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2011 Chevy Tahoe, 10k watts, 4 Fi BTL 15s, 4 DC Power alts!


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Merzbow, i will be ordering a dual alt bracket from DC power this week, and running a 300 amp alt seperate from the stock alt like your doing with your three, how do you have your seperate alts wired up so they "turn on" with the truck amd "turn off"

i will only be running a single extra alt

DC power will give you a harness with a relay, these are the instructions for how to hook it up:

https://support.dcpowerinc.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/4/0/installation-guide-for-relay-harness-with-blue-sense-wire

The tricky part was finding a place in the fuse box. I could not find an unused fuse location that had power running to it and was ignition-switched, so I had to take over a used fuse location. The fuse on the relay wire is 5 amps, but the lowest switched fuse location I could find was 10 amps, so I just switched the 5 amp fuse with the 10 amp fuse. This should be fine since I'm sure the relay and the relatively thick wiring used can handle up to 10 amps without catching on fire (in the event of a short).

I'll get you the exact number of the fuse location I used, hopefully the layout should be the same on your truck.

awesome thanks! im ordering my bracket today since they confirmed it was in stock, are your secondary, third and fourth alts the 4 pin oval connector? thats what my secondary alt will have so i need that harness.

I think they have three-pin connectors, while the alt in the OEM position has two-pin. Are you getting your second alt from DC Power also? If not, you should, otherwise your idle amperage will suck horribly (just browse any competitors' forums to see...)

no the second alt i will be running is a 300 amp iraggi alt, ive had it for a while and i know idle amerage espically on large units sucks ass, but i usually keep the rpms up some when i demo.

what about the extra pigtails DC sent you, are they 3 or 4 pin oval connector? my iraggi alt is a 4 pin oval so thats the extra pigtail i need

2014 Chevy Silverado Crewcab

1994 Chevy Full Size blazer

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no the second alt i will be running is a 300 amp iraggi alt, ive had it for a while and i know idle amerage espically on large units sucks ass, but i usually keep the rpms up some when i demo.

what about the extra pigtails DC sent you, are they 3 or 4 pin oval connector? my iraggi alt is a 4 pin oval so thats the extra pigtail i need

You don't need a harness... It's one wire you have to hookup, that's it and it charges.

If at first you do not succeed, you are doing it wrong! -ARS
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no the second alt i will be running is a 300 amp iraggi alt, ive had it for a while and i know idle amerage espically on large units sucks ass, but i usually keep the rpms up some when i demo.

what about the extra pigtails DC sent you, are they 3 or 4 pin oval connector? my iraggi alt is a 4 pin oval so thats the extra pigtail i need

You don't need a harness... It's one wire you have to hookup, that's it and it charges.

on the pigtail i have for it, its one wire and its yellow, is that the "turn on/off" wire?

sorry for the mini thread jack merzbow, bet it wasant easy cuttin up those doors :trippy:

2014 Chevy Silverado Crewcab

1994 Chevy Full Size blazer

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no the second alt i will be running is a 300 amp iraggi alt, ive had it for a while and i know idle amerage espically on large units sucks ass, but i usually keep the rpms up some when i demo.

what about the extra pigtails DC sent you, are they 3 or 4 pin oval connector? my iraggi alt is a 4 pin oval so thats the extra pigtail i need

You don't need a harness... It's one wire you have to hookup, that's it and it charges.

on the pigtail i have for it, its one wire and its yellow, is that the "turn on/off" wire?

sorry for the mini thread jack merzbow, bet it wasant easy cuttin up those doors :trippy:

It's the L wire which is yellow I think. Yea if your plug only has one wire (that's how my Iraggi was as well) that's it.

If at first you do not succeed, you are doing it wrong! -ARS
UnderLoK-Tanq-SMD-Forum-resized.jpg
Check out my walled TBSS build over here
4 Fi Team 18s on 2 Cactus K9
DS18 doors on 2 MBQ 1Ks, Vifa pillars on a STL4.500
Pioneer X8500
6 XS Power D7500, 1 3400S
Second Skin
2 270a Mechman Alts

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This build is awesome. I was having trouble trying to figure out how to carpet a huge box for 4 18s before I read through your build log and with all of the step by step pictures you posted I was able to carpet the box flawlessly. Great build and amazing attention to detail.

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Lookin good! Witlsh i had a tahoe instead of the murano :P

system:

changes way to much...

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Doors are coming along great! That's where ill be putting a volt meter also. What is that below the volt meter?

2014 Chevy Silverado Crewcab

1994 Chevy Full Size blazer

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That's for when you tow a trailer that has brakes on it, it will activate those brakes on the trailer when you brake so you don't take the full load on the truck to stop. The trailer essentially will stop itself! Comes in very handy on bigger trailers, boats, etc.

Nice work on everything! I'll see if I have any fuse holders laying around for blades, if so I'll throw one your way!

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