anyone ever seen a battery modified like this?

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Got a kinetik 2400 batt today, used (for anyone who followed before, yes THAT one lol). It came from an spl competitor with a crap ton of these. Well thsi one has two ... posts ... added to the top. Screwed down and epoxied. When i read the voltage between the posts however, it only rwads 3 volts.. and the physical location of the posts is odd, not on the end, but in the center. Presumably explaning the lower voltage reading. Not sure about the internal design of these Kinetiks though, this is my first venture using them.

Anyway, here's the pics...

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b...70053-small.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b...70055-small.jpg

The batt on the left is one I purchased elsewhere.

You guys know whats up with this batt? Thanks.

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[twisztdauthorit 10+ year member]

pics are down

 

[95BlackGA 5,000+ posts]

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[Pimpdaddyq 10+ year member]

arg..

fix the links.. im curious about what you are talking about exactly..

Andrew

 

[twisztdauthorit 10+ year member]

im guessing a 3volt reading is bad?

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

tell me the story behind it. sounds interesting. atleast link us to the thread.

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

those are modded kinetiks so you can run them at 12 or 16v.

1 post is 8v & the other is 4v,iirc

if you want to run them at 12v you'll need a jumper wire(3" peace of wire) to wire them in series

jntar & djman37 have a couple.

the 2 in the back

 

[UndercoverPunk 5,000+ posts]

I've seen some things.

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

yea - they are modded for 18v electrical output.

you should not use them with regular 12v batteries to be honest. we had a bunch of them in our van.

know what you are buying before you pay for it.

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

all you need to do is make a bar that bolts down between the two added teminals

 

[mjf 10+ year member]

yeah have seen those a bunch actually, just the way you wire them to get the right amount either way.

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

yea - they are modded for 18v electrical output.
you should not use them with regular 12v batteries to be honest. we had a bunch of them in our van.

know what you are buying before you pay for it.

the banks used 2 regular batts and 2 modded batteries. what /how you wire a bank is basically taking 4 6 cell batteries and making them into 3 8 cell batteries.

 

[iagrdshaka 5,000+ posts]

wonder how much life that batt has left...

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Ahhh... freakin photobucket. Lemme grab the pics again...

Yes, its exactly what Megalo showed in his pics, and what Audiolife and a few other described.

So... I MUST connect the two added terminals with a buss-bar or wire in order to get the standard voltage out of the stock posts?

Thanks for the info guys.

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

be sure you check that shiz with a dmm before placing in the car