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Is a 14volt alt good to charge 8 volts in series..And If not I have a few gm alts can I some how put an external regulator on them. I have full fielded them before to put out 18volts but its not good to do it all the time
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Well I have full feilded that alt for more than 1.5 minutes lol and it lasted for a good long time Id say a few months before it burnt out but from what your saying the audiobahn amps you an did nothin with more voltage mabye thats not true with all amps.. like mine will shine more with more voltage...Im going to look around to find an external regulator If any one can point me to any that be nice
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Thats cool I was just going to wing it..its an gm alt from like an 98 cav so its not that big or a big of a deal If I fry another one lol I wanna know If I could get away with charging the batt at 14volts in series then when I pull up to the line full field it and run 18 volts...
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you will end up destroying cells charging at 14.4. besides, adding an alternator maybe, just maybe gain you .1db... it just comes in handy if there is no outlet at a show or if you mess up on your burp...
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So your saying Jarfunkz throw some 8 volts in. an charge before shows ,burp and thats it. then mabye charge them again at the show If you have a charger. But you really dont think I will get more out put from an amp at 18 volt than 14 or 16. your saying I would only see mabye .1 db of a difference
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alternator may add .1 db, it did for me(12 8v, 16 1000ds) 300 amp OG alternator... just charge via battery charger, its a way better charge than an alternator. to really get full potential from 16v(8 cells) you need about a 19.2v-19.4v charge(i am sure some do more, but this is optimum use from a large scaled perspective). anything under an 18.4 charge will weaken your batteries(2.3v per cell). 2.4v per cell would be optimal for that 19.2v. unfortunately you get dqed for 19.2v...
i recomend the se-3000 from schumacher, you can find this online for $239 shipped. 57A at 18v, very very powerful charger and none better under $400
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How about If I used a smaller scale witch Im more leaning too no world records here lol. But yeah I understand yes battery chargers would charge faster than any alt would do. But do you think three or four 8 volts still wouldnt be good with 14volt alt.
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no more step up transformers, they were scarce and once people heard about it, Kazamm all gone
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