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10-07-2009, 12:24 AM | #1 |
Drives: yaris 07 3dr Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: North East America
Posts: 8
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Installation of a Battery Isolator
So here is a very long and somewhat expensive and possibly horrendous story (if you nit pick me like a prick)... made short!
I bought a used yaris 3dr hatcback '07 model. Had a shop install an amp and hook up my subwoofer. Followed his lead and added a second amp, for a second subwoofer. Stripped all of this out after too much dimming and battery dying. Replaced battery. Put one amp back in with 1/0 gauge wire. replaced head unit with a cheap JVC. replaced 4 interior speakers. added a center speaker in dash. added a subwoofer and second amp to accommodate the additional speakers. Anyway i have a 300+amp agm (absorbed glass mat) battery and a 200amp (300 max) battery isolator from PAC. the SPR200. The 300amp+ battery can handle my "3000 watt" PYLE amp for a pair of 15's and the rest of the electrical system. Anyone installed a battery isolator before? (Mine came with a battery guard.) |
10-07-2009, 09:36 AM | #2 |
Roadrunner Jr.
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First thing...upgrade your grounding wires.
Question for you, how much did you spend on the isolator? Here's a nice page for you: http://www.bcae1.com/battiso.htm
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10-07-2009, 11:40 AM | #3 |
Audio Junky
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i'm personally not a fan of bat isolators... I'd much rather just get dual sealed batteries that won't vent gasses (of the same size/discharge rate) and run them in parallel. Throw one in the stock location, the other in the trunk.
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10-07-2009, 12:11 PM | #4 |
Roadrunner Jr.
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On that thought...
why not just upgrade the alternator? The Yaris is a silly easy car to replace the alternator on. What is the fuse ratings of all your amplifiers?
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