it drops alot earlier in volume levels than it did with my Duralast battery, say on the same songs i play with my duralast, @ volume 46 the voltage does not drop... but now with the 1400 the voltage is dropping a good 1-2 volts easy...at the same volume on same song...
I need to talk to you on AIM about all of this Andrizzle.Umm I'll be on I don't know when After 5:30 I'll try to help you out,add me. Getripped84 there's a few things that I can tell you so...
Andrizzle, what's the lowest voltage reading you're getting now? If it's above 12.5v, then you're still good (alternator is providing all the power). Was your new battery fully charged before the install?
this happened to my buddy...he had a stock alternator (60 amp) and battery under the hood and he added like 800 dollars in batteries and his spl score went down like 1. something db
^^^^ x3. You can't rely on your alternator to charge it to where it needs to be. Even though Kinetik's come fully charged and ready to go as they say: "if you install it within 30 days", you never know where your batt was stored and for how long so it is always a good idea to throw a DMM on it and see where the voltage is before install. Sounds like yours just discharged some and it needs to be topped off.
Also the battery is brand new (yea brad, i thought i t was full charge ), my dmm is broken so i cant check it, but my headunit has voltage read and it says 12.6-7ish when the car is off, and 13.7-14ish when the car is on
maybe you just have a bad connection. rob, it wouldnt be from the kinetiks fast discharge rate. that would keep his voltage higher unless he was sucking alot of current for a while
well im off work tomorow night so hopefully some of u will be on AIM/in chat room so i can maybe get some more help, i know rob was offering to help, but i work all night, come home sleep all day to wake up and go to work again at night. Hardly have time.
Also, something to add about the voltage situation:
I am starting to think a connection or something is faulting - its just a feeling, i think i had a dream about it, cuz before i went to sleep i was layin there trying to figure it out in my head... i think im gunna check all my contact points tomorow
what i ment rob is the bat can only discharge so fast. and he isnt going to loose all his bat reserve to cause his voltage to drop more then it would from the duralast halfway threw one song. the fact that if it was fully charged it can put out more power for a while then the duralast so he should have better voltage.
update... after a couple days driving - my battery is doing alot better...
i havent got my new DMM yet, i been working so much, but i think all the driving to and from work and i made a couple side trips, has charged my battery up.
so sinc ei havent been bumpin hard. I tested it out and went ahead and crankt it up for a couple seconds and the battery was taking it like a champ...
So did my alternator just charge the batt to its full potential or what? lol