Dual Battery Setup DIY

[RubberFrog]

Holy crap! I know what I'm doing saturday morning, teaching Dave what black zip ties and wire loom are for....

 

[EJM05]

at least it looks cool with the red.

 

[AParrette]

i want to move my battery to the trunk and run duals there
but for me taht will be extreme work. but will clean the engine bay super sexy

 

[The Assassin]

I WILL be doing this soon!

 

[Nesto1000]

Sooo.... pictures would help!

I want to do this to my truck, but I'm more of a visual guy.

 

[ramhunter9]

Sorry was on the old truck and don't have the pics anymore

 

[EJM05]

Sorry was on the old truck and don't have the pics anymore

Fail.

 

[Nesto1000]

Then I think that The Assassin should show pictures of his truck then..
and replace the photobucket pics with his... ?
Well that's if he did it to his truck since I haven't been on here long enough to know...

Btw ramhunter9, what kinda air intake did you have on it?

 

[jhemi]

i did mine but can only take pics of the finish product, didnt take any during the install, pretty easy though, i still dont have an isolator but havnt had any problems yet, what exactly would you want pictures of and il try to get them before truck goes to storage tomarrow

 

[Nesto1000]

Well I want to see how he did the wiring, and a closer overhead picture than the one that's still live. Also, do you have an aftermarket air intake as well Jeff?
I understand visuals a whole lot better than instructions...

 

[jhemi]

ive got the same intake Dave has in his pic but with blue filters, il go to garage now and try to get some pics

 

[Nesto1000]

What intake is that? I want to get it! >.<
Also, my battery has about 960CA amps now (1000 original)... if I get a new battery (Same model) will it work? Or do I need to get 2 new batteries?

 

[jhemi]

my battery dead in camera might have pics in photo bucket il check after this post, intake is from ebay 50-60 bucks great for the money imo, with an isolator you can just get one more battery with same amperage if not useing isolator id buy two new identical batteries, im just using a breaker switch for when my truck sits i can disconnect the extra battery, im running a 250 amp alternator hard to find a descent isolator for 250 amps

 

[jhemi]

my pics suck as well but il put what i got for now

 

[jhemi]

what is the second battery for in your truck? that can make a difference on how you wire it

 

[Nesto1000]

So those are xyz tuning air intakes then? are they good?

Also If this goes well for me, I'll take pictures so that make they can be replaced...

Edit: For my audio system...

 

[jhemi]

So those are xyz tuning air intakes then? are they good?

Also If this goes well for me, I'll take pictures so that make they can be replaced...

Edit: For my audio system...

my opinion on intake is that its great for the price you can feel a difference and looks good,
depending how big your going for audio you may not need second battery but it will help either way upgrade the big three, im running true 4k rms and my 250 alt and two batteries still not enough at full tilt,

 

[Nesto1000]

Well I'm only running about 1k RMS... I get light flickering tho and that's annoying.
As long as it's better than the stock I'm good...
And yea I'm planning on doing the big three but I need to figure out how much wire I'm going to need with the addition of the second battery so that I can get all that done at the same time...

 

[jhemi]

go on ebay get a 25 ft spool of 0gauge bullz audio wire its 34 bucks shipped should be plenty if you want extra you can get 50ft for 50-54 bucks thats what i used, if your gonna use your radio when truck is off then id for sure get an isolator so your starting battery is seperate from your system, 1k rms shouldnt effect lights much id do big three and make sure your amp has good clean ground as well before spending money on dual bat set up

 

[weedahoe]

ive got pics of my setup also