Nathan@XSPower

I have been ask a few very common questions, so I figured I would just post some of them up. If you have any questions post them up. I will answer them or find the answer for you. CCA is the maximum amperes that can be continuously removed from a battery for 30 seconds at 0°F before its voltage drops to unusable levels. A 550 CCA battery can supply 550 amperes for 30 seconds at 0°F. This was important back in the days when vehicles took a long time to start. Now if you put a charge to your starter for 30 seconds it would probably burn up, and it doesn't make any difference in car audio. CCA is the same test as above but at 32°F. AMP-HOUR RATING is a unit of measurement for battery capacity, obtained by multiplying a current flow in amperes by the time in hours of discharge. (Example: A battery which delivers 5 amperes for 20 hours delivers 5 amperes times 20 hours, or 100 ampere-hours.) So, unless you are running a system that has a low amperage pull for hours this rating is useless. Deep Cycle Batteries/Cranking Batteries: Flooded batteries use the Deep Cycle info a lot and with some battery companies and types of batteries you have to buy a separate battery for starting. With XS Power our batteries can be used as starting batteries or as secondary batteries. Our batteries are engineered with advanced technology that gives the batteries the ability to be used as a starting battery and as a deep cycle battery.

Perfectly fine to use and will extend the life of the battery as well. There are a lot of tenders out there for under $100. Ctek and the Battery Tender lines are very good.

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Slamology is one of if not the biggest Mobile Audio/Car shows in the US. It is in the middle of Lucas Oil Raceway and the NHRA track. The track has been there for years and they have races there all the time. If you don't like the noise through out the summer, then probably a good idea to not live by a major race track in Indianapolis.

Sounds like a Voicemail. Yeah we used the voicemail that was left.

IF everything works out the way it is scheduled we should have them back in stock around the end of May. Again thats IF.

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If you are running two Group 34 red tops, then I would get them checked. 3600 watts with a 270amp alternator should not be dropping below mid 12V range at the most with the vehicle running. Lets say you are only getting 180amps at idle. That would put you with about a 230amp pull over what your alternator is putting out at idle. 230amps divided between the batteries is only 115amps of pull each battery. This is considering you are getting all of the power out of your amps, and you are not seeing any more than 180amp from the alternator. I would check the batteries and all of your wiring. 2 D3400 should work fine with that alt on 3600watts.

Yeah can't wait to get him in a couple booths. They always seem to get louder when they are not competiting any more. I guess there is no need to sandbag any more........lol

This never got answered, and I've always wondered the same. After making the statement that the AH rating is useless, what should we be looking at to judge the power of a battery? Actually it has been answered more times than I care to remember............lol but just not on this forum I guess. The ratings you need to look at are not there. Plain and simple. I know that is not what you want to hear, but it is in the truth. There is no one rating that is recognized in the industry that really relates to mobile audio. CCA and CA doesn't relate because it takes the voltage down to low in the testing. AH and RC are low amperage pulls, which doesn't relate. There will probably never be a single rating you can look at to determine which battery is the best for mobile audio. So what is there to look for? Performance History, Company History, Battery Make Up, Battery Design, Customer Service, and the company and products track record. Sorry it is not easier, but that unfortunately is just the way it is.

Hate to be in a wreck and the wreck cuts the power wire in the middle of the car.

Well if you are choosing a secondary battery, then your options are only limited by space you have available and $$$$$. lol Here is a guide for our batteries and the wattage they produce as both starting batteries and secondary batteries. One thing to keep in mind is that when you combined multiple batteries together they produce more individual power, because that optimizes the internal pressure.

Man from what I am being told we will have them in hand on Friday or Monday. After we get them they just have to go through a QA check and they should be shipping if all is good to go.

As far as I know the machine shop is cutting these now, so hopefully they will be shipping in the next few weeks.

Def used to recuperate!

Be safe and have fun! We will be closed Monday.

AGM compatible (max 14.4V) and around 15amps charge rate. It would be better to charge at 10amps than 25amps though on a single battery. Its better to look for a intellicharger type that will actually go into a float mode and maintain the battery while it is being charged. This way if you had to or wanted to you could leave the battery hooked up to the charger 365 days out of the year and not have to worry about it overcharging the battery.

This is part of the reason it is taking so long on the new programing for the VCM. Trying to get a few new things to work, but getting those to work with all models takes a lot of engineer work.

I haven't seen any new news about the VCM's, honestly IMO they are just a band-aid to a problem that could be easily fixed by purchasing a HO alt with an external regulator. You can easily lower the life expectancy of your alt with something like a VCM. Actually the VCM doesn't put added strain on alternators. It controls the voltage and has nothing to do with the amperage output. Most people buy them to hook up to their HO alt/alts, so they can control the voltage from inside the vehicle and at any time. No need to get out of the vehicle go under the hood and adjust the voltage output. Makes it a lot easier to charge at 14.4V regularly, but simply bump up the voltage to 14.9V or what ever you would like for competitions. Also makes it possible to turn your HO 12V alt into a 16V alt by just pushing a few buttons.

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That charger is a .8/3.3amp charger. It will take a long time for that charger to charge up a larger size battery (group 51 and up). For instance our D5100 and larger batteries have an optimal amperage charge rate of 15amps. That charger will charge the batteries, but it will take a long time to charge them up fully.