What to look for in a battery?

[markt3307 10+ year member]

I'm looking to get some batteries for my car, I've already got a blue top under the hood, a 220 amp Powermaster alt, along with the big 3 and 2 runs of "+" to the rear...I'll be running two Mmats 3500.1's and probably going to upgrade to something with more juice...What should I look for in a battery? CCA? Ah? I'd like to have much more reserve power than I need...Ive found a couple off brand 200 ah batteries, would they be sufficient? Thanks in advance for any input

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[jaytoofly 10+ year member]

cca is just how many amps it puts out when its cold. so im pretty sure thats not it.

 

[rosshimself13 10+ year member]

your looking for a high ah battery someone correct me if i am wrong but if you puta 200 amp draw on a 200 ah battery your looking at a totally dead battery in 1 hr

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

CCA and Ca are specs where the battery is run to 7.2 volts at 30 seconds. The spec does not care that it is above 10 volts or a usable voltage to an amplifier. I would also lean towards a couple group 31 sized batteries. Something like 2 kinetik hc2400, odyssey pc2150 or Deka 9a31s

 

[SicAudio 5,000+ posts]

shuriken as well and they are cheaper than kinetik and the same battery.

look for 100 to 120 ah x2 at least.

 

[Xprime4 10+ year member]

Ah ... the highest, the best!

 

[basscort2009 5,000+ posts]

just buy one of mine. i have about 5 differant models and sizes. PM me for prices and specs brother!