no_pulse

I was wondering if someone might be able to tell me why my Kinetik HC 800 battery for my amps would keep draining? I replaced my battery cap that I originally had when East End Hamilton installed my system with a Kinetik HC 800 battery. When I had my shitty 1 farad battery cap, I had no issues with my system cutting out. But for some odd reason, now that I upgraded my battery cap to a Kinetik HC 800, after maybe 20min, my system cuts in and out. At first I thought it was perhaps the cd skipping or something, but when I lowered the volume, or turned off the base in my truck, my system wouldn't cut out.

You would think that upgrading from a shitty battery cap that had only 1 farad, to a Kinetik HC 800 battery would improve my system, not the other way around.

I had two amps that are powered by the Kinetik 800 battery and I use a Oxide car battery as my regular battery to start my vehicle.

Is there any reason why my Kinetik battery would drain so quickly? I can understand when my engine is not running, but while driving?

Also, should I upgrade to a HO alternator, or upgrade my regular car battery to a Kinetik battery too? If I need to upgrade my alt to a HO alt, does anyone know of a place that sells HO alt in Hamilton?

SPLACCENT

ibought my HO alt from a place in Scarb for dirt cheap. $160 plus my old alt. there is a shop right next door that will install it for 75 bucks . AARAT(spelking may b off) is the name of the place that sells the alt. Hope this helps.

wall.e

How is the rear batt hooked up?

It should have a positive from the front batt going to the rear (usually in 1/0) and then the rear batt should be grounded to the frame/chassis in the rear (usually in 1/0)

From there, you would power/ground all your amps off your rear batt.

no_pulse

Here is some pictures of how it is hooked up. Click on the thumbnail for a bigger picture.

wall.e

Is it only your HC800 that is dead or is it your front battery aswell

stryker27

It's usually a bad idea to run entirely different battery's in paralel Is the exide an AGM? If not you should just go ahead and drop another Kinetik under the hood.

wall.e

Not true. Never had an issue mixing regular batts with deep cycle/AGM's.

avidedtr

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Take the batt back to the EHR or go get it tested!

JohnVroom

Please note there are 3 possible issues here:
1- battery has a manufacturing defect
2- alternator isnt producing enough power to charge the battery
3- system fault (including wiring) that drains or prevents charging

JohnVroom

here is the detailed info on the kinetik site:
Weight: 26lbs
Ah: 36
Dimensions: 7.6"x5"x6"

the battery is at best a toy and is a ripoff (IMO) at its asking price of $250 even at a sale price of $100 US (sorry) and still it should be an improvement over the 1 farad affair... do you have a relay separating your starting battery from your kinetik