Geeza10328
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I'm running a kenwood amp drawing a maximum of 40amps, a vibe amp drawing and maximum of 25amps, and then my headunit amp which has a 10amp fuse in. On a starry nite with my headlights on and music up full should I be better off with a more powerful battery than my standard corsa one, basically would the sound quality be better?. The battery in the car is rated at 180amp/hrs. I'm drivin a 1.2 16v Sxi btw.
Responses appreciated ppl 
[Edited on 22-08-2003 by Geeza10328]
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TOMAS
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You wont notice a diference in sq but you will notice the difference when you are phoning the AA cos youre battery is dead. Best soloution is upgrade to a 70A altenator and a 65/70Ah battery out a different vauxhall... However you should just about be ok with what you have.
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Kris TD
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td's use 70 Ah batterys
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TOMAS
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so do some 1.2 16v xe's  
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Baddriver
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Your battery is much more likely to be rated at around 20 to 30 Ah (not amps per hour). This is only an indication of capacity and not its ability to cope with load. A good quality 'entertainment' or diesel battery will have a much lower terminal resistance and be suitable for such a large load.
Tomas is right to tell you to upgrade your alternator to cope with your ICE and anyone pointing out that Corsas with aircon have uprated batteries would be on the money too.
Stuart
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Kris TD
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u cant use a td alternator though they have the vacuum pump attached to em.
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TOMAS
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Yup^^
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Cavey
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Hmmm... i gotta 1.4 8v.. with a standard Corsa battery, i'm running a JBL GTO-2000 amp, (dunno the ampage - running a 225RMS sub) ... and When i'm still i can see the lights dimming with the kick of the sub, pretty cool 
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infinitycorsa
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Well im running
3x sonys amps
head unit
neons
spots
dvd player, screen
playstaion
cb radio
yep on my normal battery ;( oh well..... had a flat a few time.... like at pv 2003 as i had the dvd player on all night b4 lol
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dannycorsa c
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Registered: 8th Mar 03
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i just put a higher crancking batt in ine and it was miles better as iv got xactley the same set up as u and my headlights used to dim with the bass.sorted now tho can have tunes on with out engine and itl start no probs
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