I felt the safest as a daily setup with the fluxcap, because i drive over 100 miles a day. I'm really not sure how much you're supposed to have, amperage from the fluxcap, i had a regular 100 amp one to run the sundown 3k, and i'm sure it would have been better to have a second or maybe even a third, but i never had a problem using one for daily. It kept the 2 S1000s charged properly, and the only time i'd drop is when i was really burping it, but i can't even remember the drop. I'm really not too helpful, seeing as i never even competed, i had it completely for a daily setup, because i have issues and wanted the most out of the amp at the time //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif. How much power were you looking to run though? I've heard of problems with the Kinetik, then i've heard of other people not having a problem, so i was skeptical of even talking to them about using it. The fluxcap was my only option, seeing as i wasnt about to put a high output externally regulated alt in a CLK430 mercedes.That is why you talk to the tech support about what you are looking at and what you would actually need.After you talked to all of your options pick out what works best for you. Everything from the flux caps, extra alt, way you hook up a bank and the step downs all work. How to get the best results from what you choose would be best answered by anyone of those tech departments from whose product you are looking at. I have talked to several battery companies and if you ask point blank the difference or what is better by each company I would bet they pick one of several reasons why THEIR OWN product is better for any number of reasons. Same with amps and same with subs and or speakers.
To the bolded portion of the quoted text, NO you were not correct. The wattage will stay constant. at 14v drawing 200 amps you would indeed have 2800 watts assuming 100% efficiency.well, i was trying to understand how the fluxcaps work and i believe i do now so tell me if i'm wrong about the following or not-
It states that it's 98.5% efficient.
The amp ratings on these fluxcaps, should these be equal or slightly higher than the alternator output rating?
I'm under the assumption that since the alt is what is gonna drive these caps that if the max capacity is reached from the alt that no additional current can flow through the caps, correct? with the exception of the starting battery but i rather not for the sake of being able to start the car...
So is that part correct?
also, 98.5% efficient.
So this means that since my alt is a 250A alt and if it's pushin about 200A of current through let's say a single 200A cap, that i should see the following-
Example-
14.0v 200A = 2800w
Output-
18.5v 200A then minus efficiency - 197A = 3644.5 watts
Is this correct?
Also, another question..
Since this is an upconverter, it will only ask for power when the amps ask for power correct?
And one last thing, when this thing is not turned on, or if the vehicle is off, this device does properly isolate the 16v batts from ever bleeding into the 12v side, correct?
Only problems I have ever heard about used 1 battery as 12v to run the whole vehicle and sometimes even more. I know people who have used them for YEARS in daily driver set ups without issue. Point I was making is, I wouldn't ask Soundstream about technical support over a Sundown amp or vice versa.I felt the safest as a daily setup with the fluxcap, because i drive over 100 miles a day. I'm really not sure how much you're supposed to have, amperage from the fluxcap, i had a regular 100 amp one to run the sundown 3k, and i'm sure it would have been better to have a second or maybe even a third, but i never had a problem using one for daily. It kept the 2 S1000s charged properly, and the only time i'd drop is when i was really burping it, but i can't even remember the drop. I'm really not too helpful, seeing as i never even competed, i had it completely for a daily setup, because i have issues and wanted the most out of the amp at the time //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif. How much power were you looking to run though? I've heard of problems with the Kinetik, then i've heard of other people not having a problem, so i was skeptical of even talking to them about using it. The fluxcap was my only option, seeing as i wasnt about to put a high output externally regulated alt in a CLK430 mercedes.
Oh, its a diode flux cap. Different animal altogether.the 100A models have a 150A spike in them for a short duration.
It is highly advisable to fuse each 100A line with around 130A fuse.
This is to prevent the cap from overloading itself and destroying the diodes inside.
I know a few that are going on 3 years actually and 1 I know for sure is about as "daily driver" as it gets.the kinetiks will work fine.. i've had 5 hc16v's in my daily driver for over a year now..
I had one problem when i tried to only use 1 battery to run the 12v side.. That was 2 weeks after they were installed.
immediately after i connected all 5 12v posts together and i've had zero problems ever since.
Plus you should be able to get the kinetik batteries for close to half the price of what it will cost you for the same ammount of PM batteries+ the 2-3 step up modules you'll need.