voltage drops affecting amp output??

[ptcruiser07 10+ year member]

im geting voltage drops under 10volts, so low my power cap stops reading and just says "low". will adding a 2000 amp knetic battery or two help keep my power above 11-12? and will i also gain output from my amps?

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[stillfly45 10+ year member]

YES

What are u running to get that low of readings??

 

[Rashaddd 5,000+ posts]

ditch the cap, buy a solid batt or two, problem solved.

 

[ptcruiser07 10+ year member]

lol runing over 4kw in sub amps alone, and i allready bought the 2k amp kentic batt just wana make shure its gona help or fix my prob ;-) somthing tells me ima need a third batt tho...

 

[Adnan 10+ year member]

what other electrical modifications do you have done apart the battery?

 

[ptcruiser07 10+ year member]

its a 120 amp stock alt and i have done big 3 with 1/0 also ran 2 lines of 1/0 from batt to amps..2 lines of 1/0 for ground also, thats about it///

 

[ptcruiser07 10+ year member]

btw im still waiting for the kenitic batt to get here its not a part of my system yet lol

 

[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

bigger alt would help the most, batts will help too

 

[ptcruiser07 10+ year member]

trust me i looked into duel alts or a 250-300 amp alt but to change alts in a 07 pt requires you to pull engine and get a custom alt bracket made. ;-/ from what i hear most db comps have the car off n e Way and i plan on competing so i hope i can manage with added batts, i can add as many as it takes lol.....even considering a 16 volt system but not sure how to wire that up...

 

[Adnan 10+ year member]

^

wow that sucks big time lol

that would inspire me to create a custom mount alt lol maybe weld it on top of the manifold

have the pulley sticking out like a supercharger lol J/K

 

[ptcruiser07 10+ year member]

guess im not doing 2 bad even with my almost stock electrical sys haha...got pulled over in my small town by a local cop an hour ago, and he told me they received 26 noise complaints in the past 2 weeks i been home lmao...

 

[ptcruiser07 10+ year member]

glad to say i installed an HC2000 today and im keeping volts above 10 haha.. would a second HC2000 be worth it?

 

[Gavriley2007 10+ year member]

glad to say i installed an HC2000 today and im keeping volts above 10 haha.. would a second HC2000 be worth it?

4-5k rms you will need a alt, probably another 2000 to

 

[ptcruiser07 10+ year member]

if you read all the posts, you would see i really want to run duel alts but its 2grand+ just to pull the engine make a bracket and install the second alt not even including the price of the alt(500). far as i know the HC2000 is only good up to 2k rms so im hoping another one will get me the same gains the first one did..;-) pushing low 150's at 10 volts haha i know im losen a good 500-1k watts from the volt drop./. what u guys think..

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

what batt under the hood? if stock then upgrade that, and you dont have to have 2 alts, get like a 250amp one