is anyone running dual batteries? if so some pics would be cool. i am upgrading my system and am going to need some more power till i can get a alt upgrade, im also considering a batcap or alumapro 5 farad cap. thanks guys

 

I'll take a few tomorrow, I have had mine in for about a week now, made a huge differance.

Jason

 

thanks bro, where do you have it mounted? and what battery are you running? thanks again

 

I was wondering the same thing. How is the other battery wired? Is it connected to the stock battery or is it just run by itself?

 

dual batteries sound good

 

you can run it off your stock battery but im planning to use a battery isolator

 

^what exactly is involved in using an isolator?

 

I have a total of 3 batteries. All three are from Scosche, 1 is a 1700ca which sits underhood, then 2 925ca batts sit nicely under the passanger seat. I am not using an isolator, I just have all the batts wiring in parallel.

Like I said before, I will post pics soon.

Jason

 

cool cant wait

 

I always heard you need to have the batteries stored away from the cabin because they can release toxic fumes and gasses....

 

Just a preview of the underseat batteries.



Jason

 

did you upgrade your alternator? Added another one? I hope you did one or the other. The stock alternator is not made to put out enough power to run the vehicle and recharge all of those batteries. Adding batteries is great if you listen to the system with the car off.

 

im looking into upgradine the alternator myself right now, not sure where im going to get it done

 

I hope that you mean that you are going to buy a larger one. If you have your stock alt. rewound to create more power, not a good idea. The case is made to handle the output power that is has from the factory. It will overheat if it is rebuilt. They can make it have about 5% more power without a problem, but that is not worth the money that you would spend. I would suggest looking around online for higher output alt. One company that I know of is Ohio generator.
How much power are you running in your system? What kind of amps do you have? Do you have a capacitor/ mutiple caps?

 

right now i have nothing im my car because i got rid of my subs and took out my current amp and 1 farad cap. im going to be running a single 15 and giving it around 1200 watts or so, not sure on my other amp or amps for mids and highs yet and going to either run a couple of extra batteries or a couple of bat caps not sure yet. all of my wiring is going to be 1/0 in cluding grounds and have already done the big three upgrade and added and optima yellow top.