How many watts could i run on this electrical

[rex00 10+ year member]

I wanted to also know about watts for an alternator. What's the max watts you could put on a 200 amp alternator? The car is not a daily driver if that makes a difference. Do you think 2 batteries would be enough? Thanks

 

[Chriszle 10+ year member]

I would say you could run 5-6k as mentioned, however a voltage meter will be your friend. If your voltage is dropping too much, just turn it down a few clicks, and if you are consistently in the 12 volt range, you will want to charge your batteries periodically.

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

i have a audioque 2200d righ t now going to upgrade to the aq 3500 or something similar i have one run of zero guage should i run another ? and what kinda number s could i get with 3500 watts also would i be able to do hair tricks?

HO alt and 2 G31 batts will be fine. I've built a lot of daily set ups like that. Most of them run DC 270xp's. Some have 2-4 3500's and 4-6 batts.

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

This, very important here because wiring adds capacitance and helps with voltage drop, no matter how little or huge amount of power you are running. The guys who had the Meca Street 5 record back in 2006/07 had 40 runs(20ea for +/-) running about 15k iirc.

I would assume that's a batt limited class. for a daily driver I'd add more batts vs a ton or runs to the back. 2 runs of 1/0 will be fine for a 270a alt and stock batt up front with a few batts in back.