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Michael Marchant
TryHard
Victoria
Soarer UZZ32 V8 finished in Zymol goodness!

Posts: 137
Reg: 04-2006

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Friday, January 05, 2007 - 10:59 pm, by:  Michael Marchant (Mavric) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


Keiran Beytagh wrote on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 12:20 pm:

Oh and Optimas are the most over rated battery i've ever seen. They crap out like there is no tomo. They are also made in the States so by the time they come over here they are half screwed.



I used an optima blue top for close to five years with a two amp & dual sub system which was cranked a lot of the time and did not have one issue with it. Same goes for countless mates of mine, I certainly wouldn't call them over rated.
Adam Olsen
Tinkerer
South Australia
Cressida GLX-i

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Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 02:05 pm, by:  Adam Olsen (Beasht) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Has anyone tried the bigger alternators that MVP offer? I think they offer 150amp and 175 amp alternators at about $550AUD and $780AUD respectively?

I was under the impression that adding a second battery in the boot will only make a problem like dancing lights even worse?

Because if the alternator is struggling to feed 1 battery, the current drawn on two batteries will make it worse?

I'm only running a single 800watt rms Audiopipe sub from an old school 1000watt rms Rockford Fosgate amp plus a R/F 4x100watt rms amp powering the speakers and I was getting dancing lights all the time.

I found the trouble I was having is that the battery was coping just fine storing and feeding out current, but the alternator just couldn't supply it with enough.

Fix? Upgraded the alternator wires from 2x10AWG to 2x4AWG and problem fixed :-)

So yeh might not work with everyone but before you go overboard try the small things first.
It's a fairly beefy for a stock alternator but the wires supplying the current arn't up to the task
Scott Ferguson
TryHard
Alberta
Soarer GTT-L

Posts: 422
Reg: 07-2006

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Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 02:53 am, by:  Scott Ferguson (Scott_ferguson) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hrm that sounds like a good idea to try as well. I think that I will upsize those wires.

That mixed with an optima deep cycle and the 1 farad cap will be all for now but we'll see what else needs to be done.

Thanks for the info and if anyone has any more please keep it coming.
Scott Ferguson
TryHard
Alberta
Soarer GTT-L

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Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 05:39 am, by:  Scott Ferguson (Scott_ferguson) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Ok so newest update is a new battery and bigger cap. Will be using an odyssey pc1500 for the battery and a tsunami 10 Farad Capacitor.

Hopefully this will be all i need.
Keiran Beytagh
Tinkerer
CBD
UZZ30 V8

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Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 02:49 pm, by:  Keiran Beytagh (Kezzainc) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Great stuff Scott. 2 very good products. Please let us all know your experiences.

Lookout with hooking up 10 Farads brother... ! :-)
Scott Ferguson
TryHard
Alberta
Soarer GTT-L

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Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - 02:07 am, by:  Scott Ferguson (Scott_ferguson) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hahaha yeah, hooking up something like that fully charged and designed specifically to discharge quickly, fun times with a 10F for sure.

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