What battery for extened stereo play?
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What battery for extened stereo play?
I have looked all over and keep finding different answers.
I'm looking to replace the battery that I use for stereo only and can't decide on a deep cycle or a large starting battery. I have 3 subs and 6 mids that are powered by 2k watts worth of amps. I'm looking to get 4-6 hours of radio play out of this setup.
I have plenty of room and have also considered running 2 large starting batteries in parallel to extend the play time. Anyone have a similar setup that can give me some advice I would appreciate it.
Current setup
Battery selector switch
Battery 1-Stereo- Red top optima
Battery 2-Strating battery
I'm looking to replace the battery that I use for stereo only and can't decide on a deep cycle or a large starting battery. I have 3 subs and 6 mids that are powered by 2k watts worth of amps. I'm looking to get 4-6 hours of radio play out of this setup.
I have plenty of room and have also considered running 2 large starting batteries in parallel to extend the play time. Anyone have a similar setup that can give me some advice I would appreciate it.
Current setup
Battery selector switch
Battery 1-Stereo- Red top optima
Battery 2-Strating battery
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I have the same amount of speakers running on 1400 watts. I run it off of 2 group 31 starting batteries, have played it all day without any problems. I still have 1 battery for each engine isolated via charging relay. Been told that running deep cycle batteries will burn out standard alternators pretty fast.
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Add a Kinetic Battery. Depending on how hard your drive the amps will depend on how much battery life before recharge. But the Kenetic will slow the process substantially. I run a Kenetic ( the Kenetic as the main stereo system battery ) and 3 other deep cycle batteries and I run well over 5000 watts thru 4 sets of Kicker components and 4- 10" subs. All alpine & Kicker stuff. 3 amps running it all. No problems...... All zero & 4 guage cabling for power and 14/2 & 12/2 for speaker wiring.
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I am using a Interstate "deep cycle" battery, just your typical ugly battery. Mine lasts a 3-4 day weekend. It is a stand alone for stereo only, not connected to the charging system. Typically deep cycle batteries require 1hr of charging for every 1hr of play time, with a charger designed for deep cycle batts. Mine is on it's third season....going strong.
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It's tough to get batteries to last through a MI cold winter, after not using it for 6 months. I guess I could pull them in the winter time, but it is a huge PITA, especially with the electronic hatch actuator.
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My stereo: (2) JL Audio subs, (4) MB Quartz 6.5 inch marine speakers and (4) JBL 6x9 speakers. (1) 500 watt amp and (1) 750 watt amp...(1) 4 farad capacitor.
Batteries: (2) Die Hard Platinum deep cycle batteries and (1) Blue Top Optima which is my primary stereo battery. Ive wired one of the platinums in parallell with the blue top. I set my batteries to ALL.
Ive been using this setup for the last 2 years and can run the stereo LOUD for hours and hours. Ive never had any issues with dead batteries and have outstanding sound.
Batteries: (2) Die Hard Platinum deep cycle batteries and (1) Blue Top Optima which is my primary stereo battery. Ive wired one of the platinums in parallell with the blue top. I set my batteries to ALL.
Ive been using this setup for the last 2 years and can run the stereo LOUD for hours and hours. Ive never had any issues with dead batteries and have outstanding sound.
Last edited by Powerquest_Baby!!; 07-25-2011 at 01:09 PM.