Got Some Questions

[Belvy83]

I have a 2000 Chevy Silverado I been wanting to hook up. I got my head unit which is a Kenwood Excelon X-692 and a Kenwood 1000 watt amp goin to my Infinity Kappa door speakers. 6 1/2 and 3 1/2. Now under my back seat i have a custom box that i wanna put 2 Fi Bl 12" woofers. Powered by 2 Kenwood 2400 watt max KAC X1R amps. What i wanna know is that if i have 6000 watts pumping (Ill have capacitors) if i will need a high output alternator and new battery? If so what kind?!?!?!

[E-Train]

First off I dont think those kenwood amps are gonna do 6k watts, but ditch the capacitors, and just go with an extra battery, or 2 if your pushing an actual 6k watts you would need to upgrade to a HO alt and 2 or 3 batteries I would say.

EDIT: For batts, Kinetik, Powermaster, almost any sealed G31 battery

Edited April 19, 2009 by E-Train

[Neo_frog]

Well first off, chances are, the BLs will sound like shit UNDER a seat and will probably not be in a box big enough.

2400MAX is not 2400RMS. It won't be 6kW.

Capacitors will be absolutely worthless no matter how many you have.

You will need multiple batteries to handle a 6000W system and one or more big alternators.

Edited April 19, 2009 by Neo_frog

[brewer_brewer]

you're gonna have about 3000 rms at the most.

so you could do it with a 200 amp alt, a big batt up front and another big battery in the back.

[raytard]

for starters, caps do NOTHING

second, those x1r amps are good for like 750ish watts, maybe 800 at 1ohm but they get hella hot

third that highs amp is probably like 50x4 (and those kappa 3.5's wont take more than ~35 watts)

so keeping in mind we are working with a like 1800 watt system, not 6000watts:

what does your truck have as far as stock electrical? ive seen some with 180amp alts, dual factory alts, dual factory batts, etc. if you have the dual batt setup, or atleast the 180amp alt, all I would suggest is a nice battery (kinetik, powermaster, etc), the biggest you can fit, just to keep up with the breating

if you find that your lights still dim or the truck has trouble starting after a long day of driving around beating, consider a new alt, try clicking on that dc power banner at the top of the page for some great stuff, also check mechman/stinger/ohiogen/powermaster or any other reputable alt company

[Belvy83]

First off I dont think those kenwood amps are gonna do 6k watts, but ditch the capacitors, and just go with an extra battery, or 2 if your pushing an actual 6k watts you would need to upgrade to a HO alt and 2 or 3 batteries I would say.

EDIT: For batts, Kinetik, Powermaster, almost any sealed G31 battery

I have 2 2400 watts max amps for my subs and 1000 for my mids and highs

[Zade08]

I have 2 2400 watts max amps for my subs and 1000 for my mids and highs

Thats max bullshit is an inflated rating to make you think your getting that kind of power. The rms rating is what you will actually see.

[Guest]

I have 2 2400 watts max amps for my subs and 1000 for my mids and highs

like he said, 6000w max is not even remotely the same as 6000rms.

do not waste money on capacitors, just get a good sealed deepcycle battery and your fine

"EDIT: For batts, Kinetik, Powermaster, almost any sealed G31 battery"

[Zade08]

Ok considering that kenwood amps are rated at 14v and your running a 12v system. You might see 900 out of that 1200 rms rating. so thats 1800rms there plus around 200 rms from your highs amp you only gettin maybe a little over 2000rms man. All you need is a bigger bat upfront and if your car is a higher end model it might have a bigger alt in it like mentioned up top.

[Beanz]

I have 2 2400 watts max amps for my subs and 1000 for my mids and highs

those are really 1200 rms

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