new battery

[Emoxihax]

stock alternator stock battery atm. if I were to pick up a new nice battery should I just replace the stock battery under the hood or put it in the trunk next to my amp? which one is the first step usually taken?

[dugee81]

How much power are you running?

[Emoxihax]

lol atm 550wrms roughly

[Emoxihax]

lol atm 550wrms roughly

[dugee81]

if you dont plan on upgrading soon, a kinetik hc800 in the rear would suffice IMO

[typicaljawaiian]

Isn't mixing old batts w/ new bad? You bring the new battery to the same state as the old one when you mix. So eventually you'll have 2 batterys at whatever point the "stock battery" is at. I live off grid solar and never mix old batteries w/ new ones.

In other words if your stock batt is 50% good then your 100% new battery will be brought down to the stock 50% in a very short period of time.

[typicaljawaiian]

I'm in desperate need of at least 2 batteries but I will wait until I can afford both rather than buy one at a time

[Emoxihax]

so should I kick my stock and replace it with a better battery for now?

[Emoxihax]

I was thinking about replacing my stock battery with a kinetik hc1200(looks like the measurements are pretty much the same) would this be a wise choice or a dumb one?

[dugee81]

I have a hc1400 under my hood, does work man! I would suggest doing it.