new battery, need layout! (PICS INSIDE)

[pjvoc 10+ year member]

ok heres a now and possibly later pic, i didnt know how the alt was hooked to the battery so ignore that... all i need to kno if the 2nd diagram is right for a 2nd battery in da trunk //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif thanks

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[jeepintn 10+ year member]

yes, it will work, but ground your amp to the second battery and the second battery to the frame

 

[pjvoc 10+ year member]

so ground the amp to the 2nd batteries negative? and the frame meaning something metal right? cuz i have a perfect spot in my caddy

 

[LinxuS 10+ year member]

so ground the amp to the 2nd batteries negative? and the frame meaning something metal right? cuz i have a perfect spot in my caddy

Yes, just anything that will give a good ground, with lots of metal //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

I hope you don't mean that youre grounding your alternator to the battery by that digagram. Alt goes to + terminal.

 

[jeepintn 10+ year member]

yes, something metal, but try to make it something that goes through the frame, like underneath a seatbelt bolt(they go to the frame normally). make sure to remove all the paint from wherever you ground to also

 

[pjvoc 10+ year member]

yeah, i figured i messed up on the alt, but i wont be doing the big 3 for awhile, 0/1 wire is expensive... and yeah whats a good tool to remove paint from the place im grounding it?

p.s. thanks for being nice and not aholes like others //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[TribeX85 10+ year member]

Hi im gonna do a second battery soon also, quick question and I dont want to hijack your thread bro just wanna ask without making a whole new thread. Ok, same as I would Fuse my current battery, I can put the fuse on the second battery? Well this is what I mean

 

[TribeX85 10+ year member]

yeah, i figured i messed up on the alt, but i wont be doing the big 3 for awhile, 0/1 wire is expensive... and yeah whats a good tool to remove paint from the place im grounding it?
p.s. thanks for being nice and not aholes like others //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Use a grinder.

 

[LinxuS 10+ year member]

Hi im gonna do a second battery soon also, quick question and I dont want to hijack your thread bro just wanna ask without making a whole new thread. Ok, same as I would Fuse my current battery, I can put the fuse on the second battery? Well this is what I mean

If it were me, I'd have 3 fuses.

1 within 18" from the battery under the hood.

1 within 18" from the battery in the back, on the same wire as the one going to the hood battery.

1 within 18" of the rear battery, between the battery and the amp.

A lot of people only put 1 fuse, however, not 2 on the main batteries.

 

[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

It would be best to Run positive and negative leads from the battery up front to the rear battery...

Then Hook the amplifier directly to the rear battery (Positive and negative)

Fuse within 18" on either side of the batteries.

 

[pjvoc 10+ year member]

wow, we got great help from these peeps here!

thanks guys, i forgot about the fuses, luckily i have a few extras

 

[TribeX85 10+ year member]

Hey, Im gonna get the Kinetik HC800, does it use Posts or Bolts?

 

[lostdaytomorrow 10+ year member]

From those diagrams it looks as if you're running your batteries in series...

The + on the hood battery should be connected to the + in the trunk, same with the negatives if you want to do it that way and not ground the trunk batt. to the chassis...

Am I wrong? I thought batteries should be in parallel?

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

an 800 is good for about 800 watts with your system tribe i think the 1400 would be a better choice.

http://www.kinetikaudio.com/manuals/khccells.pdf for more info and page 8 has a diagram on propper hook up.

 

[TribeX85 10+ year member]

From those diagrams it looks as if you're running your batteries in series...
The + on the hood battery should be connected to the + in the trunk, same with the negatives if you want to do it that way and not ground the trunk batt. to the chassis...

Am I wrong? I thought batteries should be in parallel?

hmm yeah I was wondering that myself, I found this on another thread.

http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=208309&highlight=kinetik

Says that if your running 1/0 of Power than they recommend using the 1/0 from the Startup battery to the second battery. Dang I was hoping I could save dough and not have to ground the second battery to the Startup battery..