Running 1200w on a Honda Accord stock battery?

[SPLmatic 10+ year member]

Pretty self explanatory. Will my stock battery be efficient enough to run 1200w rms on? Or should I invest in another battery?

I guess you'd have to be a Honda dude to really answer my question, but I really know close to nothing when it comes to my battery and other car electrical properties.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

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[nateberrier 10+ year member]

Short answer is no.

 

[SPLmatic 10+ year member]

Short answer is no.

medium answer maybe? Because I've been told it will work fine.

 

[mossberg385t 10+ year member]

its not going to be good for it, i'm assuming your alternator is stock as well?

 

[path2spl 10+ year member]

it will work... not for long though. your car will be seeing alot of voltage drops

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

Ya it'll work but it's going to strain your electrical.

 

[Wingman0121 10+ year member]

What year Accord do you have? I know a regular-sized battery easily fits in 2003-up Accords where the tiny factory battery sits.

 

[SPLmatic 10+ year member]

What year Accord do you have? I know a regular-sized battery easily fits in 2003-up Accords where the tiny factory battery sits.

I have a 2001. A buddy of mine has a 95 3000gt and he runs 1800w total daily no problem. Figured I would be fine too.

So should I invest in.. say.. a 600w kinetik? Or just get a whole new battery?

 

[Ronny 10+ year member]

Get a relatively large second battery and be done with it.

 

[Blove1991 10+ year member]

Well your Honda alternator can't be that large.

Voltage drops will bring a premature death to your alternator in short.

Big 3 needs to be done. I personally would do your under hood battery first.

 

[michaellane 5,000+ posts]

i drive a 2002 accord v6....my nine.1 ran just fine and never dropped below 11.7 volts.....short answer yes you will be fine but you cant play full tilt for more then a song or two...then wait a like 30 seconds and go again...or just add a redtop up front and a hc600 in the rear and you will be fine

 

[Silentbass 10+ year member]

get bigger batt up front...kinetik...xs power..batcap..sumthing of that nature and big 3..should hold up ok after that..as long as u never listen to music wit vehicle off for long periods of time..or jsut try avoiding playin it off all together

 

[SPLmatic 10+ year member]

get bigger batt up front...kinetik...xs power..batcap..sumthing of that nature and big 3..should hold up ok after that..as long as u never listen to music wit vehicle off for long periods of time..or jsut try avoiding playin it off all together

word. It'll be a month or so before I'll actually get it all hooked up, and I suppose I'll get a new battery in early June. Would be **** last until then?

 

[lileddie1127 10+ year member]

I ran a orion 1200D @ 1ohm with stock alt, big 3, and a red top and never had voltage issues. Just upgrade the front batteries and do the big 3.....you'll be fine.