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My Explorer charges at about 13.8v, I don't know why it's so low. Is it supposed to be that way?
^thisFYI... battery might be bad. Mine was 13.3 and it used to be 14.4 I took battery in and it wasnt taking a charge. That caused damage to my alternator....
But my battery bank usually sits at 12.8. 2 batts sit at 12.8 or so, the other sits at 12.9. The batts are good, just idk. What I think happened is that the front battery drained my batcaps (bad battery, sitting at 12.2, won't even tell you what a load test did to it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif). My alt takes a long time to charge those batteries. It has consistently gone up since I turned my subs off, you know, just letting it charge them since they got kind of drained. I have a trickle charger that I'm about to hook up tomorrow or something to get a good good charge to. But my resting voltage is continually going up right now.^this
and ya, 13.8 is too low for an suv. wasn't paying attention lol.
You need to get a good H/O alt if you have a battery bank. I was told that the the drained batteries act as additional loades on the alternator, making it work harder. Exactly how many batteries do you have in there... a solutoion is to put the car an a charger at night or when not in use a slow trickle charge. That is what I don even with this H/O alt I have. it saves my alt and my batteries.But my battery bank usually sits at 12.8. 2 batts sit at 12.8 or so, the other sits at 12.9. The batts are good, just idk. What I think happened is that the front battery drained my batcaps (bad battery, sitting at 12.2, won't even tell you what a load test did to it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif). My alt takes a long time to charge those batteries. It has consistently gone up since I turned my subs off, you know, just letting it charge them since they got kind of drained. I have a trickle charger that I'm about to hook up tomorrow or something to get a good good charge to. But my resting voltage is continually going up right now.
I have 3 batcap 2000's. It's beast man lol. Forgive me, I'm a little tipsy right now. Like I said, they sit at 12.6-12.8, depending on what's running. Without anything running it'll stay at 12.8. You know, that's good. So what I did is turn my subs off. I was draining the already drained batteries. My alt is 130a stock, which is beast for a stock alt. It just has to have time to charge it. My buddies like demos. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif I gave a couple of them tonight.You need to get a good H/O alt if you have a battery bank. I was told that the the drained batteries act as additional loades on the alternator, making it work harder. Exactly how many batteries do you have in there... a solutoion is to put the car an a charger at night or when not in use a slow trickle charge. That is what I don even with this H/O alt I have. it saves my alt and my batteries.
gimmie 2 of them batcapps.I have 3 batcap 2000's. It's beast man lol. Forgive me, I'm a little tipsy right now. Like I said, they sit at 12.6-12.8, depending on what's running. Without anything running it'll stay at 12.8. You know, that's good. So what I did is turn my subs off. I was draining the already drained batteries. My alt is 130a stock, which is beast for a stock alt. It just has to have time to charge it. My buddies like demos. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif I gave a couple of them tonight.
Lol, I love my batcaps man. I'd dare to say that they are the best, better than XS power. I really haven't dropped below 13.5 while driving on 2kw for subs, about 300w for door speakers. And that's good considering that my alt charges at 13.8vgimmie 2 of them batcapps.
I bet I can make them drop below... I need 3 more Batcaps. one for under the hood and 4 in the trunkLol, I love my batcaps man. I'd dare to say that they are the best, better than XS power. I really haven't dropped below 13.5 while driving on 2kw for subs, about 300w for door speakers. And that's good considering that my alt charges at 13.8v