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Tried doing a search, but nothing came up. Could anyone give me a general idea on how you hook up another battery in the trunk? I'm not too sure on how to go about doing this. I know i have a pos duralast in the front, but I'm getting a Kenetik hc2000 tomorrow and would like to know how to hook that sucker up correctly. I've heard about isolators, but I don't know if ones necessary or not. Also if anyone has a diagram or some sort of picture, that would help a ton.

From reading things on google, I know I want to ditch the wetcell duralast and get a yellowtop for the front, correct? Then run a power wire from the pos (+) of the yellow, to the pos (+) of the Hc2000. Then simply ground the HC2000 in the trunk to the chassis, and fuse the power wire (0 gauge) from both ends within 18" of both batteries (or just 1 fuse?) with a 200A fuse. I will install this along with an 180A alt from Iraggi.

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What you wrote is mostly correct. Yellow tops are good starting batteries, but they are nearly useless for car audio (using them solely for storage) unless you have a group 31 yellow top. You will be fine using it in conjunction with the Kinetik. I suggest making plans to replace it with a Kinetik (or Powermaster) down the road since you are using a decent size amp.

Fusing is always a good idea on both sides since you could potentially short in the middle some day. I recommend also running a negative throughout so you have a consistent and guaranteed path of flow. If that's not an option, grounding to the frame will be sufficient.

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- post battery to rear - post battery

+ post battery / fuse beside it to rear + post battery with fuse beside it

or you can ground the rear battery post to the chassis if you don't want to run it to the front. I did add another fuse to the amp at the rear + battery post. There alots of thread on running second battery.. Just search..

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So can I just keep my duralast in the front? + from that to + of kenetik, and ground the kinetik in the trunk?

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yes that will work. i believe running another neg. from front to back will be a little more efficient but not by much as long as you have a strong ground in the back. but like they said you're gunna want to replace the bat. up front eventually but its not necasary right now.

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Cool. That'll save me a lot of money and hassle. So here's my diagram, tell me if it's correct.

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looks good, good luck

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Yes and also fuse between the batt and the amp as well...

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