12v setups vs 16v setups for daily only, Pros and cons?

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

I am looking into the matter, and havent used 16v at all. what are the pros and cons (in your opinion) of running each setup for daily......

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[Kenny Pollock 10+ year member]

12V is easier.. to plan and on the wallet

 

[Lil Poot 5,000+ posts]

how would that work anyway, would you need 2 alternators, one to charge a 12v battery for your car's electronics and another to charge a 16v setup for the audio?

 

[blazin16v]

16v is way easier. juss need an amp that will be able to mod for 16v. its way cheaper than a good strong 12v system. i run 16v daily and its awesome not havin not 1 ounce of dim at all. only down fall is juss findin an amp that will handle the 16v.

 

[blazin16v]

how would that work anyway, would you need 2 alternators, one to charge a 12v battery for your car's electronics and another to charge a 16v setup for the audio?

u could do that, or use a "step-down". or like kinetik has, there 16v batt has a 12v post. u can run teh car off that post and the 16v off the others. i juss charge my batts manually wit a charger. some good strong batts will hold that charge for a few days. ive went a week witout chargin my batts be4, neva got below 16.8v. i juss let em charge deep over nite.

 

[Kenny Pollock 10+ year member]

16v is way easier. juss need an amp that will be able to mod for 16v. its way cheaper than a good strong 12v system. i run 16v daily and its awesome not havin not 1 ounce of dim at all. only down fall is juss findin an amp that will handle the 16v.

Aren't you SBLAZER?

 

[duece212 5,000+ posts]

Anybody have more info on doin the stepdown gig from 16v to 12v to run the car? I'd love to do 16v on my 40.1's for daily //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/yumyum.gif.0556df42231b304b9c995aefd13928a8.gif

Not sure I'd trust running them off of just batteries for an extended amount of time.

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

Aren't you SBLAZER?

im just lookin for info

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[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

so you'd havbe to get a 16v charger then, right?

 

[blazin16v]

naw u dont have to. i bought mine from sams club its a shumacher(sp) lol

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

on the cheap.

 

[blazin16v]

yes on the cheap, less than 100bux //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[sporty_drew 10+ year member]

do you have a link to this kinetik battery your talking about?

 

[Kenny Pollock 10+ year member]

do you have a link to this kinetik battery your talking about?

http://www.kinetikaudio.com/hc16v.asp

 

[sporty_drew 10+ year member]

so you use your alt to charge the 12 volt part and then at night you charge the 16 volt part with a charger?