How can I power my amp without getting a HO alternator?

Question

Not only can I not find a HO alternator that fits my engine, but other alternators I've found with 250 amperage are about $500. The guy I bought my ax2000 us amps amp from had what I think was another stock battery that powered a dry cell, which powered the amp. I have a really heavy duty Interstate Batteries battery, but it's the alternator I'm worried about (the amp is 200 amps, the alternator I have currently is 85 amperage). Any suggestions??

Answer 1

first, caps are near useless for car audio. do not waste your money.



if you do the big 3. ( google it ) then get the biggest car audio battery you can find like a kinetik hc2400. you are still going to be pushing it to run that amp. you are going to have some dimming issues. forget about having 14 volts, but you need to stay above 12 volts.

be careful about have your alternator rewound for more power. while it would make more power, it would also need more rpm's to do it. where your stock alt makes 14v at idle the rewind may not make 14v til 2000 rpm and not charge at all at idle.

good luck

Answer 2

One thing you can try is having your alternator modified to output a higher amperage.



You can hook it up, and have a gain as low as you can without dimming...

this amp, is the 200-amperes the Fuse rating?



No, A cap will do nothing, it's a unless device that your alternator will have to power also. It will not help with dimming lights.

Answer 3

the capacitor won't remedy your difficulty. the alternator is what recharges the battery. whilst the motor vehicle is off, of course, the alternator isn't working and there for, the battery isn't been recharged. in view which you have a pair of amps and the battery isn't been recharged, it is why the battery retains dieing. the capacitor feeds from the battery, its not a battery itself. it purely balances the volts yet on the tip of the day, it purely works for an exceedingly short while and finally ends up reducing the life of your audio kit. you will desire to: --play with the motor vehicle on --upload a pair of extra batteries with an isolator, if so, a H.O. alternator would be needed. there will be no "common" restoration to have the means to play loud music with the motor vehicle off. amplifiers require alot of means and no battery will final an prolonged time if its not getting charged. the longest ive seen a battery final with the motor vehicle off is approximately 30 minutes. yet that specially relies upon on the amplifiers them selfs and the quantity of watts and battery(s). the main inexpensive way would be in simple terms getting a house stereo or a small portable stereo which would be plugged to AC means.

Answer 4

That 85amp alternator isn't going to last long trying to keep up with that amp and everything else.

Did you try this place for a HO alt?

http://www.dbelectrical.com/Alternators/High%20Output/

pretty reputable place and very reasonable prices...

Answer 5

look for a 20-30 farradd capacitor it should solve your problems cause i take it your running like 8000 watts or there abouts you should be safe



most places say every 500 watts=1 farrad if you want the cap to do its job get a good size one the bigger you go dosnt hurt anything it just helps



caps will not solve the whole issue due to the fact a cap quickly stores and quickly release energy so your longer notes will drain the cap in a mater of seconds

Answer 6

A capacitor would help. Stores an releases power, to help prevent electrical problems with high output amps an speakers.