How to up voltage without hurting your electrical system

[NhustlaR 10+ year member]

I dont believe this has been discussed, but if i wanted to throw 15-17volts to my amp(s) could i run them in series WITH my batt under the hood? or would that possibly fuc up my whole electrical system, sending the 15-17 volts to the whole car?

I was thinking somethin around the lines of---



would that maybe work? i know it wouldnt be around the 17volts, but say there were maybe 4 batts instead of two. Thanks for your input guys

Nr

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[mykeys 10+ year member]

You could try a Jacobs Electronics Acculvolt FR-1500

 

[RikuY 10+ year member]

In my opinion, this is not safe.

You need to isolate the amp power circuit from your cars. If you juice your car with 15-17 volts, bulbs will start to blow, ECM don't like it, fuses, relays, etc. are all at risk.

Harrison Labs makes an isolating charger for your sound system power. It hooks up to stock 12V system and can charge up to 18 volts I believe. I think they call it a batcap, or something like that.

Check out: http://www.hlabs.com/products

This will give you an idea of how to do it. I am not endorsing this, as I have never used it. But, the information on the page is useful and shows how to accomplish what you are trying to do safely.

 

[btnhfan 5,000+ posts]

I dont really see why you want to do this....

 

[RbAudio_Geek 10+ year member]

I dont really see why you want to do this....

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[NhustlaR 10+ year member]

like i said, to up the voltage to my amps. my amps put out rated 3600 @ 17volts, and a lot less @ 14.4 (i think about half that much)

 

[loudblazer02 10+ year member]

If you run 17v to your car's electricals you will blow some bulbs and fry some of the cars circuitry. I wouldnt do it, it isnt safe.

 

[NhustlaR 10+ year member]

reallly?????? lol im asking how to do it without running the 17 to the whole car

 

[steelr 10+ year member]

http://www.hlabs.com/technical/fluxpower/page2.html

 

[mikescanlon 10+ year member]

chinny you're a ****ing idiot, did you even read his post?

good luck with that man

if you get the product and do it and everything works, post up about it, i'd be interested in doing the same thing for my spl van

 

[btnhfan 5,000+ posts]

What amps?

The best way would be to add another alternator, and set that regulator to 17v and make sure its only connected to the amps.

 

[InhumanAcura 5,000+ posts]

What amps?
The best way would be to add another alternator, and set that regulator to 17v and make sure its only connected to the amps.

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...and if your amps are rated at 1/2 the power at 14v's you have some bs amps..the difference is up to or around 30%

 

[jgarcia9102 10+ year member]

I know that some offroad trucks run a 24 volt system, but i dont know how they do it, or really why. i believe its for winches and hydraulics and such. i saw it on an episode of TRUCKS once, and they converted everything over to 24 volts.

dont know if that helps at all, but higher voltage systems are out there..

 

[Omarvelous 10+ year member]

I know that some offroad trucks run a 24 volt system, but i dont know how they do it, or really why. i believe its for winches and hydraulics and such. i saw it on an episode of TRUCKS once, and they converted everything over to 24 volts.
dont know if that helps at all, but higher voltage systems are out there..

Exactly, the winches n other extra goodies.

 

[yikes vR 10+ year member]

like i said, to up the voltage to my amps. my amps put out rated 3600 @ 17volts, and a lot less @ 14.4 (i think about half that much)

i suggest get new amp(s) (mojo-2500d) so you dont end up blowin you sh_t up