2nd Battery the Answer?
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Forum Name: Car Audio
Forum Discription: Car Stereos, Amplifiers, Crossovers, Processors, Speakers, Subwoofers, etc.
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Printed Date: April 28, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Topic: 2nd Battery the Answer?
Posted By: nismo350z
Subject: 2nd Battery the Answer?
Date Posted: May 03, 2005 at 9:16 PM
It seems that my Amp is not getting the right current draw from the alt. i have a total of 200 amp draw from all of my amps. I was wondering if I placed a second battery in the back of the trunk, would this solve my problems of power delievery if i directly connect it to all the amps? Do i still need a bigger alt. I dont know, I'm still trying to understand the whole altenator part of audio he he newb =)
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Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: May 03, 2005 at 9:19 PM
No. You still need the alternator. Dead horse. Next...
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Posted By: forbidden
Date Posted: May 03, 2005 at 9:26 PM
Alternator is the only device that creates power, a battery must be kept charged by it. If the alternator is not keeping one battery charged, how does one expect it to keep to charged.......darn horse....... smacked me with it's tail....little pecker....
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Posted By: supradude
Date Posted: May 03, 2005 at 9:29 PM
What size alternator do you have now? If you are drawing 200 amps you will need around 250 or more from the alternator. The other battery would be useless.
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Posted By: nismo350z
Date Posted: May 06, 2005 at 9:10 AM
Sorry it took me so long to get back. Right now I'm running off of a 70 amp altenator. My cap reads 11.2 when the bass hits signifigantly hard. I'm thinking of getting a new battery insted of this crappy interstate i have in their. My amps are Infinity Ref 1211a and 7540a if that helps.
Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: May 06, 2005 at 10:53 AM
Again, you need the alternator... a battery alone will NOT FIX YOUR ISSUE!!! Go buy the alternator.
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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."
Posted By: audiobass10
Date Posted: May 06, 2005 at 2:44 PM
Oh boy. Ditch the cap..sell it to some dumb kid. Then use that money twoards a HO alternator. What amps are you running? I've got a feeling you're not pulling as much current as you think you are, never the less you'll still want to upgrade the alt. Depending on what kind of power you're running will dictate what size alt you will need. ------------- Dave
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Posted By: nismo350z
Date Posted: May 06, 2005 at 11:19 PM
"My amps are Infinity Ref 1211a and 7540a if that helps." Said in last post =)
Posted By: Captanham
Date Posted: May 07, 2005 at 12:11 AM
when are people going to stop asking these questions hey mod's, can we do a sticky on the alt topic? get it up there so people will stop posting about it? ------------- Bad Boys Customs
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Posted By: stevdart
Date Posted: May 07, 2005 at 12:02 PM
Oh come on, Captan! Alternator posts are FUN! Answering them allows for the release of pent-up aggressions!
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Posted By: Captanham
Date Posted: May 07, 2005 at 8:50 PM
haha, yea i guess, but i still think we should start an alt post to end alt posts, we can just tear that one post up and then be done with it,,, haha, sence it seems like i can just copy and paste the same messages every time someone asks about puting a 54 farad cap in there car with a 25 amp alt. gheesh haha ------------- Bad Boys Customs
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Posted By: nismo350z
Date Posted: May 07, 2005 at 10:12 PM
captan I'm sorry for not knowing as much as other people and trying to learn a little bit more about car audio for the next install i do. apparently you know a couple of things more than me but i do know how to spell *Since*
this has turned into a complaint post and hasnt answered my question so thanks to all of you for making me feel like an idiot when i just want to learn a little more about car audio.
Posted By: Captanham
Date Posted: May 07, 2005 at 10:17 PM
hey settle down, i wasn't raggin on you dude, people ask these questions about twice a week, if you had spent five min. instead of posting a new question, you would have found your answer a lot faster, i was just asking the mods to make it a sticky comment so that it would STAY AT THE TOP, so people who aren't on here much can see that same question right away and not have to ask it again, i'm not atacking you, so get off the defensive there.. ------------- Bad Boys Customs
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