Optima.
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I had thought about the alternator but would that require me to upgrade some wiring as there will be extra current?
I assume thats a deep cycle? Is it cold where you live? I know that affects the cranking amps. Right now its 35 mid day and dropping as the season goes.
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Ya you could say it gets real cold here sometimes -9 F in late January.
It's deep cycle all right because I run some gear with the motor off a
lot of the time (inverters & other stuff)...... and it can sustain that kind
of discharge rate fairly regularly.
imo I wouldn't bother messing with the alternator
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Run a second battery.....
I had 2 hifonics amps(one for subs and one for mids/highs) with all 0 gauge and 4 gauge wiring, 4 kicker 15's, and 2 batteries. Thats with a 130 amp alt and no problems. Buddy has the same set up but a rockford 3000w power hungry amp for the subs wit 2 batteries and his 105 amp has been runnin no problem for 2 years. 2nd battery is the first step.....Caps are junk.....
I had a yellow for the audio and red for the car. Great a++++ batteries but there are alternative routes for 2nd batteries......Optima's are expensive...
I had 2 hifonics amps(one for subs and one for mids/highs) with all 0 gauge and 4 gauge wiring, 4 kicker 15's, and 2 batteries. Thats with a 130 amp alt and no problems. Buddy has the same set up but a rockford 3000w power hungry amp for the subs wit 2 batteries and his 105 amp has been runnin no problem for 2 years. 2nd battery is the first step.....Caps are junk.....
I had a yellow for the audio and red for the car. Great a++++ batteries but there are alternative routes for 2nd batteries......Optima's are expensive...
Last edited by txsmainevent; 12-19-2010 at 11:55 PM.
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I have had a couple of battery dealers tell me that newer Optimas don't seem to be as good as they once were, and these are dealers that sell Optimas.
regardless - yeah they aren't cheap. Before this Yellow top - I had a sealed spiral cell Exide that I had bought @ Sams Club - it went 5 years before it started giving me problems. Somewhere in there I had an alternator regulator going bad on me, which might have been my battery issues all along.
regardless - yeah they aren't cheap. Before this Yellow top - I had a sealed spiral cell Exide that I had bought @ Sams Club - it went 5 years before it started giving me problems. Somewhere in there I had an alternator regulator going bad on me, which might have been my battery issues all along.