I have a system, volt meter, leds, and two rachs hookes up to my battery, is this too much and bad for my car, should i get a mini battery for the trunk and hook them up to that?

 

well, depends how/when u use ur system. if you blast it while u drive, get a high output alternator. even if you add another battery, it would strain your alternator. if the engine will be off, consider a slow discharge battery that lasts longer like a optima yellow top or oddysey. do some research if your changing the battery, i read somewhere that the yellow top=evil.

 

kinetik batteries>optima batteries

 

i love my optima

 

well what i fully meant was keep the system on the reg. battery and put the others on a battery in the trunk, cus it also looks wierd with like 8 wires going to my battery. and i have a capacitor

 

ok then do that. at your distroblocks put a positive to your + and the - to a grounding bolt

 

sorry lol but whats distroblocks and i thought all id have to do what put the battery there and hook the wires from the meters, so i have to hook up the battery too. thanks

 

1 battery is fine. 2 is more work than it's worth unless you'll be running your system long periods of time with the engine off.

 

a distribution block. it lets you hook up lots of things to one thing and look really pretty. This way you can have one wire run from the battery to trunk and split it from there. If you use one you need to fuse it every time you change wire sizes or get a block with the fuses built in.

 

alright then i need help with q's. Ill keep ot with my battery but i want to get more neons so thatll mean another wire to my battery, that wont hurt right? also all this power being takin from the battery dont take power away right? With most my parts connected to the battery im usin really skinny 24 guage wire and with 2 out of like 9 things 12 guage, should i switch it all to 12 guage wire.? and one last thing , im gettin 3 more guages, thatll be 3 more wires to the battery will it still be alright and my firewalls full should i just drill another hole next to the firewall? thanks alot for the help guys much appreciated. peace

 

If you're using 12 gauge for your system you shouldn't be pushing high wattages.

If you drill a hole in your firewall:
a) be sure you don't hit anything on the other side
b) paint the edges of the hole to prevent rust
c) insert a rubber grommet like the ones already in the car so your wires don't rub against bare metal.

All that hooked up to your battery isn't going to hurt too much, but it has to be extremely messy. You wouldn't necessarily need a distroblock unless you want the fusing simplified. A barrier strip from radioshack would meet the needs for your 'neons' (LEDs ftw). Consider tapping into some existing power wires in your car for things not drawing high amperage.