Battery to chassis

[Rorrie]

If i put in some 8 gauge cable in for an amp - 4 x 60W RMS - will i need to update the chassis to battery cable, or any other cables?



If so how do i go about doing it



Cheers

 

[Bryan]

unlikely, i have fitted 4ga cabling for the amps, no problems so far, though could do with a couple of power caps to reduce the power drain

 

[Rorrie]

what is a power cap???

 

[Bryan]

goes between the battery and amp to stop power surges

 

[Rorrie]

without them what happens or what do they do to the system, protect amps ect? or stop loud and then quiet sections in the music?

 

[Bryan]

if you listen to your stereo at night with your lights on you will be able to see the lights dim when the amp is working towards its limit

a power cap keeps a small store of power so that the drain on the battery is not so severe,

it is ont essential to have one in your car, it is just as easy to install a 2nd battey and split charging which in essence will do a similar thing

 

[Rorrie]

oh ok, i doubt that the amp i want to run will do this, hope not ne way.

 

[Rorrie]

cheers mate

 

[Bryan]

no worries, thats what im here for

but you will be surprised how bad the standard reno battery actually is

 

[Rorrie]

really, even just 4 a 60rmsx4 amp and hu wired 2 bat!!!!

 

[Bryan]

even with only my alpine hu in i have a noticale drain on the battery, that is only 4x60w

 

[Rorrie]

yer il b running the 7894rb plus a mac attack amp of the bat!!

 

[Bryan]

i have the alpine 7893R with a genesis profile 2 amp and an audison lrx1.400 amp

has a massive power drain even on the exxide deep cycler i have in at the moment

 

[Rorrie]

will i notice a large difference??

 

[Bryan]

not really, unless you are looking for it, you will hardly notice it

 

[Rorrie]

ok cool, thats aright, thought i was gonna have 2 buy another battery!!!

 

[KDF]

i would hardly say caps hold a small amount of power .. lol

go charge up the capacitor and touch both poles.. hehe *

*note this is a joke and doing so would probably remove your sking from your body.. plus it might even kill u ..

 

[Rorrie]

oh a power cap is effectivly a large capacitor, that was a bit stupid! coudnt link that cap might be an abreviation but thought it was literally a cap or cover!!!



doh!!

 

[Bryan]

dont worry, we all have moments like that