infinitycorsa
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ok people i really need to upgrade my Alt because im running a spilt charged system and i need to make sure the rear battery stayeds charged up, i have allready killed an optima yellow top by not spilt charging and i can afford to ruin another, so what are my options.....i heard that you can uprate the standard 55a alt for bigger ones from a frontera or a vecy diesel... im looking for at least 100ah ...if anyone has got anyideas where i can get one from/also whichengine there off asap i would be greatful...
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RKS
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have you got an alterantor pace near to you? you can prob get your own rewound, they wou;d be the best guys to speak to tho
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infinitycorsa
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i did think that , but if i can buy an uprated one off a frontera it may be a straight swap
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Mase
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i can remember reading somewhere that the corsa's with air con have a 70A one, don't know whether its true or not, but could be something to investigate.....
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infinitycorsa
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thats right, the 70 ah is a straight swap, could be an option but im really after 100ah give or tkae as im running a larger 2000rms amp foe spl competitions
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Ally
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how are people managing to kill yellow tops as a starter battery?
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infinitycorsa
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i had mine running the ice in the back which wasnt spilt charged, as i hammer the ice the battery has died completely and ive put it down to the alt
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c4rsa-sport
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i am goin to be having this problem as i am going to b runnin 2000Wrms @ 1ohm bass junkies in birmingham reakon i would need new alternator and 2 yellow tops???
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infinitycorsa
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have a look what alt your running now.... ive been running the yellow top with out the split charge in for a while and ive killed it for that reason,
you dont need 2 yellow tops chap 1 decent normal battery up front with an up rated alt would be fine with no probs at all, my current alt is 55ah ....100ah would be for than enough i would of thought to charge both batterys,
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loo_goblin
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think adisri has a 100ah
talk to a specialist like Lucas
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infinitycorsa
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sounds like a good idea to me
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RKS
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quote: Originally posted by infinitycorsa
i had mine running the ice in the back which wasnt spilt charged, as i hammer the ice the battery has died completely and ive put it down to the alt
do you run your ice with the engine running? or with the engine not running?
as if its not running the only difference a bigger altenator will make is it will charge the battery back up quicker
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infinitycorsa
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ifor the spl comps, the engine is off. hence why i want to spilt charge, the reason why i want to use a yellow top is becasue i need a higher floating voltage so my amp runs better whilst off charge.... the current alt is not going to be able to charge and keep the battery in a fit way, as i do give it some stick and i dont really want to be messing around every weekend getting the charger out and re topping it back up
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c4rsa-sport
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so are you able to get a 100ah alternator off say a frontera on a diesel car??
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infinitycorsa
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yes you can use the diesal one off the frontera i beleive but i want some one to confirm this with out me purchasing one and finding out its the wrong one
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