is this right? hooking a 2nd battery up

[tjjohnson91 10+ year member]

alright i was told by my local shop that i need to put a distriputor between the second battery and the first. this i will attach the amp into that.... is this right why cant i just connected the amp to the + of the battery thats kinda why i have it back there

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[plugitin 5,000+ posts]

alright i was told by my local shop that i need to put a distriputor between the second battery and the first. this i will attach the amp into that.... is this right why cant i just connected the amp to the + of the battery thats kinda why i have it back there

your local shop is retarded..dont listen to them.

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

your local shop is retarded..dont listen to them.

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Just connect the batteries in parallel. + to + and - to - or connect both negatives to chassis. Then just run your amp power/ground to the rear battery.

 

[tjjohnson91 10+ year member]

thats what i thought but just had to make sure....... what would the effects of the distriputor do even..... take power from the wire? thinking about it there reallt ****ing dumb

 

[Silentbass 10+ year member]

just fuse between front and rear batt and then fuse at rear batt before each amp

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

thats what i thought but just had to make sure....... what would the effects of the distriputor do even..... take power from the wire? thinking about it there reallt ****ing dumb

I think you mean "distributor" as in a distribution block. But you really wouldn't want that between the batteries because you would be reducing your wire size....You use a distribution block when you want to run multiple amps from one power wire. If you have your second battery in the trunk then you don't need one, if you want to run more than one amp just run each power wire directly from the back battery.

 

[tjjohnson91 10+ year member]

right they said it would be between the front and back battery

 

[Chris Z 10+ year member]

Did they mean an isolator?

 

[TMali 10+ year member]

Did they mean an isolator?

well you still dont need any of them