Originally Posted by
bassboy
You need a split charge relay...Stinger SRG32 is the best one. There are also cheaper 180a relays available.
The relay will isolate the batteries when the car is off and link them when the car is started.
As for dedicated ICE batteries, you want something like Yellow top or Shruken (entry level), followed by Kinetik, Oddyssey (mid level), followed by XS Power (top end)
how much will this set me back? and who would you recomend to fit it, if it requires more than just basic spannering to fit?
would i need to have a special case to put the battery in as well if i had the second battery in the boot?
Originally Posted by
Chip
That wont do what Dojj is asking for as if he is saying he wants to be able to run the system with the engine running and it only flatten one battey though. Thats just the same as a caravan split charge relay but a bit more meaty (as they only tend to be about 35A IIRC)
Correct answer of course is that the alternator should be upto the job in the first place.
What sort of current draw of ICE system are you talking about Dojj?
i was toying with the idea of having a power cap in there but i've been put off that idea by someone a while back
what i want to do is kit out the boot with some proper kit that will give me plenty of useable bass (if there's such a word) but still have the boot useable to put pushchairs and general other shit in there, bassboy's put a shedload of batteries in his previa and upped his alternators and stuff so i'm sort of following the tried and tested method of getting 2 batteris first and then if that won't do the job then i'll think about upping the alternator, but seeing as it's all wired up into the brains of the car, it may not be as easy to up the voltage
Originally Posted by
R4N S S
im sure a decent split charge system will do the job as thats what they're aimed at.
My cousin didnt have any issues when he had subs in the back of his vectra
but the fucking alternator kept dying and i had to keep giving him jump/push starts years ago
well, 2 hours of driving back from the pod yesterday with the sub on all the way back and this morning the car didn't want to start, but everything works and checks out with the multimeter, it charges properly, it holds the charge, everything so i'm hoping another battery wil solve all my problems
