is this a good enough batt

[dafobbishon3 10+ year member]

~15 ft of 4g or 0g?

(budget wise/but still efficient enough)?

 

[BushJ311 5,000+ posts]

Keep checking craigslist. buy the optima battery there. sometimes they also have kinetiks too.

 

[lowrnu 10+ year member]

personally i would get 0awg, not sure if 4 awg would help much

 

[dafobbishon3 10+ year member]

word.

 

[7ender 10+ year member]

1. Do the big 3. It will make more difference than a tiny hc600.

2. The battery in your original link is larger than an hc600, so I don't know why anyone would recommend a hc600 over it.

3. Any battery around 20ah isn't going to make much difference. Iv'e got a 20ah battery in my trunk (stock 80 amp alt, big 3, and 1800 watts) and i'm getting some fairly large voltage drops.

 

[dafobbishon3 10+ year member]

1. Do the big 3. It will make more difference than a tiny hc600.
2. The battery in your original link is larger than an hc600, so I don't know why anyone would recommend a hc600 over it.

3. Any battery around 20ah isn't going to make much difference. Iv'e got a 20ah battery in my trunk (stock 80 amp alt, big 3, and 1800 watts) and i'm getting some fairly large voltage drops.

all right. so i should do the big 3, and buy the 46 dollar battery in my link?

and i should be set, i'll have voltage drops regardless, but it's not like it's doing major damage as long as i have the big 3 and the batterymart batt correct?

per say, i find a yellow top for sale, or an hc 1800, would a big 3 still be necessary?

 

[7ender 10+ year member]

Do the big 3 before you do anything else. Why not do it? It's easy, cheap, and will make a huge difference (most likely).

Don't know how big your alt is, but with 2k watts you're really pushing it no matter how many extra batteries you put in. Expect some pretty good voltage drops, though with big3 and batt you should be able to do okay.

 

[dafobbishon3 10+ year member]

Do the big 3 before you do anything else. Why not do it? It's easy, cheap, and will make a huge difference (most likely).
Don't know how big your alt is, but with 2k watts you're really pushing it no matter how many extra batteries you put in. Expect some pretty good voltage drops, though with big3 and batt you should be able to do okay.

all right, i'm lookin to buy a big 3 kit from someone on here anyway pretty soon, then i guess i'll buy the batt from batterymart for cheap and i should be good.

hopefully my car won't fall to shits. :\

 

[dafobbishon3 10+ year member]

http://images.craigslist.org/3n33ke3p25P15Ra5S9991ac0b31163fdc19cf.jpg

top right on the box.

is that a deka or kinetik?

kid claims its kinetik..

 

[BushJ311 5,000+ posts]

tell him to take a better pic?

 

[dafobbishon3 10+ year member]

im awaiting his email :\

 

[BushJ311 5,000+ posts]

ask for his number. tell him to read the battery and tell you all specs

 

[DidUHearThat? 10+ year member]

Do not waste your money on that battery. Seriously. Waste of time and money. First you must do the Big3. Then HO alternator. Then a good main battery. Then you can add additional batteries. Optima, deka, or just deep cycle marine batteries.

The batt in your first post is a small motorcycle battery. Even my little 400 watt sub would pound the shit out of that batt in less than a minute. I wouldn't waste the time to wire it in. It adds nothing to your system.

If you budget is less than $100, spend it on wiring from http://www.knukonceptz.com/ ; wire, fuses and terminals.

 

[dafobbishon3 10+ year member]

Do not waste your money on that battery. Seriously. Waste of time and money. First you must do the Big3. Then HO alternator. Then a good main battery. Then you can add additional batteries. Optima, deka, or just deep cycle marine batteries.
The batt in your first post is a small motorcycle battery. Even my little 400 watt sub would pound the shit out of that batt in less than a minute. I wouldn't waste the time to wire it in. It adds nothing to your system.

If you budget is less than $100, spend it on wiring from http://www.knukonceptz.com/ ; wire, fuses and terminals.

all right, thanks a lot for your input.

wires are a lot cheaper anyway, i'm fixin to buy a big 3 kit of 1/0 so we'll see how it goes from there? but i'm sure with it, i'll still hit low voltage drops BADDD. :\

 

[dafobbishon3 10+ year member]

but i'm still lookin for good deals, i found a yellow top for 70 and a kinetik hc1800 for 125.

i think i'll take one of them. still deciding which one.. :\