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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 02:33 PM
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180 amp alternator

after the 20th ill be running 8000 watts

right now just 4000
 
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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 02:35 PM
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how do i know if i already have a bigger alt?? cuz the guy who had the car before was into Car system. my lead power wire is the biggest power wire you can buy and im sure it wasnt cheap but idk cuz he installed it
 
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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 02:46 PM
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my bad , miss the trunk part, wasn't thinking that cause mine is full of climbing gear, files and test equipment.
So all I need to do is throw a battery in the trunk and have it wired to my converter and the alternator and I'm good. I don't want any more **** in this car as it is. So I could use a big ol' RV battery too. Thanks guys, you've got me going in the right direction. Thanks
 
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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 03:02 PM
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how do i know if i already have a bigger alt?? cuz the guy who had the car before was into Car system. my lead power wire is the biggest power wire you can buy and im sure it wasnt cheap but idk cuz he installed it
Take it off and take it to an advance auto parts or an autozone and tell them what you would like it to be checked for because if you don't tell them they will just check to see what volts it puts out.
 
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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 04:44 PM
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when i take it off can i just take it off or do i have to take off other things to get to it like everything else you need to get to on this car
 
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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 04:56 PM
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passenger side wheel and the splash guard i thionk thats it.
Also if it still has the factory wiring going to it more than likely it is not a high output
 
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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 05:36 PM
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like i know what factory wiring looks like...lol ok ill check it out thanks
 
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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 05:47 PM
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yep, yep let me know how it goes
 
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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 09:19 PM
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Get a Deep cycle marine battery, you could run your lap top off that for two days and it wouldnt go dead, but you will have to put it in the trunk. Remember you cant have two batterys hooked up together because you will need a cross over from the positive the the negative on the other battery which will make a 24 volt system

And, no matter what battery you get, as long as it is 12 volt, it will not fry anything because a battery only puts out what is used, you could have a battery with a million cranking amps but still only draw a hundred when you start it.
 
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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 09:55 PM
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Get a Deep cycle marine battery, you could run your lap top off that for two days and it wouldnt go dead, but you will have to put it in the trunk. Remember you cant have two batterys hooked up together because you will need a cross over from the positive the the negative on the other battery which will make a 24 volt system

And, no matter what battery you get, as long as it is 12 volt, it will not fry anything because a battery only puts out what is used, you could have a battery with a million cranking amps but still only draw a hundred when you start it.
uh why can't you have two batteries? i have two in trunk both are hooked up in parallel pos to pos and neg to neg. That leaves it 12 volts with more amps when needed
 
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