arcaudioman Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 Hey guys, so I have a 2003 Honda Accord v6 with roughly 3000 watts running through it. I have an upgraded yellow top under the hood and 2 xs batteries in the trunk and because of the electric load detector my alternator only puts out 12.2 volts most of the time. The problem is when I'm playing my music I drop to 10.9 volts. Therefore I plan on running a second alternater, bypassing the battery under the hood and going straight to the trunk batteries making it a stand alone electrical system exclusively for my amps power demands. My question is how to wire the alternator and does anybody see any issues with this? BTW I'm using a stock BMW alternator that I got for cheap price that is 180 amps, I figured that was enough and would last forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcaudioman Posted December 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 By the way my system includes alpine 149bt, arc audio 2500.1,2 arc 15d4s, arc 300.4, 2 sets of arc 6.2 components in the front in parallel now at 2 ohms, and arc 6x9s in the rear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToNasty Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 Just run a single ho alt. Problem solved ***Super Sellers List***http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/25829-super-sellers-buyers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguels Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 BMW alts dont last forever seen many go bad just like any other make get an alt that fits and bypass the stock harness and youre set.. you will have the dash light but you will always charge higher my logshttp://www.stevemead...-my-new-set-up/my blow through loghttp://www.stevemead...future-updates/ 96 ss http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/164094-96-impala-ss-build/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcaudioman Posted December 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 I was also liking the idea that the 2nd alt is just for my system, my car isn't pulling anything from it. They don't make a high output for the v6 accord and I don't wanna mess with the eld or check engine lights... why do you recommend against it? Also would it be difficult to wire? I figure one wire tells the alternator to charge (like a remote wire) then another tells it the demand and lastly the ground. Does that sound accurate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcaudioman Posted December 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 Also I went with the BMW for the 180 Amp output. I got it for 40 bucks as opposed to 500 for a mechman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdorre Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 Just work with the ELD... There are tricks, like turning on your headlights. 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 LMFAO so true Mitsubishi 3000GT (Old Build) Headunit: Pioneer 80PRS Frontstage: (2) McLaren Audio MLT-2 Tweeters & (4) PRV Audio MR Series Neo 6.5" Mids Substage: 4 15" Hybrid Subs - Tantric Motors & Sundown Softies Amps: Banda 2.4D Amp (Tweets), American Bass VFL 350.4 (Mids), and (2) Ampere 3800s Electrical :Singer 260A Alt & JY Power Lithium 2005 Chevy Colorado Ext Cab Headunit: Pioneer 80PRS Frontstage: 4 PRV 700Ti Tweets & 6 10" Delta Mids on 3000wrms Substage: 6 Fi BTL 18s in a 4th Order Walkthrough on 3 Wolfram 4500s Electrical: Singer "390" and JY Power My Official Feedback Thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrzechNJ Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 ^^ I had to keep my parking lights on inorder to have my Singer alt charging lol sometimes Loud is NOT pretty Sounds like its safe to go ahead and bend that ass over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcaudioman Posted December 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 That's weird... did you have the alternator exciter wire tied to the parking lights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n8ball2013 Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 Single good alt is all you have a need for. Key word good. Don't let the 500 dollar price tag scare you away THERE IS NO BUILD LOG! 1998 Chevy Silverado ext cab Alpine CDA-9887 4 Team Fi 15s 2 Ampere Audio TFE 8.0 2 Ampere Audio 150.4 3 Digital Designs CS6.5 component sets Dual Mechman 370XP Elite alternators inbound! 8 XS Power d3400 6 XS power d680 Second Skin Stinger Tsunami Wiring Sky High A Real Voltmeter not a piece of shit stinger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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