My List Of Question

[kickasskid544]

ok so right now i have 3 12" 12ohm old ass JL audio W0's on a planet audio amp that is giving 400 watts rms at 4 ohms

i really want to rep Fi around my town in Jersey since no one has even heard of em, and ever since i saw Mr Meade's tahoe i was in love with the Fi brand subwoofers

so im looking to buy 2 Fi SSD15's and was going to get the planet audio Rx-2400 i believe its called which provides 1600watts or so at 2 ohms

ive already got the box design from one of the members here at SMD and am having a good friend of mine build the box or atleast help with the box

i consider my car a little on the unstable side electrically it only has a 95 amp alt and lights used to dim but instead of adding to the power supply i just bought HID's to stop that..

anyway to start off the questions:

1. Should i buy a higher output alt, if so what one would i need for a 2000 Hyundai sonata 2.5v6

2. Should i buy another battery to make the power more stable or would my stock battery do the job

3. How exactly would i connect two batteries if i bought a second, i have an idea of it but im pretty sure im wrong and dont wanna catch my car on fire or anything lol

i probably have more questions but cant think of them right now anyway if i forgot to give a detail about something ask me

i really appricate this, basically my first real fabbed up install and i want to try and do almost all of it myself not exactly the easiest thing for a 17 year old

[kickasskid544]

wow :'( was expecting atleast 1 reply by now guess no1 wants to help me

[Decaf]

1. Should i buy a higher output alt, if so what one would i need for a 2000 Hyundai sonata 2.5v6

PM Db Linc for an alternator or email Iraggi/Excessive Amperage/Ohio Generators/HO Alts.. and yes you should buy an alternator... once you have a sufficient battery bank, u need a new higher amperage alt to keep the batts charged

2. Should i buy another battery to make the power more stable or would my stock battery do the job

You should ditch the stock battery all together and get the biggest Optima/Kinetik/Powermaster battery you can fit upfront under the hood, and with the power ur talking about maybe a kinetik hc2000/pm d2400 should help alot. The stock battery isnt designed to be discharged as deep or as much as a "car audio" battery

3. How exactly would i connect two batteries if i bought a second, i have an idea of it but im pretty sure im wrong and dont wanna catch my car on fire or anything lol

Simple, run 1/0 wire from front bat + to rear bat +... and use the rear batt as ur "distribution block," grounding it in the rear along with the amp ground... ideally u should also be upgrading the power wire from alt + to front bat +, front bat - to engine block, and engine block to chassis (aka "the big 3").... if you want to overkill, you could also connect the front and rear -'s with the same size wire as power wire...

goodluck, keep the questions coming, the only bad question is one never asked... thats how u catch shit on fire lol

[troy]

connect the power from each battery. then ground it like an amp. probably should upgrade atleast the alt or battery one.

[n8ball2013]

im moving to milford pa shortly. thats going to be like 40 miles from my house. i can help you if you need it once im moved in and settled dude.

[kickasskid544]

im moving to milford pa shortly. thats going to be like 40 miles from my house. i can help you if you need it once im moved in and settled dude.

im in northern new jersey sussex county little hick ass town called Hopatcong, im like 20 mins from PA border or so and well see how my attempt goes first, this is my daily driver and my only car considering im 17 years old lol, reguardless i figured i would need to upgrade the alt, but also dont know if they make a ho alt for this specific car, this isnt exactly what you would call a customizeable car by any means

once its all said and done ill probably be drawing about 2000 watts from my car because of the amps for the components

also as far as components go im not trying to glass the shit outa my doors or any of that just beefing up, out with the stock in with the good ones, still havent decided what brand but i will

even the big three on this car is gonna be a pain in the ass because my alt is on the oppisite side of the engine from my battery

but i want to do this right i dont want to screw anything up and i sure dont wanna kill my car.

[IAMBUMP]

just so u know, u dont draw watts...you draw amps.

[Jensen]

http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/ind...showtopic=37613

http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/ind...showtopic=13280

Here these should help with the wiring of the Battery and the Big 3......Cause you want to make sure you put a fuse 12" -18" from each battery....

[n8ball2013]

im in northern new jersey sussex county little hick ass town called Hopatcong, im like 20 mins from PA border or so and well see how my attempt goes first, this is my daily driver and my only car considering im 17 years old lol, reguardless i figured i would need to upgrade the alt, but also dont know if they make a ho alt for this specific car, this isnt exactly what you would call a customizeable car by any means

once its all said and done ill probably be drawing about 2000 watts from my car because of the amps for the components

also as far as components go im not trying to glass the shit outa my doors or any of that just beefing up, out with the stock in with the good ones, still havent decided what brand but i will

even the big three on this car is gonna be a pain in the ass because my alt is on the oppisite side of the engine from my battery

but i want to do this right i dont want to screw anything up and i sure dont wanna kill my car.

you are like 35 minutes from my house. thats why i offered my help.