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<blockquote data-quote="gckless" data-source="post: 7908142" data-attributes="member: 635756"><p>Your battery is stock right? If so, you're going to want a new battery anyway. So what I would do is buy the battery, do the big 3, and buy a voltage meter. See what voltages you are hitting and dropping down to. If you listen to it loud a lot, doesn't matter how big that single battery is, your stock alternator isn't going to be able to recharge it. But if you listen moderately, you might be fine with just a new battery, which you want anyway. So get the battery, watch voltages, and then if you are dropping too much, turn it down until you can afford a bigger alternator.</p><p></p><p>Just what I would do.</p><p></p><p>Edit: That's for the two smaller amps. For the 3kW, you're pretty much staring a bigger alternator right in the face.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gckless, post: 7908142, member: 635756"] Your battery is stock right? If so, you're going to want a new battery anyway. So what I would do is buy the battery, do the big 3, and buy a voltage meter. See what voltages you are hitting and dropping down to. If you listen to it loud a lot, doesn't matter how big that single battery is, your stock alternator isn't going to be able to recharge it. But if you listen moderately, you might be fine with just a new battery, which you want anyway. So get the battery, watch voltages, and then if you are dropping too much, turn it down until you can afford a bigger alternator. Just what I would do. Edit: That's for the two smaller amps. For the 3kW, you're pretty much staring a bigger alternator right in the face. [/QUOTE]
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