Kinetik HC 1400 as a starting batt????

[tdawg30 10+ year member]

I have never bought a battery other than say everstart or whatever from walmart for my car, so my question is would this do well as a starting battery and work for my system as well( total of like 1000w)?????

sorry for the noobish batt question, just uneducated in this area of CA. Thanks

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[DaGh0st 5,000+ posts]

i do belive you can use it as a starter.

 

[WantedIsHere]

it all depends on the type of vehicle and electrical load... what is your vehicle ?

 

[tdawg30 10+ year member]

98 chevy malibu.

3.1litre V6

stock alt of 105 amps( thinking of getting it rebuilt for 200amps)

 

[skmfkr 5,000+ posts]

it will be fine i got a 2400 under the hood of my truck and ngsm also uses a 2400 under the hood in his truck

 

[tdawg30 10+ year member]

yeah..........how many watts do you have running???? I mean im sure its more than 1000 but even so, I dont want it to crap out on me in the winter

 

[Omarvelous 10+ year member]

I'd think it would be a lot better starter then compared to the factory ones....

 

[WantedIsHere]

since i have no clue on the cca of the 1400hc i couldnt guarentee anything. I will tellyou that i think it should be fine. I'm using a 1400hc as my sttarting bat as well. However i have no system in it yet im just about to start my install. A bad ho alt has put me behind... On the otherhand i am running a 5.9l 360 with a 150a stock alt in my cherokee and the bat seems fine... I'm thinking of moving both 1400's to the back and using my stocker as a starter tho... the 1400 size wise seems small.. good luck i think you would be fine tho...

 

[XaznKewLguyX 10+ year member]

i have a hc1400 as my starting battery and it works like a charm.

 

[IgnoreMe 5,000+ posts]

why? for a 1kw system you dont need a deep cycle battery since thats not enough to put a serious load on yoru electrical system anyways. if your only runnin a 1k system use the regular ol walmart batteries that meet the minimum requirements for your car. now if you upgrade and are worryin about voltage drops where a battery with more juice might help then yes...but as a starting battery and a small system. no. if anything a higher output alt would be a much better investment to take a little load off your ignition system when running the sysytem

 

[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

i have a hc1400 as my starting battery and it works like a charm.

Same here. I love mine, it does nice for its size.

 

[killahsharksjc 10+ year member]

I use mine as a starter batt. Im running 1200watts total. So you'll be fine.

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

have had mine for 2 years and past 2 winters we have had a month straight under 20 degrees (3 weeks this year under 5) and works great. im running roughly 500 watts rms ab power off a 18 yr old 70 amp alt lol

 

[stratusrt01 10+ year member]

That's what I'm using also, works great.

 

[donpisto 5,000+ posts]

You should definitely be fine. In my '01 accord with a 90A stock alt I had a Kinetik HC 1400 under the hood with the big 3 and all 1/0 wiring and I had a treo ssx 1500.1 for my amp. With the car off it dropped to 11.8V and 11.9V and was only one time. When I dropped in my soundstream xxx 6500 on the same electrical, thats when I had problems, but that was a huge jump. But as mentioned you should defintely be okay with that. Also, if you haven't bought the battery yet, there is a guy on here selling new one's. Great guy as well. I'll give you his info if you PM me.