Do I need a 2nd battery isolator? Or whats wrong?

[porksoda 10+ year member]

Ok well this is whats going on. I recently installed a HC600 to my set-up *specs in sig* then it worked great for like a week. But sense last night everytime i turned it up just a little bit my amp will cut out and turn off but when i would lower it, it would turn back on. Is that caused by my battery or not? Also this morning when i went to turn my truck on it was dead. Like really bad. My interior lights wont even turn on. I have a friend that told me i need a Isolator to fix it. But I havent heard much of them before.

Also the battery upfront is a RedTop.

Thanks alot!

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[jbizzle 5,000+ posts]

Check your ground and rca's, and what kind of power wire is going to that amp? You should at least have 4 gauge..

 

[porksoda 10+ year member]

Check your ground and rca's, and what kind of power wire is going to that amp? You should at least have 4 gauge..

Yeah i am running 4 gauge stinger wire. It just started all of a sudden tho kinda wierd

 

[jbizzle 5,000+ posts]

Check all your connections.

 

[shortyg83 10+ year member]

if your car was dead one of the batteries would be bad , draining the other one.

 

[porksoda 10+ year member]

Alright ill double check again.

MY buddy said a battery isolater will keep my front battery from getting drained or something like that. Is that true?

 

[shortyg83 10+ year member]

yup thats true

 

[shizzzon 10+ year member]

You want a Solenoid, not an isolator.

 

[slumpinhonda 10+ year member]

take the isolator out before you do anything else and see if the problem goes away............you really dont need an isolator.........

 

[porksoda 10+ year member]

Ok so i need a "Solenoid" where would I buy one of those from?

 

[porksoda 10+ year member]

take the isolator out before you do anything else and see if the problem goes away............you really dont need an isolator.........

Well i dont even have an isolator at all i just have a fuse between the batterys

 

[slumpinhonda 10+ year member]

sounds to me its got the connection with the alt shut off so its draining the 600 in the back and amp is shuttin off due to voltage drop

 

[slumpinhonda 10+ year member]

Well i dont even have an isolator at all i just have a fuse between the batterys

oh the way the title is sounded like you had one in there

 

[shortyg83 10+ year member]

take batteries to autozone and have them tested

 

[slumpinhonda 10+ year member]

then check all your connections, remote power and ground........then id tap on the amp when its powered on to see if it shuts down when it vibrates......and then check your voltage and see what its doing when to turn the volume up