how to increase voltage?

[Deusle 10+ year member]

first off, i know very little about upgrading a car's electrical system, so any help is appreciated.

i mainly want to be running my amp at 16v, what would i have to do to achieve this?

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[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

you need to have a 16v capable amp first...

 

[skmfkr 5,000+ posts]

you need to have a 16v capable amp first...

well alot of amps allow for up to 18v, but what u really need is a 16v alt, well actually it charges at 18.5

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

an unregulated amp would take 16v i suppose

 

[jbizzle 5,000+ posts]

Sundown's take 16v //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[oldschool4me 10+ year member]

alot of os amps will

 

[oldschool4me 10+ year member]

try an os us amps on 16v

 

[oldschool4me 10+ year member]

if your planning on doing this then im taking it that money is of no issue. might want to think about doing big 3 with a ho alt and then covert to ac then back to dc 16v.

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

if your planning on doing this then im taking it that money is of no issue. might want to think about doing big 3 with a ho alt and then covert to ac then back to dc 16v.

wat? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

Anyways, can I ask why are you wanting to do 16v? You might be going in the wrong direction.

 

[bigaudiofanatic 10+ year member]

Hope you are using a second alternator to run this stuff because you will probably fry your cars computers and stuff.

 

[Deusle 10+ year member]

my amp is modded to run at 16v. i bought it off CRX90. its a mtx 1501d.

do all ho alts charge 18.5v?

and would i need a special battery?

my electrical is all stock atm

and im plannin on buying jbizzle's fi q 15s

speaking of which, one is blown, would i have to send it to fi for a recone or are there people that could do it for me on here

i have no experience reconing so it would prolly be a bad idea for me to do it, unless its relatively easy

 

[terra 5,000+ posts]

Need to run a new alt, step down module so you dont fry your electrical, 16v battery in the back.

 

[MrDave 10+ year member]

Get a TRU SSLD6. $300, and that will certainly strengthen the signal to your amps.

 

[audioatg 10+ year member]

First option. Buy a high amp alt that can be externally regulated then buy a voltage stepdown module so you can run your factory computer system and soo on. Then its on to buy batteries. You can go with the cheap way buy 8 volts wired them in series or go big and get 16 volt batteries. Power master kinetik so on.

Secound option. Run a fully seperate alternator. Strickly for 16volt setup then same with batteries in option 1. So that be two alts. One for vehicle computer system and Secound for audio system.

Given that you say you have a mtx amp. I have to ask why you want to go 16 volts anyways. Might not really see a whole lot more power than on a 12volt setup. And are you going for any world records and SOOO on. If not its not worth the time and extra money for really in my opinion nothin at all gained.

 

[audioatg 10+ year member]

Get a TRU SSLD6. $300, and that will certainly strengthen the signal to your amps.

A Rca signal line driver. I dont get what does that have to do with the topic at hand.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif