battery or alternator?

[xclusiv3 10+ year member]

ok, so you guys saw the pics of my mags/sundown a couple days ago. well i was going to get them installed this weekend but long story short, it didn't happen.

no shop would do them except one, cruisin concepts. but he was charging 120 for 1/0 guage wiring, which i thought was a little pricey.

anyways

i know im going to need a battery or maybe even an alternator

my stock alt. is 110amps i think...2006 NISSAN MAXIMA

im running the sundown 1500D

will i need to upgrade battery or alternator?

if battery, which would i need.

or would a capacitor work?

thanks!

oh yea

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[JoshHd6 10+ year member]

juss get another batt..u should be fine..

 

[xclusiv3 10+ year member]

another? because if the alt. only gives 110amps how will the second batt. work?

btw im an electrics dummy so stupid questions are inevitable

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suggestions on a batt. that will do the trick

one shop offered this stinger p1700? ...costed 350

but i left that shop.

 

[JoshHd6 10+ year member]

^^nah..u dont need a batt that big...get a yellow top..

 

[xclusiv3 10+ year member]

any suggestions on 1/0 guage wire..shop guy said about 20ft would do the trick

he told me $120 for kicker 1/0wiring.

 

[GrnEydDvl 10+ year member]

http://www.knukonceptz.com/productDetail.cfm?prodID=KOL1/0BL $2.99 a foot.

Or if you want to go commercial grade:

https://weldingsupply.securesites.com/cgi-bin/einstein.pl?Next::1:UNDEF:OR:terms:A ~$2.07 a foot for 1/0.

The guy on here from Knukonceptz insists his 1/0 is thicker than the welding supply stuff. But I have heard good things about both.

 

[xclusiv3 10+ year member]

no difference between this and the kicker 1/0 is there?

 

[JoshHd6 10+ year member]

^^not really..just the name..

 

[xclusiv3 10+ year member]

yellow-top the best battery? ive heard about stinger, xstatic and kinetik being good also.

the yellow-top is about 200 correct?

 

[2loud4u 10+ year member]

^^not really..just the name..

Wrong.

 

[xclusiv3 10+ year member]

Wrong.

care to elaborate?

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

running a 1500D on a 110A alternator will give you dimming..... no matter how many batteries you run.

but, the chances of you drawing full current from the amplifier often enough to drain your battery lower than it's standing 12.8v is unlikely.

if you're ok with 12.8v, and slight dimming, just get the battery.

you wont be going full tilt most of the time, anyways

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

care to elaborate?

different wires have different strand counts.

two wires, that are exactly the same size, say brand a and brand b

brand a is a fairly solid 10-strand welding cable, and brand b is a 10,000,000 28ga. strand wire (i'm exaggerating, because i've never paid attention to realistic strand counts)

brand b would actually present less voltage drop for the same distance run.

probably not a significant decrease in performance, but to say wire is wire isn't correct.

 

[xclusiv3 10+ year member]

running a 1500D on a 110A alternator will give you dimming..... no matter how many batteries you run.
but, the chances of you drawing full current from the amplifier often enough to drain your battery lower than it's standing 12.8v is unlikely.

if you're ok with 12.8v, and slight dimming, just get the battery.

you wont be going full tilt most of the time, anyways

well in the future im planning to add rainbow SLC components and an amp for those....not sure on what amp though maybe the other sundown.

only way around that is a better alt. right

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

ya, you're definitely leaning toward a new alt.