Guest Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 (edited) okay so, under the hood im running a yellow top, but i have so much on it, its over heating my alternator in return im getting voltage drop. Im wondering if i have run another battery parallel will it help stop making my alternator recharge as fast (thats what i think is over heating it) and eas it, or will 2 batterys just over kill the alternator and fry it for good. Its a small alt, not a HO, dont have money for a HO atm so im trying to figure out what to do. Or should i run one of these http://www.kinetikau...sp?P=KHC600&C=1 sense its smaller it wont have to charge as hard, instead of a full battery. idk gimme ur opinions please. And the smaller battery, im meaning running it like a cap. Edited July 12, 2012 by Dtowndubzz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mitchell830 Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 I would just charge the batt with a charger first. If that don't help I would get a new battery. Maybe the batt is low and never has time to charge if your playing your system all the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffrm Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 What kind of vehicle is it? Quote 03 tahoe z71 4 death penalty 18s 2 ampere audio 3800s @ .5 each 18v 156.7 @ 35hz 158.5 @ 50hz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 2005 tahoe, the battery is at 100%, its charging it but im getting the voltage loss bc as you know when alts get hot they turn themselfs down and thats how im losing voltage i think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 do you think if i bought another stock alt, and ran 2 of them @ like 120 amps would work? or should i just throw down for a HO. or should i try and run one of those small kinetik batts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xx1 Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 if you are going to spend on a dual alt bracket and another stock alt. why not just get a bigger better alt??? the bracket its going to be like 250 and the stock alt like around 100 right?? Quote audio related merchandise (decals,banners,lanyards,hats,shirt,etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffrm Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 My 02 silverado has a stock 105a alt and im running 1 hc1400 and 2 hc2400 and not over heating it. Ive got all 1/0 wire and rd 3250 and no problems Quote 03 tahoe z71 4 death penalty 18s 2 ampere audio 3800s @ .5 each 18v 156.7 @ 35hz 158.5 @ 50hz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 do you guys think if i ran that small kenetik batt like a cap it will help take stress off the alt, so the alt isnt having to recharge the batt as hard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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