Is this possible???
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Bronze Member Username: Beforeiforget87Towanda, PA USA Post Number: 25 Registered: Jul-06 | is it possiblt to put a battery in my trunk and have the amp feed off that so i don't get stuck with a dead battery after listenin to my muuusic i was gonna do this: put a battery in my trunk, run the power the the pos of the battery and the ground the the neg is this possible?? also would a 4 ga wire be thick enough to handle a 1200w (600w rms on two channels) amp? also what model battery should i use or does it matter?? i finally got it figured out why my system wasn't turnin on at all, i bought a kit with 8 ga wire and i'm pretty sure it's not tough enough... when i get paid i'm gonan go get the battery and the wire and hook everything up if that doesn't work i'll come back lol |
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Gold Member Username: Dustin3Tigard, OR U.S. Post Number: 3144 Registered: Oct-05 | if you dont want your battery nuder the hood to die, dont listen to the music when the car if OFF 4 awg wire is fine for 1200 watts, you could go bigger and find a god 1/0 if you want. if you do, get a battery in the back, you want an optima yellow-top battery yes, 8 awg is way too small for 1200 watts, if you were using that same amp  |
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Gold Member Username: Dustin3Tigard, OR U.S. Post Number: 3145 Registered: Oct-05 | actually, i would get a 1/0 awg amp kit |
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Bronze Member Username: Mike_16Reedsburg, Wisconsin Us Post Number: 61 Registered: Aug-06 | so u can just wire the pos from amp to the battery and then it will work |
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Silver Member Username: CadillacdbHouston , TX Post Number: 774 Registered: Aug-05 | http://www.bcae1.com/ read #118 and you will understand and see a picture of how to go about doing what you want to do but remember if you choose to use the last picture on that page then it will still kill your starting battery after sitting with the car off and the stereo on (depending on how long you plan to sit there with the stereo on and the car off it will just give you some extra time but not a whole lot) it will just take a little longer with two batterys rather then one so i would suggest going with the isolator option so only the second battery in the trunk becomes drained and not the starting battery but its all on you and be sure not to use a standard battery so i would suggest going with a optima yellowtop im pretty wasted so i hope you can understand what i typed because the room is spinning and i dont think im forming my senteneces properly |
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Gold Member Username: JuliobSanto DomingoDominican Re... Post Number: 2009 Registered: Dec-05 | haha |
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