16 volt battery

[oneforyou 10+ year member]

what is the name of the company that makes 16 volt gel cell batteries.

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[oneforyou 10+ year member]

and where can i get one.

 

[fawd06 10+ year member]

kinetik

 

[97cavy 10+ year member]

Turbostart and Powermaster

 

[oneforyou 10+ year member]

kinetik is it. Are they better than buying optima's and where can i get one.

 

[oneforyou 10+ year member]

i need to know what size i would need. I have a 99 tahoe and i was going to replace my original batterry and then probably run a couple in the back at a later time. My setup is going to be 1 15 sx RE sub in a box that is tuned to 43 hz i believe. it hasnt been built yet and i am going to get a 35.1 RE amp.

 

[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

You cannot add a 16v battery to your cars electrical system. Guys running 16v systems have a separate 16v Charging system.

 

[Atimm693 10+ year member]

I dont think you can just throw a 16 volt batt in the front, it could fry the cars computer, which would not be too good. It also would not charge with the stock alt. Maybe if you ran dual alts you could have a regular stock alt and a 16v alt for all of your batts not associated with the other things in the car, and the stock alt for the batt up front and the cars other accessories. This is all if you havent already accomidated for this and if youre replacing the front batt with a normal 12v batt.

Also dont quote me on this Im just assuming.

EDIT: Chevy beat me to it.

 

[oneforyou 10+ year member]

so i would only be able to use optima battery or upgrade all my wiring.

 

[Atimm693 10+ year member]

Just use 12v optima or kinetiks all over.

 

[oneforyou 10+ year member]

well i will be pushing about 1500 rms so should i replace my alt and get a optima or should i run more batteries in the back.

 

[oneforyou 10+ year member]

by the way this would be my first good system aside from house brands so bare with me. i have never had to make mods

 

[dbman150 5,000+ posts]

http://handkaudio.com/ best batterys money can buy

 

[Atimm693 10+ year member]

For 1500 RMS you shouldnt need anything too major. Maybe big 3 should be all.

For that you should need about 10ft of 1/0 and some ring and spade terminals.

 

[oneforyou 10+ year member]

i already have everything pre wired but i have a kole 1920 amp and 2 spl subs that i dont even have hooked up. I was gonna try and sell them but they are worth more not hooked up.

 

[oneforyou 10+ year member]

i know i had a directed 100d amp which pulled alot of current from my 00 civic so shouldnt it do the same with the tahoe?

 

[oneforyou 10+ year member]

1100d

 

[Envoy62 10+ year member]

This is not recommendable. Just lets assume you swap out your battery with a 16 volt one. Now all your actuators that are attached to Battery voltage will draw a higher current. Which means you increase the stress on these parts. This can lead to shorter durability on these components. Also the drivers in the PCM (electronic control module that controls all engine and transmission functions will be stressed higher and might eventually fail. I guess that these considerations have priority over having a couple watts more.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif

This would imply that you also change your alternator so that cranks out more then 16 volts to make sure that your battery will be charged all the time.

If one really wants to go that way then the only correct way to do this is to run a dual voltage system were you add a second alternator that only connects to a dedicated 16 volt amp set up.

Robert

 

[Team H&K 10+ year member]

Here is pics of my 16 volter...

 

[Team H&K 10+ year member]

Also my website is under construction right now, but I think most stats are posted, its http://www.splcell.com any questions please email me at questions@handkaudio.com or send me a pm