HC1800 vs. Yellow Top D34

[menikmati 10+ year member]

Which one of those batteries will be best for car audio period?

Edit: Forgot to mention this will be going under the hood as a starting battery also, no battery in back.

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[menikmati 10+ year member]

anyone?

 

[300m_on_xxx 10+ year member]

Hc1800

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

i would go hc1800 in a car system haveing reserve just means it can take a beating that much more. the kinetik has more plate surface (whole case is filled with plates) so in that reguard it has more to work with. the kinetik ah rateing of 81 vs 55 for the yellow top (c/20).

 

[menikmati 10+ year member]

yeah.. hm. thats true. well how about internal resistance? kinetik does not give that spec for any of their batteries, unless i'm blind. they also don't give CCA

 

[menikmati 10+ year member]

ah, found out the internal resistance of the kinetik is .0038 compared to the yellow top's .0028

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

are you using it for street use or burpin?

 

[menikmati 10+ year member]

street use, daily driving, etc. not for competition.

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

i would go for reserve thats just me though. reason being is when you are listening to your system loud at low speeds (rpm) the battery helps the alt. the more reserve you have the longer it can do this without haveing to listen at lowwer levels waiting to recharge from your alt...that is unless you have like a 260 amp alt for a 1200 watt system lol

 

[jacka 10+ year member]

i actually went out to get a yellow top today. was able to fit a group 34 into my passat and the switch was cake. i can actually sort of tell a slight difference, the MD2 seems to have a bit more juice to play with and it sounds almost effortless, kinda hard to explain.