I might swap my kinetik batteries for stinger good or bad idea!

[kovemaster559 5,000+ posts]

what did you have it hooked up too? A very large distributor located by me turned in their yearly "defects" a whole 7 batteries and from what i varified at their yearly show is that they have about a quarter of 1 percent defect rate on the kinetiks they sell. Also they win awards over other batteries mentioned on these forums from distributors. Also the majority of the major car audio manufacturers actually recommend kinetik..companies like alpine..pioneer, heck kicker had the warhorse on display at CES being powered by kinetik...

i get these mixed feeling about kinetik . the only battery ive seen of their that is good is the hc2400 and after one of the reps said not to feed the battery more then 13.7 volts i was like are you serious!. i say nah . i know every company has their **** ups but . powermaster realy dont care if i shove almost 16v into their batts. im just done with kinetik and have seen alot of people constantly seeling thei kinetik batts on here.

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

i might add i use a kinetik 1400 and have for over 3 years the lowest voltage my alt goes is 14.2 v when the engine is cold it is 14.4v for at least a minute or two. in that time i have put well over 50k miles on it, spent a great deal of time engine off tuning without a charger as to tune my system i have too hook it up to a lap top and when i tune i also use an AC rta. longest session i have had was over an hour..no big deal right? over the weeks i was tuning i killed a napa wet cell (i do believe squeak9798 was there for that) and a 2 year old optima (i was either too dumb or honest to take it to WALMART for a swap). I also take my truck to outdoor RC races and charge up 4-10 battery packs while listening to music alot of the time all engine off and have not ever killed the battery (that is usually from 10 am-5 pm on a saturday). infact after i am done i can crank up the system on my way home and i wont get any dimming. so who was this rep/ tech that told you 13.7? was it erik? was it rich?

quoted straight from kinetiks site

"How do I charge and test my Kinetik Power Cells?

Kinetik Power Cells can be charged in a properly functioning vehicle charging system or with any high quality 12 volt battery charger. For best results and maximum power output and lifecycle for outboard charging, use a Kinetik power supply or maintainer to charge and maintain your Power Cell. If you are charging with an automotive type charger always use chargers that are “voltage regulated, two stage, Automatic or microprocessor controlled”. Do not use chargers that only have amp settings such as 2, 5 or 10 amp settings that do not regulate voltage. These chargers increase in voltage as the battery or Power Cell charges leading to an over voltage situation that will ruin the cell. This is true for any 12 volt battery or Power Cell. The proper charging range for Kinetik Power Cells is between 13.5 and 14.4 volts . Any quality battery charger will stay in this range. To “bulk” charge or quick charge your Power Cell for one to three hours use voltages between 14 and 14.4 volts. To saturate (fully charge) or maintain your Power Cell for extended periods of times up to months at a time, use a float voltage between 13.5 and 13.8 volts. Kinetik power supplies and maintainers automatically switch from bulk to float charge as needed during the charging process to optimize the performance, lifecycle and charging time of your Power Cell. "

 

[ascendantsubs1]

What about Batcap?

 

[rasta4life 10+ year member]

Good info from everybody,the shop I installed my system at are stinger dealers in fact all my wires are the high end stinger cables,relay etc.but at the same timethe installer put in kinetiks and to make a long story short the voltage on the batteries were low,I am upgrading my electrical so I need full charge of batteries.The kinetiks have a one year warranty while I heard stinger has a a two year.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

I use a very large array of watch batteries.

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

if they work you arent getting enough of a charge to them.just seems that both batteries (or more) are going bad at once .if they dont work it could be a bad cell (i would contact kinetik still its toll free). if you are concerned about warranties and probabbly a better price look into odyessy http://www.odysseysoutheast.com/pc2150-battery.php they come with a 4 yr warranty. Just seems odd though because i know alot of people who still use old black cased kinetiks (kind i am talking about are pre 2004) and HC powers (kinetik used to be hc power around 1999-2002) My old SQ firebird in 2000 (after i owned it) had 12 memphis MC-3002 class AB amps 8 of them bridged at 4 ohms (600+ watts each) to 8 12" memphis HPO subs then 3 other Memphis MC-3002 bridged to a single M Sync 8" set up as Co Ax (one was a center channel) and the last MC-3002 was ran in stereo to a rear set of 8" msyncs (by where the passenger armrests used to be when it still had a backseat). that car had 4 hc2000's and an ohio gen 220 or 240 amp alt and for 2 years it was owned by someone who i know showed off DAILY and those same HC batteries were still in that car untilat least 2006. The day i seen it in 2006 it was doing 152- 154 db to music on a term lab for a good 5 to ten minutes and probably longer because i left the fairground where it was being demo'd