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<blockquote data-quote="audiolife" data-source="post: 2785835" data-attributes="member: 541383">damage it? it is how it was designed to do. what damages it is the stress when maxxed at full tilt or used in such a way you kill a battery. the load of the severally drained battery will kill the alt. that isnt from regular use either. an alts voltage will drop rise drop rise while in use. a hi amp alt under heavy load is also VERY hard to turn. that causes stress to the belt,alt and eats hp (but if you need it you gotta do it). main point I&#039;m talking about though is where a battery will kick in. lets say you have a 200 amp alt at idle it does 120 amps. if your system is 2000 watts (real power) at idle it will have a drop .people will argue just like when people talk about &quot;grounding a second battery&quot; there is alot of MISINFORMATION . best place is BACK UP FRONTyour audio gear is meant to work (in about every case i can think of) between 11.5 v-15v (some can go up to 20 v but ill leave that alone because its not a typical &quot;daily set up&quot;) the equipment will run cooler when you stay in the sweet spot between 12.5 and 14.4. less volts needs more current to do same amount of power. more current builds up the heat. in electronics heat does = bad. some people state that too big of voltage drop is a serious loss of power. per 100 amps of power drawn the difference would be negligible at best to your ear. 200 or so watt difference between 12v and 14v that is maybe .1-.3 db and perfect hearing can MAYBE tell the difference in FULL db differences.when i say this .1-.3 db means alot while in competition but in every street class org i know you get metered with the engine off.....not dogging alts just saying the better the battery you have (condition to float voltage) can make a notiable difference</blockquote>

[QUOTE="audiolife, post: 2785835, member: 541383"] damage it? it is how it was designed to do. what damages it is the stress when maxxed at full tilt or used in such a way you kill a battery. the load of the severally drained battery will kill the alt. that isnt from regular use either. an alts voltage will drop rise drop rise while in use. a hi amp alt under heavy load is also VERY hard to turn. that causes stress to the belt,alt and eats hp (but if you need it you gotta do it). main point I'm talking about though is where a battery will kick in. lets say you have a 200 amp alt at idle it does 120 amps. if your system is 2000 watts (real power) at idle it will have a drop .people will argue just like when people talk about "grounding a second battery" there is alot of MISINFORMATION . best place is BACK UP FRONT your audio gear is meant to work (in about every case i can think of) between 11.5 v-15v (some can go up to 20 v but ill leave that alone because its not a typical "daily set up") the equipment will run cooler when you stay in the sweet spot between 12.5 and 14.4. less volts needs more current to do same amount of power. more current builds up the heat. in electronics heat does = bad. some people state that too big of voltage drop is a serious loss of power. per 100 amps of power drawn the difference would be negligible at best to your ear. 200 or so watt difference between 12v and 14v that is maybe .1-.3 db and perfect hearing can MAYBE tell the difference in FULL db differences.when i say this .1-.3 db means alot while in competition but in every street class org i know you get metered with the engine off.....not dogging alts just saying the better the battery you have (condition to float voltage) can make a notiable difference [/QUOTE]

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