Would I benefit from a second battery?

[DaveVT 10+ year member]

Stock alt and under hood battery in a 2000 neon. 0 gauge to the trunk for power only. I have a Kinetik HC600 sitting here and curious if it would help at all. Is it fine to ground the amp and rear battery to the same location in the trunk?. Im running a RF Punch 501S (500 or so rms @ 4 ohms) and a capacitor (Just for the voltage gauge on it and it was a freebie so what the hell)....

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[VisceralSound 10+ year member]

You want your power and ground wire to be the same size.

 

[DaveVT 10+ year member]

0 gauge run from front to back, ground from back batt to chassis is 0 gauge and amp to chassis is 8 gauge (biggest the amp accepts)....front grounds are stock wiring. Big 3 will be done soon.

 

[VisceralSound 10+ year member]

I'm not sure if someone with beg to differ but if your just doing 500watts through your car, I don't see why you would need a second battery? Correct me if I'm mistaken.

 

[pbnj22 10+ year member]

its overkill but good if you plan on upgrading... my question though.. if you have 0 guage running from hood battery to back (im assuming to amp) but then you say 8 guage is the biggest it accepts... how do you have 0 guage then...

 

[duro78 10+ year member]

Your power and ground should really be the same size. even if your running it to a distro block and say a foot and half to your amps would still get you better results

 

[duanebro 10+ year member]

Do you have any voltage drop? Lights diming? If not I don't thint it would make a difference.

Duane

 

[DaveVT 10+ year member]

No clue, I havent hooked anything up yet.