Will this void my waranty?

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

and you dont need a second batt.

 

[keifersracing 10+ year member]

Right. Thats what I'm afraid of. It's not really that I'm worried about the warranty its that my dads paying for the truck and he's very scepticle about putting a system in there and when I'd mention anything about the electrical system he gets mad and says you can't touch it, it will void the warranty. So I'm either looking at a different route than the big 3 or nothing at all...which I don't think is such a good idea

just add a batt for now

 

[tex512 10+ year member]

you could add a second battery. If anything happens to your car and for some reason you need to take it to the dealer, i would detatch the second battery before they start pointing fingers

I thought of that but I've never really understood how that was actually done. Could I get a small kenetic or optima battery to just run my amp? And how does that battery tie into the rest of the electrical. Does my alt have to charge that one seperatly?

 

[Ali1 10+ year member]

i guess you could do the big3. If you need to take it back to the dealer for whatever reason, just detach the three wires.... and your all set.....

lets just hope it's easy under the hood......

 

[keifersracing 10+ year member]

I thought of that but I've never really understood how that was actually done. Could I get a small kenetic or optima battery to just run my amp? And how does that battery tie into the rest of the electrical. Does my alt have to charge that one seperatly?

just run your power wire to the batt like you would if it was the amp and then run from the batt to your amp and ground the batt and a wire from the batt to the amp

 

[tex512 10+ year member]

i guess you could do the big3. If you need to take it back to the dealer for whatever reason, just detach the three wires.... and your all set.....

lets just hope it's easy under the hood......

No, no I can't.

 

[Ali1 10+ year member]

I thought of that but I've never really understood how that was actually done. Could I get a small kenetic or optima battery to just run my amp? And how does that battery tie into the rest of the electrical. Does my alt have to charge that one seperatly?

no, you just hook up wire from your first battery to the second battery(kinetic/optima).

Specifically, hook up 1/0G wire from the positive on your first battery to the positive on your second battery.

 

[keifersracing 10+ year member]

i guess you could do the big3. If you need to take it back to the dealer for whatever reason, just detach the three wires.... and your all set.....

lets just hope it's easy under the hood......

there is a lot of run there it should go fine

 

[tex512 10+ year member]

just run your power wire to the batt like you would if it was the amp and then run from the batt to your amp and ground the batt and a wire from the batt to the amp

Alright so what does that mean technicaly?

 

[Ali1 10+ year member]

Alright so what does that mean technicaly?

Your alternator is charging both batteries

 

[keifersracing 10+ year member]

run a 1/0ga wire from the batt under the hood to your sec batt in the back and then ground the batt in the back. then take a 4ga wire from the sec batt on the + side to the amp and do the same for the - side

 

[tex512 10+ year member]

So it won't put too much strain on my alt since its a small batter? (it only needs to be a small batter since its only powering my amp right?)

 

[keifersracing 10+ year member]

no and just a 5 to 800 cc amps

 

[tex512 10+ year member]

Cool beans. Thanks I'm new to the electrical system thing...wait I'm new to the whole car audio thing. But thanks

 

[keifersracing 10+ year member]

if you have any prob i am a ford certifide technician