Optima Red or Yellow Top?

swollen_cu · Oct 30, 2008

hey guys i'm running 2 4 gauges wires from my battery to each amp in my car. I have a JL 500/1 v2 running to a 12" alpine type r and a 250rms 4 channel amp for my highs.

I know that the yellow to is a dep cycle battery and is used for cars with sound systems , trucks or RVs. Now, the red top I know is just a better than stock battery.

My question is, will the red top be enough for my sound system without draining the battery? OR will I have to go with the yellow top? OR can I just stick with my silverstar battery i got from advanced autoparts?

tnguyen600 · Oct 30, 2008

Red tops are good if you live in a cold climate area. But since you live in the dirty south, i think your fine with the yellow top. Its like $40 more, but since you got a sound system set up, just opt for the yellow top and switch that 4 gauge to a zero gauge if you wanna be gangsta. holla.

swollen_cu · Oct 30, 2008

i already had 4 gauge running in the car hooked up to my highs only, but i decided to get a sub too, so id rather not spend the money on a 0 gauge wire kit, which is pretty pricey, when i got hook ups on 4 gauge amp kits.

Would my stock battery drain with 2 4 gauge wires coming from the battery to the amps?

KnightRyder · Oct 30, 2008

why run another 4 gauges? just get a distribution block. it essentially is a splitter. you would still need a little more 4 gauge but wiring would be less messy.

swollen_cu · Oct 30, 2008

KnightRyder said:
why run another 4 gauges? just get a distribution block. it essentially is a splitter. you would still need a little more 4 gauge but wiring would be less messy.

cause when adding a distribution block, the amount of voltage in that one wire is split into 2, and i need all the power i can get to run the jl 500/1 amp. I dont want to be under-powering anything. and i wire up clean, so i dont have to worry about that. haha

tnguyen600 · Oct 30, 2008

shouldn't the v2 have the intelligent power supply system...so regardless of however much power you draw to it, it'l just regulate it accordingly?

swollen_cu · Oct 30, 2008

tnguyen600 said:
shouldn't the v2 have the intelligent power supply system...so regardless of however much power you draw to it, it'l just regulate it accordingly?

yeah but i want full power going to that amp, not half power.

What you are talking about is the internal voltage regulator, which ceases the point of using a cap.

CHID0 · Oct 30, 2008

get a 1/0 gauge to a distro and split it to 2 4's
Oh and Yellow top might be better for power sucking audio equipment

LitoCG2Rider · Oct 30, 2008

^ any on DYI infor?i want to do this also..

CHID0 · Oct 30, 2008

http://cgi.ebay.com/JL-Audio-0ga-2-...ryZ50550QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

This would be all you need and you could run about 12-15 feet of 0gauge to the block in the trunk and split it to two short 4gauge wires to the respective amps

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