Electrical Qeustion

[Blove1991 10+ year member]

I searched the forums on it and didnt find not much of nething of what Im needing to know.......

For 1100 watts would the Big 3 and a red top be fine? Would there still be dimming issues?

Can someone give me a range of when upgrading on electrical is needed? like 500-big 3,, 1000- big 3 battery,, 1600 battery(s) big 3, HO alt or something like it just to give me an idea

Ty

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[wolfman1966 10+ year member]

1100 -would depend on car and system, sometimes just the Big3 would be ok, Big3+Redtop would be better

actually, Big3 would be good at any level, it makes a bit of difference.

 

[Blove1991 10+ year member]

BIg 3 and red top are definite for my truck...(95 sdime) 105 amp alt only like 6 months old and barely drove (no license) and the amp Im getting will put out 1600 at 1 ohm but im only doing 1100 at 2 and I was just checking incase I get the chance to push the 1600......I have a goood spot to run another battery if needed even thoI hjave a single cab //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[pjvoc 10+ year member]

Im usin about 1500 w right now, and i have severe dimming, so I bought a battery and im gettin a crapload of wire, that should do the trick, sounds good for u 2!

 

[Blove1991 10+ year member]

Keep me posted on the dimming issues after the big 3 and battery

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

dimming is dependant on alot of things. from the design of the voltage regulator to how you have things wired. just so you know optima doesnt recomend red tops in car audio use.......under their warranty it may be void if used for such.

 

[NX2000DET 10+ year member]

big 3 and optima battery could work well, depending on what your stock alt output is.

100amp stock alt (on safe side) should handle ~600watt rms amp.

(but still do big 3 and upgrade battery)

 

[Blove1991 10+ year member]

Lol I hear alot of different things,,from what ppl have told me they say to get the red top because its better in starting and for the engine,,,could I do a red top under hood and yellow top somewhere else and run the audio off the yellow top...would I need an insulator or whatever?

 

[NX2000DET 10+ year member]

Lol I hear alot of different things,,from what ppl have told me they say to get the red top because its better in starting and for the engine,,,could I do a red top under hood and yellow top somewhere else and run the audio off the yellow top...would I need an insulator or whatever?

in my opinion you dont need multiple batteries unless you do car shows and leave the engine off alot while your playing your stereo. and either a yellow or red top will do fine. theres a lil price diff and the yellow is a deep cycle. if you dont do car shows and just want the extra battery, i would get a battery isolator b/c is harder on an alt to charge multiple batteries at once esp a stock alt.

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

just telling you by optimas warranty you hook an amp up to a red top its supost to void your warranty reguardless if its your only battery or not. so people will say it's easy to get around that but reason they wont warranty it is because when used in such a way they probably have a higher failure rate......

 

[Blove1991 10+ year member]

I understand what your saying,,so now Im not sure which to run lol......When I no my truck is going to be sitting for more than 2 days then power cable to amp is coming undone ne ways.....lol,, Im not sure which to pick now....

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

http://www.carcare.org/Electrical/battery.shtml check out the alt selection too.

http://audioforum.termpro.com/topic/22/3982.html

 

[NX2000DET 10+ year member]

i got to reading about Kinetik batteries and after reading their specs on their batteries im going to take out my redtop and buy the hc1400 Kinetik .

 

[type[s5] 10+ year member]

I searched the forums on it and didnt find not much of nething of what Im needing to know.......
For 1100 watts would the Big 3 and a red top be fine? Would there still be dimming issues?

Can someone give me a range of when upgrading on electrical is needed? like 500-big 3,, 1000- big 3 battery,, 1600 battery(s) big 3, HO alt or something like it just to give me an idea

Ty

I could pull 800~1000 watts off all stock electronics fine, no big 3, with just slight dimming issues and nothing else.

At least do the big 3 regardless of how much power your amp is pumping out. If you're still experiencing issues after that, upgrade your HO. If that still doesn't give you the performance you desire, than get a battery(s). At least that's how i'd ramp things up in order.

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

There are too many variables for anyone to give you a certain answer for your question. As audiolife mentioned things from the type of voltage regulator to the model amp to the music that you listen to can all have an effect on the voltage dips that cause headlight flicker. Two car with identical systems might have very different dimming issues. Do the Big 3. Install the system and see how it reacts to your normal driving an listening habits. You might find that there are no problems at all right there.