relay needed for kinetik 600?

[wafsman 0]

will i need to run a relay between my starting battery and a kinetik 600 in the trunk? if so, what size would be needed?

[CrazyKenKid 64]

a relay? or a fuse? or a soleniod?

if so what size wire are you using and how much power?

and no you do not need to run a relay between batteries!!

are you playing with car off? if so you need a soleniod!

[wafsman 0]

sorry, i guess it would be a battery isolator i need. all wire is 0 ga and will be working with less than 1000 rms total. always listen to music with car running.

Edited February 20, 2011 by wafsman

[Shogen 325]

The reason for the isolator/relay is to prevent the battery in the rear using the other battery to charge when the car is off... The chance of that HC600 really causing any real problem is very low... But hopefully some others with multiple battery setups can chime in here and give us the 4-1-1...

[CrazyKenKid 64]

well we only use a soleniod (not a relay because relay handle say 50amps and soleniods can handle say 400amp) when we play with car off. but since you will be a dialy driver and playing with car on you don't need to worry about this. just make sure to do the big 3 and to use 2 fuses when joining the two batteries. like in the pic i have included.

but if you do want to play car off then get a soleniod and here is how you hook it up!

and yes i love MS paint lol it works wonders! but please do the big 3! the big 3 is displayed in the first pic along with fuse locations for wiring two batteries together. keep the fuses within about 12inch (1ft) of the batteries.

[Shogen 325]

in the second pic, why didn't you ground the amp to the battery? can you show me an awesome MS Paint diagram like that...???

[CrazyKenKid 64]

ya i didn't ground out the amp to the back batteries because on that particular night and the person i whipped that out for his batteries were in the back and his amp was under his front seat! so i simply just told him to ground to which ever is closes and for him it was the fram rather then running more wire which he was limited to!

and i am an MS master! lol!

but yes if the amp is close to the batteries by all mean alwasy ALWAYS ground to the batteries!

[wafsman 0]

thanks, much appreciated!

[Shogen 325]

ya i didn't ground out the amp to the back batteries because on that particular night and the person i whipped that out for his batteries were in the back and his amp was under his front seat! so i simply just told him to ground to which ever is closes and for him it was the fram rather then running more wire which he was limited to!

and i am an MS master! lol!

but yes if the amp is close to the batteries by all mean alwasy ALWAYS ground to the batteries!

lolz... did you take any classes for it??? hahahaha :roflmao: :roflmao:

[CrazyKenKid 64]

lol no i was being sarcastic! lol!

take a class in comon knowledge computer stuff lol!

[Shogen 325]

yo se.... lol .. i thought my joke would be understood...

[CrazyKenKid 64]