kinetik vs optima under the hood/in the back

[awpsome 10+ year member]

i have a kinetik 1800 and a optima red top currently in hand.

which would be the better choice to put underneath the hood and which one in the back?

any info on why too would be great, thanks

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[c0smo kram3r 10+ year member]

Redtop under the hood & Kinetik in the back.

 

[awpsome 10+ year member]

some people are saying i should use an isolator?

does it matter?

what if i run it parallel?

 

[thorshammer1 10+ year member]

Redtop under the hood & Kinetik in the back.

x2 and just run the wires to the back and hook it up. Make sure the batt is secure.

 

[IDSkoT 5,000+ posts]

Redtop under the hood and the Kinetik in the back.

I believe the Kinetik's have a higher discharge rate, thus will act as a better battery bank than a redtop could.

I could be wrong, I've never researched it so I'm just going by my assumptions off of other people's posts.

 

[awpsome 10+ year member]

so just + to + from teh red top to the kinetik

and same for the ground? - to - from the red top to the kinetik?

any fusing?

other then the one close to the redtop going to the kinetik?

after that i just wire my amps up straight from my kinetik to the amps? no fuse?

+ and -???

so no body ground? just straight from the - post to the - amp plug?

 

[jshak07 10+ year member]

if you put the kinetik in the back you can just hit the frame/chassis for ground, no need to run it all the way up to the front batt neg unless you want to.. It wont hurt anything

 

[awpsome 10+ year member]

oh okay

yeah thats what i was thinking.,

unless id have to run another run of neg which would ****.

hmm okay

fuses though.. thats my next question?

only one by the battery?

none after that>

not even to the amps?

 

[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

Redtop under the hood and the Kinetik in the back.I believe the Kinetik's have a higher discharge rate, thus will act as a better battery bank than a redtop could.

I could be wrong, I've never researched it so I'm just going by my assumptions off of other people's posts.

You have it backwards. The redtop is a quicker discharge/starting battery while the Kinetik is a slower discharging battery that has more reserve. However, I do agree with the way you said to place the batteries, that's how I would.

 

[awpsome 10+ year member]

oh okay sounds good.