Would this help my dimming lights?

[Raisedin305 5,000+ posts]

Hey right now I have one Orion 2500 amplifier and my lights dim like crazy they look like strobe lights at night. I plan on buying another orion 2500 therefor I will have two. I have a 2005 ford expedition eddie bauer edition. It comes with a 130amp alt and a 630cca battery. Right now they don't have any alternators for my car (only have for old expeditions). I was wondering if I buy one of these batteries just to power my system and leave the other battery to power everything else, would that help my dimming?

Battery- http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5809573460&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

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[Raisedin305 5,000+ posts]

Also I plan on doing the BIG 3.

 

[SSS 18734 5,000+ posts]

not likely... 2500 watts draws a lot more current than 130 watts. you definitely need a new HO alt, especially if your running 5000 watts.

 

[PhatTonyDeMarco 5,000+ posts]

I highly reccomend not doing that.. If your altenator can not charge the single battery your car has, then it will strain even more to charge a second. Do the Big Three, if that doesnt work then get an HO alt.

http://www.excessiveamperage.com will make you an altenator...

 

[Raisedin305 5,000+ posts]

Sucks, they don't have any HO alts for my car yet.

 

[Raisedin305 5,000+ posts]

I highly reccomend not doing that.. If your altenator can not charge the single battery your car has, then it will strain even more to charge a second. Do the Big Three, if that doesnt work then get an HO alt.
http://www.excessiveamperage.com will make you an altenator...

Ok thanks.

 

[Classick96 10+ year member]

what subs u pushing?

 

[Raisedin305 5,000+ posts]

Just emailed them PhatTonyDeMarco, thanks for the link. Could I buy that battery and buy another stock alternator (another 130alt) to power just the system and the other alt and battery power everything else?

 

[PhatTonyDeMarco 5,000+ posts]

Just emailed them PhatTonyDeMarco, thanks for the link. Could I buy that battery and buy another stock alternator (another 130alt) to power just the system and the other alt and battery power everything else?

If you want to spend all that time to make a bracket for a second altenator, and run all that wiring...

It would really be easier to just get a ~200A altenator and drop it in. It shoundnt cost you more than $350 shipped from Nathan.

 

[Raisedin305 5,000+ posts]

If you want to spend all that time to make a bracket for a second altenator, and run all that wiring...

It would really be easier to just get a ~200A altenator and drop it in. It shoundnt cost you more than $350 shipped from Nathan.

A 200amp alternator would be fine for my situation or do I need a bigger one?

 

[Raisedin305 5,000+ posts]

And during the day I don't use nothing electrical except my system. I drop the windows and turn off the AC and nothing else runs but the system. Would I be ok during the day or no right now?

 

[DiamondFanatic 10+ year member]

You need an alternator for sure, and I would probably add an extra battery or two (think about kenetic powercells) if it was my car. If you wanted to make a bracket for a second alternator, I would just make it for a 200amp alternator, and then have that alternator just for your amp batteries. That would be the best fix for your system.

 

[Raisedin305 5,000+ posts]

You need an alternator for sure, and I would probably add an extra battery or two (think about kenetic powercells) if it was my car. If you wanted to make a bracket for a second alternator, I would just make it for a 200amp alternator, and then have that alternator just for your amp batteries. That would be the best fix for your system.

ok thanks for the advice