DD 9500 box

[DDdontjudge]

So new alternator and new battery? Or just new alternator. Also whats a good alternator

 

[LosIsATool 5,000+ posts]

Singer and get the largest you can. Put a decent AGM under the hood, the alt will do the work so you dont have to get a $300 battery

 

[DDdontjudge]

AGM? Sorry not familiar with electrical as this is the first time ive needed to change electrical.

 

[Jeffdachef 5,000+ posts]

[quote name='DDdontjudge']AGM? Sorry not familiar with electrical as this is the first time ive needed to change electrical.[/QUOTE]


Electrical upgrades are a must or else you'll melt everything and start fires in your car. Big 3 upgrade(google that sh*t up right now bro) and Absorbent glass matt batteries. Check out XS power, kinetik, odyessey, sears diehard platinum, duracell platinum from sams club. You'll need to look for amp hours. You need 55 amp hours for every 1000 watts. Change your under the hood battery to an AGM and add a few in the back trunk too. Wire em parallel, pos to pos, negative to negative with 0 gauge wire. hit up @HomeGrown ; for some bad*ss battery terminals if you dont want to do the ring connectors.

You can get a proper high output alternator or the budget way would be getting it rewounded and beefed up at a local alternator place which will give you around 20% more amperage output.

 

[DDdontjudge]

A few batteries? Do i really need all that?

 

[blazian87 10+ year member]

A few batteries? Do i really need all that?

Well it just depends on how strong your batteries are. You should always think about electrical before you go crazy with expensive equipment.. You're just asking for trouble without backing yourself up with good electrical. If you spend the money on a bigger alt, you might not need as much batteries as suggested. If you cheap out, then god bless.. I don't know how you're gonna run that equipment without a good alt and batteries.

If you're not ready to spend money on all this then think about going with a smaller setup.

 

[Jeffdachef 5,000+ posts]

A few batteries? Do i really need all that?

you cant expect power to come out of nowhere man. Your car is not a generator/power plant(especially with a stock alt) and that system needs power to work. Do you even have a digital multi-meter? run your system full blast and monitor your voltages at the battery and amp, if its dropping below 12, you are in the red zone. below 9 or 10 = your car burning up. There's a proper way of doing stuff and there's the ignorant way. which will you choose?

 

[blazian87 10+ year member]

The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire~! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/flamer.gif.1fb8372af2de4b576aa9428ccc8a8f2f.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/goodorbad.gif.fe1f80382c74d93547176ee10a15b645.gif

 

[DDdontjudge]

How much we talkin here electrical wise. Ill buy a high output big *** alternator but cant i just use one single battery for that amp? And keep the stock battery for standard lights and head unit?

 

[blazian87 10+ year member]

How much we talkin here electrical wise. Ill buy a high output big *** alternator but cant i just use one single battery for that amp? And keep the stock battery for standard lights and head unit?

What kind of car is it gonna be in? a Singer alt can range from $390-$600 depending on the amperage. I guess you could just get one good battery in the back if it's big enough.

http://www.amazon.com/XS-D3100-XS-Power-D3100/dp/B001GMTIO0

This is a good XS battery for the trunk. You won't know if it's enough until you actually try it.

You still gotta buy some good wiring which also adds to the cost.. (KnuKonceptz Kolossus 0 Gauge OFC or Sky High Car Audio 0 ga OFC FTW!)

 

[DDdontjudge]

I understand a bigger alt and another battery but what im confused on is why need a few batteries

 

[DDdontjudge]

Nissan titan 2010 5.6

 

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Thats what the guy at mst told me

 

[blazian87 10+ year member]

I understand a bigger alt and another battery but what im confused on is why need a few batteries

Well since you went with DD, they are heavily underrated which means they might put out more power than intended. If you keep your gains low then you don't really need a beefed up electrical. But considering what you're running, you're looking for a lot of bass so you're gonna wanna crank it up. If you're not feeding it enough power than you're using, your voltage will drop. When that happens, your amps could heat up and blow. Everything will start to melt. Even if you have a good alt, extra batteries might be needed if your amp pulls more current than it can handle. It doesn't hurt to overkill your electrical alittle.

 

[blazian87 10+ year member]

Not all batteries are the same. So you can't expect to just put a 2nd battery and call it a day. Look at the battery's Ah rating(ampere hour). I would probably upgrade your battery under the hood to be safe. Doesn't have to be the most expensive one. Just something better than stock.

 

[Jeffdachef 5,000+ posts]

How much we talkin here electrical wise. Ill buy a high output big *** alternator but cant i just use one single battery for that amp? And keep the stock battery for standard lights and head unit?

you can get a single good(XSpower) agm under the hood and get the biggest high output alt you can for your vehicle, along with the big 3 upgrade and you should be fine within 12.8- 13.5 volts on idle. If your car idles below 650, make sure to tell mike that so he can tweek your alt a bit or else it wont make any power unless revved up. Take it slowly and monitor those voltages and perform extra upgrades as needed.