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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RAM_Designs" data-source="post: 7113293" data-attributes="member: 566575"><p>Depends on your stock alt.  I have a 160amp alt stock and ran ~2kw class d watts and ~400 a/b watts.  I had a run of 1/0, Big 3, a HC2000 under the hood, and a Batcap 2000 in the back.  When I was doing burps I'd obviously drop down to battery voltage pretty easily, but it wouldn't really budge much after it hit that 12.7-12.8V area that the batts rest at.  IMO as long as you can control the voltage drop after it gets past the capabilities of the alt(ie: enough batts to stop voltage drop in the high 12's), you'll be fine so long as the power you're running is less than your stock alternator amperage x2(just made that up //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif) in order to not totally overwork the alt with recharging responsibilities.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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