Volvowith18psi 10+ year member
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So, I was super excited to finally "do things right" this time with my car audio setup.., IE actually shelling out the extra whats going to end up being 2,000bucks JUST for electrical equipment(H/O Alt 1x XS6500D 4xD3100 1x charger). I went ahead and spent the roughly 800 bucks (more then my entire car audio system atm) to get a H/O Alt and XS D6500 to get me started and have a great foundation for what I have in their now.
Well, 1st thing that fking bothers the **** out of me, that I NEVER thought of to check, was my god **** Jeeps PCM controls the alts charging volts. So Im stuck atm with a brand new 470 dollar alt that charges MAX @ mid 13's. The rep whom I talked to when ordering it was super nice, we even chatted for about 30m, mentioned nothing about possibly needing a AVM to achieve a charge volt of 14.4. So, now its all installed, I have to call him on Monday to ask about this, and AT BEST Case spend another 150 bucks to get the AVM IF they even offer it for my ride. Lets not talk about the next 2-3 weeks it gets tied up in shipping, removal, and reinstalling. Worst case is a $XXX custom tune from god knows where to get the full output..... Jesus....
2nd thing that's eating at me.... My 1st XS battery.... Granted, its costs to play, I get that. I figure buying the best CA battery on the market atm, which is 2x the cost of most other battery's is worth it. However, you VOID your **** warranty if you charge them over 14.4v because they "gas and vent and blah blah". So, not only did the battery cost 2x as much as others, you HAVE to buy the XS charger to go with them. You don't get to plug in play right out of the box, because they HAVE to be "charged" before installing..... So I think to myself, Ill just get a charger from a local store until I can afford to get the XS one... NP.... I bought 4 different ones today, from different stores, and ALL charge well over 15V. I took them all back. Now I have to watch my $330 battery collect dust because I didn't honestly think EVERY local charger would charge so high..... even ones designed to charge AGM, like the last one, a schumaker 1500 w/e reached upwards of 15.8 volts (verified with my Fluke MM)....I pulled the plug right away... (Testing on my yellow top btw)
I haven't even bought anything really fun yet is the really sad part...Ok, Im done, and sorry to rant, bout 30 beers deep so far and well.... Im still frustrated. Did have a nap in between though //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif Figured some of you guys might feel me on this... -Later on
Well, 1st thing that fking bothers the **** out of me, that I NEVER thought of to check, was my god **** Jeeps PCM controls the alts charging volts. So Im stuck atm with a brand new 470 dollar alt that charges MAX @ mid 13's. The rep whom I talked to when ordering it was super nice, we even chatted for about 30m, mentioned nothing about possibly needing a AVM to achieve a charge volt of 14.4. So, now its all installed, I have to call him on Monday to ask about this, and AT BEST Case spend another 150 bucks to get the AVM IF they even offer it for my ride. Lets not talk about the next 2-3 weeks it gets tied up in shipping, removal, and reinstalling. Worst case is a $XXX custom tune from god knows where to get the full output..... Jesus....
2nd thing that's eating at me.... My 1st XS battery.... Granted, its costs to play, I get that. I figure buying the best CA battery on the market atm, which is 2x the cost of most other battery's is worth it. However, you VOID your **** warranty if you charge them over 14.4v because they "gas and vent and blah blah". So, not only did the battery cost 2x as much as others, you HAVE to buy the XS charger to go with them. You don't get to plug in play right out of the box, because they HAVE to be "charged" before installing..... So I think to myself, Ill just get a charger from a local store until I can afford to get the XS one... NP.... I bought 4 different ones today, from different stores, and ALL charge well over 15V. I took them all back. Now I have to watch my $330 battery collect dust because I didn't honestly think EVERY local charger would charge so high..... even ones designed to charge AGM, like the last one, a schumaker 1500 w/e reached upwards of 15.8 volts (verified with my Fluke MM)....I pulled the plug right away... (Testing on my yellow top btw)
I haven't even bought anything really fun yet is the really sad part...Ok, Im done, and sorry to rant, bout 30 beers deep so far and well.... Im still frustrated. Did have a nap in between though //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif Figured some of you guys might feel me on this... -Later on