LiL PiNoY Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 I have Amps: 2 Alpine pdx 1.1000 1 Alpine pdx 4.100 Subs: 2 Alpine type x's 2 pairs of Alpine type r components head unit Alpine 9884 225 amp alternator made by Stinger 1 Kinetik Hc 2000 up front 1 Kinetik Hc 2400 in trunk 1/0 guage everywhere except from the amps to the distro. block is 4 guage what benefits do i get and will it hurt anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keitare Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 I haveAmps: 2 Alpine pdx 1.1000 1 Alpine pdx 4.100 Subs: 2 Alpine type x's 2 pairs of Alpine type r components head unit Alpine 9884 225 amp alternator made by Stinger 1 Kinetik Hc 2000 up front 1 Kinetik Hc 2400 in trunk 1/0 guage everywhere except from the amps to the distro. block is 4 guage what benefits do i get and will it hurt anything? if you want to isolate your front battery just take a run of 1/0 from the alt to the rear battery instead of from the front battery to the rear battery Quote Subs are like titties, They need to come in pairs because ones and threes are just wrong, and larger amounts will always draw a crowd, we all have our favorite sizes, but the bigger ones are more fun to watch move. Words to live by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KyleCannon Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 I don't recommend isolating your battery unless you plan on beating your system for a long time with your car off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MECHMAN Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 I don't recommend isolating your battery unless you plan on beating your system for a long time with your car off. Battery Isolators are a bad idea. You should never run your rear battery all the way dead anyway. It's hard on batteries, and hard on alternators. Quote 1-888-MECHMAN www.Mechman.com [email protected] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KyleCannon Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 Indeed it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rigo Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 I wanted to ask this to. So its a bad idea? should i just run the wire from the alt to the back batt? Quote "Da 2tone HOE from the 520" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KyleCannon Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 Yeah, just don't run an isolater... it puts a crap load of stress on the alt and battery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rigo Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 Ok. Thnx! Quote "Da 2tone HOE from the 520" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehoe92 Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 tonight has proved to me that isolators are crap. I use one because I have a stock battery and a kinetik in the back. I was fixing a connection issue with my speaker on the drivers side so for music to play I had to have the key all the way turned so the headlights were on (turned them off) and air was blowing for there not to be an annoying beep. took me about 5 minutes and I go to pull it out of the driveway and it won't start. turns out the isolator didn't isolate my rear battery and drained my starter battery a night before the comp. you are running both kinetik in the front and back. the size is a little off but it won't put nearly as much strain on it as an isolator would. just don't play your music without the engine on which should rarely happen since you would want to show those alpines off nice choice in head unit and sorry for jacking your thread with my sob story tonight. Quote Wouldnt be thehoe92 without teh purple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8Deuce Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 All the reasons above are good. I've also seen them give up to a .6v drop... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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