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<blockquote data-quote="Savant" data-source="post: 159654" data-attributes="member: 546108">30 minutes at &#039;highway&#039; speeds (the RPMs over 1000 or so) should give you enough charge to start today.. if not, you most likely toasted your battery.. starter batteries can&#039;t be fully drained, it damages them (they never take a charge properly again).. But, if you still had juice to listen to the stereo, you &#039;might&#039; be ok..And, the power of the amps is not relavant when you are talking &#039;low&#039; volumes.. granted, the more stuff you have in your setup the more total draw, but it&#039;s not like you are pulling 75 amperes or anything.. depending on &#039;how low&#039; the volume was, with amps on and such, you might have only been drawing ~15 - 20 amperes (the more draw the less time the battery will be able to power it)..I guess, if it doesn&#039;t start you can push it again and drive it (at highway speeds) for an hour or so.. if that doesn&#039;t charge it then you fried the battery.. Make sure you try to have as little electrical on as possible as well.. should help the process a tad if the biggest drain on the alternator is the battery..</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Savant, post: 159654, member: 546108"] 30 minutes at 'highway' speeds (the RPMs over 1000 or so) should give you enough charge to start today.. if not, you most likely toasted your battery.. starter batteries can't be fully drained, it damages them (they never take a charge properly again).. But, if you still had juice to listen to the stereo, you 'might' be ok.. And, the power of the amps is not relavant when you are talking 'low' volumes.. granted, the more stuff you have in your setup the more total draw, but it's not like you are pulling 75 amperes or anything.. depending on 'how low' the volume was, with amps on and such, you might have only been drawing ~15 - 20 amperes (the more draw the less time the battery will be able to power it).. I guess, if it doesn't start you can push it again and drive it (at highway speeds) for an hour or so.. if that doesn't charge it then you fried the battery.. Make sure you try to have as little electrical on as possible as well.. should help the process a tad if the biggest drain on the alternator is the battery.. [/QUOTE]

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