5 car audio noob questions! See if you can help

[lifes a BOX]

1. When wiring two amps to two batterys in the back, should each amp be wired to its own battery or wire them both to one?

2. Would a capacitor on enough batteries help reduce wear and tear on the alternator?

3. Do capacitors cause any resistance?

4. Would running 0 gauge from the alt to the batteries in the back directly be a bad idea? (2 runs one to back one to hood batt)

5. Are there any potential problems from running subwoofer wire out of the box through the port?

Thanks

[OrionStang]

1. When wiring two amps to two batterys in the back, should each amp be wired to its own battery or wire them both to one?

2. Would a capacitor on enough batteries help reduce wear and tear on the alternator?

3. Do capacitors cause any resistance?

4. Would running 0 gauge from the alt to the batteries in the back directly be a bad idea? (2 runs one to back one to hood batt)

5. Are there any potential problems from running subwoofer wire out of the box through the port?

Thanks

1. All the batteries should be wired together anyway, no difference either way.

2. Don't need a cap

3. Don't need a cap

4. Its a good idea. Fuse each run at both ends.

5. It looks ghetto as fuck. IMO

[BEEMDUB]

1. When wiring two amps to two batterys in the back, should each amp be wired to its own battery or wire them both to one?

2. Would a capacitor on enough batteries help reduce wear and tear on the alternator?

3. Do capacitors cause any resistance?

4. Would running 0 gauge from the alt to the batteries in the back directly be a bad idea? (2 runs one to back one to hood batt)

5. Are there any potential problems from running subwoofer wire out of the box through the port?

Thanks

1. wire them all to one battery.

2. fuck capacitors

3. FUCK capacitors

4. Go for it, make sure you fuse it..

5. not besides it looks like ass

[Guest]

2) no.

3) a very very minuscule amount. but dont bother installing one if its the crap kind that is essentially a pringles can encased in clear plastic with a voltage gauge on the top.

4) you can do alt to under hood battery, then from under hood battery, to the rear batteries.

5) no.

[mbdblue]

1. When wiring two amps to two batterys in the back, should each amp be wired to its own battery or wire them both to one?

2. Would a capacitor on enough batteries help reduce wear and tear on the alternator?

3. Do capacitors cause any resistance?

4. Would running 0 gauge from the alt to the batteries in the back directly be a bad idea? (2 runs one to back one to hood batt)

5. Are there any potential problems from running subwoofer wire out of the box through the port?

Thanks

1. Wouldn't matter, but I'd probably do it so there's peace in the universe...

2. no....the alternator still has to charge all the batteries as well as the capacitor

3. I imagine they do but you probably wouldn't see the difference

4. wouldn't be a bad idea

5. possible port noise....and like orion said, ghetto as fuck haha

[Rich Schenk]

Put them together

Caps are bandaids upgrade Ur charging system ,HO altenator, batteries

Caps suck

Double fuse wires

No looks ghetto as hell

[CleanSierra]

^^^^^Double fuse the wires huh?I'm curious why you'd suggest 2 fuses on the same run?

[Tarball]

^^^^^Double fuse the wires huh?I'm curious why you'd suggest 2 fuses on the same run?

Because you would want to protect the wire by fusing close to each power source - the alt in the front and the battery in the rear.