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Is my battery enough for adding an amp?
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<blockquote data-quote="winkychevelle" data-source="post: 8793299" data-attributes="member: 611804"><p>You have 62ah battery it will provide 62 amps for 1 hour so if you are drawing 120amps about 30min. 100amp about 40min.</p><p></p><p>But music is generally very transient and won't draw high amperage consistently. Therefore you should get longer run times. But you also have to consider the lower voltage limit of the equipment you run. The batt might be safe to discharge to 10.5v where it actually gets it's rated 62ah from but if you headunits or amp shuts off at 11.5v well you have capacity left in the batts but won't be able to use it. On top of that the lower the voltage the less power output so as the battery drains the system puts out less power. It's generally not advised to run an amplified system off of small battery setups for long periods</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="winkychevelle, post: 8793299, member: 611804"] You have 62ah battery it will provide 62 amps for 1 hour so if you are drawing 120amps about 30min. 100amp about 40min. But music is generally very transient and won't draw high amperage consistently. Therefore you should get longer run times. But you also have to consider the lower voltage limit of the equipment you run. The batt might be safe to discharge to 10.5v where it actually gets it's rated 62ah from but if you headunits or amp shuts off at 11.5v well you have capacity left in the batts but won't be able to use it. On top of that the lower the voltage the less power output so as the battery drains the system puts out less power. It's generally not advised to run an amplified system off of small battery setups for long periods [/QUOTE]
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