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New System in the Grand Marquis (Build Thread)

Discussion in 'General Car Audio Discussions' started by eazy, Dec 3, 2007.

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  1. eazy

    eazy Full Member

    Okay. I want to wire my two kinetik hc1800's in parallel so the alternator charges both and the amps pull from both, correct?

    Would one of you guys mind drawing me a diagram? Thanks guys.

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    eazy, Dec 20, 2007
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  2. danracer

    danracer Full Member

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    danracer, Dec 20, 2007
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  3. danracer

    danracer Full Member

    also you can ground the back battery to the chassis if u want
     
    danracer, Dec 20, 2007
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  4. G3n3R@1

    G3n3R@1 Full Member

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    Sorry for the crappy quality but I drew the diagram in Linux while running it live straight from a CD so it was touchy haha. As for the dotted line, that represents a 0guage wire connecting both negative terminals on the batteries. Now im not sure if it would be better to do it like that or connect both negative terminals straight to the chassis(essentially using it as a giant wire)
     
    G3n3R@1, Dec 20, 2007
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  5. G3n3R@1

    G3n3R@1 Full Member

    screw u danracer, i took 10minutes tryin to that on a crappy comp lol DAMN YOUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!
     
    G3n3R@1, Dec 20, 2007
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  6. eazy

    eazy Full Member

    lol so that's basically the same thing... front positive to rear positive, front negative to rear negative, ground front negative... ground rear negative if i want
     
    eazy, Dec 20, 2007
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  7. danracer

    danracer Full Member

    yup thats basically it...lol this only took me a min and a half lol lol
     
    danracer, Dec 20, 2007
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  8. eazy

    eazy Full Member

    is there any difference if i do ground the rear battery?
     
    eazy, Dec 20, 2007
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  9. danracer

    danracer Full Member

    i would ground it to if ya want you never have too much ground lol
     
    danracer, Dec 20, 2007
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  10. G3n3R@1

    G3n3R@1 Full Member

    G3n3R@1, Dec 20, 2007
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  11. danracer

    danracer Full Member

    lets see i have a 10 foot long 0 gauge cable, a 4.5foot long 0gauge, a 2 foot long 4 gauge and a 3.5 foot long 4 gauge...gonna measure the resistance and compare it
     
    danracer, Dec 20, 2007
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  12. danracer

    danracer Full Member

    okk im done gonna post pics in a sec
     
    danracer, Dec 20, 2007
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  13. eazy

    eazy Full Member

    sweet lets see it danracer
     
    eazy, Dec 20, 2007
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  14. eazy

    eazy Full Member

    maybe try like 15 feet of 1/0 gauge and try the car's chassis and see what's better
     
    eazy, Dec 20, 2007
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  15. eazy

    eazy Full Member

    I've only read the first 3 pages of the thread, but so far I've come to this conclusion: If you have a pickup with a very solid frame, ground the batteries to the chassis. If you have a car with a bunch of separate pieces welded together and painted, run 1/0 gauge from battery negative to battery negative.
     
    eazy, Dec 20, 2007
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  16. danracer

    danracer Full Member

    ok uploading now :D
     
    danracer, Dec 20, 2007
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  17. danracer

    danracer Full Member

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    last pic is just a resistor just to see how accurate is the dmm
     
    danracer, Dec 20, 2007
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  18. eazy

    eazy Full Member

    wow so they were all the same?
     
    eazy, Dec 20, 2007
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  19. danracer

    danracer Full Member

    btw the resistor is a 10kohm and it read 9.82kohm, and the 4 foot 4 gauge read .3
     
    danracer, Dec 20, 2007
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  20. danracer

    danracer Full Member

    basically yeah they could have been .3648454 or .2465456
     
    danracer, Dec 20, 2007
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