Capacitor & Second Battery Questions

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

no sorry I have done the big 3 upgrade, I stated it in my first post

you just put that in there

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what size wire?

 

[mast240 10+ year member]

yea, thats about the only thing that ***** about hondas... weak *** alts

you should be ok with a small second batt... as long as you wire everything properly. a kinetic 600 in the back would def help alot... i dont see you getting much headlight dimming with that installed, but, what 800 watt amp will you be installing?

 

[kustomciv 10+ year member]

no actually it was always in there lol, and it was also in the post right before you asked. its 4 gauge

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

no actually it was always in there lol, and it was also in the post right before you asked. its 4 gauge

i know you added the 2nd one. quit playin wit me //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

if i were you i'd up it to 1/0 and see. it needs to be done if you're going with a 2nd battery and it might help (a lot).

 

[mast240 10+ year member]

i would upgrade the big 3 to 0 gauge if your going to run a second batt... might be a lil bit of overkill, but the way i think about it, is the less restricted your electrical is, the better everything else will work

 

[kustomciv 10+ year member]

okay sounds good, I think I will upgrade the 3 first and see how things go and if I still have dimming and issues I'll just **** it up and get the battery and all that $100 aint as bad as I thought it would be for the battery itself + wires and all that it's still cheaper than a new alternator

 

[Chriszle 10+ year member]

75 amps is enough to run just about any 1000 watt system. I do not think you need a second battery, but if you want one it will not hurt anything.

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

might as well load test the alt while you're doin it to make sure it's solid.

 

[mast240 10+ year member]

might as well load test the alt while you're doin it to make sure it's solid.

^^^ agreed... good idea

 

[kustomciv 10+ year member]

what size fuse should be on the wire going from the alternator to the battery pos?

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

what size fuse should be on the wire going from the alternator to the battery pos?

that is up for debate. mine isn't fused at all.

 

[kustomciv 10+ year member]

yeah I've noticed some people do some people don't do the fuse

 

[mast240 10+ year member]

if your running 0 gauge, it should be matched to your alt output, but higher to protect against spikes... i would say a 150 would prolly work fine, with one batt...

and the fuse really is kinda optional... i've never seen an alt spike enough to **** up a batt... or a batt pull enough to **** up an alt (when it is ran properly, mind you... any idiot can **** up an alt in 20 minutes, not knowing what they're doing) .. but i do it just for a lil bit of overkill i guess

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

if your running 0 gauge, it should be matched to your alt output, but higher to protect against spikes... i would say a 150 would prolly work fine, with one batt...

it should be fused for the wire. i think i have 350a between my batteries?

 

[kustomciv 10+ year member]

Knukonceptz product detail for IN-LINE WATERPROOF ANL FUSE HOLDER W/ FUSE

this one here is all the same price up to 300amp so I'm guessing it doesn't hurt to run a higher one?