Battery isolater

[thatguy12 10+ year member]

so i am finally about to start my new system. just waiting on a few things. whats the best route to hook my batts up? i will have a 200 amp alt. i ordered two crescendo 31 Hp batts, but i also have a shuriken bt 80. i want to use my shuriken for my up front batter and i am going to have multiple runs of 1/0 gauge, both for positive and negative. do i need to buy a battery isolater, and if so what kind. i have been told that the cheap ones like the nvx 500 amp relay. if one is not used will that make affect my rear batteries capabilities? I keep getting different answers from different people.

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[thatguy12 10+ year member]

i will be running a soundqubed 3500.1 and a soundqubed 125.4.

 

[argenis69 10+ year member]

IMO Battery isolator is good so when the car is off it separates the batteries and it won't drain your starting battery, I have one installed.

 

[thatguy12 10+ year member]

IMO Battery isolator is good so when the car is off it separates the batteries and it won't drain your starting battery, I have one installed.

whats a safe kind for the power ill be running? those mini stinger and nvx ones i heard get really hot when you run a decent amount of power.

 

[argenis69 10+ year member]

Well, that I don't know, but I'm currently running a 200 amp isolator for what I have(stated on my signature) and I haven't had a problem yet. But to be honest I haven't monitored the temperature on my isolator.

 

[thatguy12 10+ year member]

Well, that I don't know, but I'm currently running a 200 amp isolator for what I have(stated on my signature) and I haven't had a problem yet. But to be honest I haven't monitored the temperature on my isolator.

do you have a little circle one or a 3 post square one? on a side note how is your voltage when playing? i will have very similar power and electrical as you

 

[argenis69 10+ year member]

Mine is the circular one with 4 posts. With the voltage I'm still trying to fix what's going on, I'm thinking I have a bad ground somewhere.

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

Wire all batts together, with a 4kw amp you won't be playing with the car off....

 

[thatguy12 10+ year member]

Wire all batts together, with a 4kw amp you won't be playing with the car off....

i probly never will play with car off. so no battery isolater between the differnt batts? i always fuse and mantain my batteries.

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

i probly never will play with car off. so no battery isolater between the differnt batts? i always fuse and mantain my batteries.

Correct, no isolater needed and fuse at BOTH ends of the POS runs from front to back...