17 volts

[Tkitt21 10+ year member]

Alright i was wondering how many regular dura-start 12volt batteries I would need to get 17volts???Also how do i hook them up?

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[patrick1202 10+ year member]

... lmao

 

[patrick1202 10+ year member]

im pretty sure you do not use 12 volt battery's to get to 17 volts...

 

[patrick1202 10+ year member]

i think you are gonna have to look into the kinetiks with the 16 volt third post.

or get some 8 volt batterys

 

[bum123 10+ year member]

12 volt batteries will not give you 17 volts unless you have a means of charging them up that high and keeping them there and I would strongly recomend that you save up and upgrade to a 16 volt system if you plan to run at 17 volts. those 12 volt batts will not hold up long charged that high.

 

[Tkitt21 10+ year member]

Where is there a guide on how to do it?

 

[king ranch 5,000+ posts]

dude u need some 16volt batteries and prob a ho alt 16volt or something

 

[Tkitt21 10+ year member]

do i realy have to upgrade ma alt??Id just rather get batts

 

[bum123 10+ year member]

first you will have to upgrade all of your electrical you will need one or more alt. with an external regulater that can go up to 18 volts you have to have 16 volt batts and then you have to run a kick down so you dont fry the computer in the car.

 

[bum123 10+ year member]

I have no idea where you may find a tutorial on how to do this.

 

[casper97ta 10+ year member]

If you dont even know that 12v batteries can in no way give you 16v, then you dont need to be running a 16v system.

 

[bum123 10+ year member]

you can get 16 volt batts but if you cant charge them to 16 volts they are useless. you either have to spend cash on equipment that will run well at 12 volts or else spend the cash on a charging system.

 

[patrick1202 10+ year member]

yea

wtf lol if you do not know that i would imagine you do not need to be running a 16 volt setup..

your alt now is set to produce around 12 volts so if you got a 16 volt battery setup you would be charging them only up to 12 volts.

you will need multiple 8 volt battery's wired in series i believe to get 16 volts.

and i doubt your cars electrical could handle 12 volts so you would need to isolate your batterys from the car and have the rest of the car run off 12 volts and your stereo run of 16 volts..

 

[bum123 10+ year member]

that is ture

 

[Tkitt21 10+ year member]

Well i just bought a hk4000d from rab and im looking to get another one...one for each sub and

1 x 1800W @ 4 Ohm (14.4V)

1 x 3600W @ 2 Ohm (14.4V)

1 x 2000W @ 4 Ohm (17V)

1 x 4000W @ 2 Ohm (17V)

And iv got 2 18" fi btls D1 ohm coils im wanting to run