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Posted

Hey guys so I'm encountering an issue one that just started tonight on my way home from work!

Ill try and make this short

I had just pulled out the parking lot got to my first red light and chose my song and cranked my shit up like usual! About after a second my battery light comes on in the dash ( KEEP IN MIND MY AIR BAG LIGHT AND ABS LIGHT GO OFF WHEN EVER THE SUBS ARE SLAMMING HARD EVEN MY SPEEDO AND RPM NEEDLES JUMP AROUND) but never my battery light so I turn in down and shut it off! Plug in my volt meter and see my battery is reading 12.2v

Stays like this till I jump on the freeway and I'm in the 2000 rpm range then volts return to 14.2 which is strange because I'm at 14.4 all day even at idle with no music! So I pull off freeway get to read light turn on music and same thing happens volts drop fast 12.3v and battery light on dash! Shut it down get home take my ddm truck turned off and take a reading.

Battery under hood reading 12.8 resting ( stock battery)

Battery in cab 13.4 ( kinetik 2400) agm

Something off cause my stock battery up front usually rest at 13.5 all the time

Equipment is as follows

Big 3 0 gage

0 gage all around to battery in back and amp and grounds

Kicker 2500

2 15 l7

Stock 120 amp alty

500.4 running door speakers using 4 gage also grounded to chassis

All grinded and bolted down grounds

Is my battery upfront taking a dump?? Cause obviously my battery in the back is still resting normally the battery up front seems to be off though

Usually I can play full tilt and still see 13.5 volt at 2rpm and 12.9 idle for a min or two and my battery light never goes off TILL TODAY!

Let me know if u need more info

Posted

Edit: Didnt read the equipment list. Youre pulling a shit load of current

On 5/8/2011 at 7:38 PM, Kranny said:
On 5/8/2011 at 7:35 PM, 'Maxim' said:

It hurts me inside when I read stuff like this and remember you're 15

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Posted

stock alt. + amp that pulls twice the current that your alt can produce. make that four times if you're idling.

get a better electrical man, or that amp is going to blow and then you're out $700 or however much it costs.

edit: your alt probably fried because you are stressing it beyond belief with those amps. thats a cool 300 amps of capable draw right there.

Posted

Also forgot to say my volts are not rising above 14.2 while driving today

And I noticed that when I did stop at the red light and my volts dropped 12.2 that it stayed that way idling for 3 min until I have it gas and then it jumped up in volts! This is with music off.

Posted

So would it be safe to say my alty took a dump or its on its way out? Cause obviously it's still charging up the batteries when rpms are up! This leads me to believe alty is still working but on its way out?

Yes that amp pulls alot of power but was barley warm to the touch today! But yes you are correct on that amp needing power! That's why I was hopping the battery in back would help!

Just trying to learn

I rather not blow my 700 dollar amp lol

Posted

gotta take into account how old your stock battery is too man....Just throwing in an additional battery isn't gonna be enough for that setup. Look into a high output alt and probably avoid cranking your bass at stop lights....

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Posted

Simple rules of supply and demand do fit here too btw.

Also, mixing battery types is not a good idea on the same charging system.

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Posted

gotta take into account how old your stock battery is too man....Just throwing in an additional battery isn't gonna be enough for that setup. Look into a high output alt and probably avoid cranking your bass at stop lights....

x2 on the stoplights thing. makes it harder on the alt. plus pissing people off at red lights gives bassheads a bad name.

Posted

sorry similar problem in my tiburon so you guys suggest H.O. ALT, and 2 batterys of the same type? just trying to gain more knowledge.

On 3/28/2014 at 4:22 PM, KyLar96 said:

Its all about the music anyway..... Do a proper install, something your happy with, Fuck everyone else...... improve in time, where you can..... its not rocket science...

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Posted

Yup I know the rule about mixing battery's and was getting a yellow top for under the hood next pay day! Which is next week and the battery up front was purchased in 08 and the kinetik was just purchased 2 months ago! But if my alty is taking a dump its now my number one priority over the yellow top

Also keep in mind mixing battery's is not as bad if the car is a daily driver

It's the car sitting for long periods of time which really effects mixing battery's

My truck is a daily driver that's why I wasn't two concerned

What would u recomend for my alty? And price I should be paying?

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