without ugrading the alt?

Thx in advance.




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Posted By: Alpine Guy
Date Posted: September 24, 2004 at 2:17 PM

You may be okay, your on the limit of ok/and needing to upgrade.  During the day you should be fine, but at night with lights on and heat going your going to nitice dimming lights.

The best way to find out tho is to try it first.  get a voltmeter installed upfront so you can see the voltage as you cruz.



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2003 Chevy Avalanche,Eclipse CD7000,Morel Elate 5,Adire Extremis,Alpine PDX-4.150, 15" TC-3000, 2 Alpine PDX-1.1000, 470Amp HO Alt.




Posted By: jeremyjerm
Date Posted: September 25, 2004 at 1:08 PM
will it work              yes

is it all the power you need      heck no

add your fuses together (the ones on the amps) and you see how much power your amps could pull if they were workin to absolute capacity. that should be way more than the 80 that ur alts makin.     ALL CARS NEED
AFTERMARKET ALTS FOR A KICKASS SYSTEM!




Posted By: boxmaker85
Date Posted: September 25, 2004 at 11:37 PM
how big should someone upgrade their amp?  and bout how much do they cost?  what size should I get for about a 700ish watt RMS system?  or should i just get an additional battery?





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