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well, just thought id mention it as it made a lot of difference to my car and the sub sound as it should now a bit more solid.

My car is set so lights come on when I open the car for 30 seconds(secret hidden menu selection) that add the sub and well its never felt as fast and reliable after sub fitted, I believe it did affect the battery power.

I also cleaned the positive negative terminals and altogether think its worked wonders. I recommend to all to upgrade batteries especially with sub/amps and LEDs, Hids fogs been used more etc

I do feel the car is slightly quicker, but could be due to cold and or cleaner terminals, but having upgraded the 6 year old battery I feel more confident with the car battery not dying on me now!

I went from 360A to 750A and 50Ah to 74AH.

Also checked the secret menu and the charge coming back is slightly higher than before, it goes over 14v now(car on) before just bearly touched it.

[Edited on 07-01-2016 by eyeopen]

[Edited on 07-01-2016 by eyeopen]
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Yeah i had a duff battery and didn't notice it. Was only when my charger broke and a proper person in a shop tested my battery we noticed it was down on CCA. With the new battery it started much faster and i felt the windscreen wipers were faster and the electric windows more responsive.

I now take battery off every 3 months and give it a charging cycle with the new charger. Helps the plates or something.
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If you upgrade the battery, you'll need to upgrade the alternator too otherwise it's pointless.
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Yep basically the same as fitting bigger tyres. You need a bigger footpump to fill them.
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Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
Yeah i had a duff battery and didn't notice it. Was only when my charger broke and a proper person in a shop tested my battery we noticed it was down on CCA. With the new battery it started much faster and i felt the windscreen wipers were faster and the electric windows more responsive.

I now take battery off every 3 months and give it a charging cycle with the new charger. Helps the plates or something.


That's a good idea and yes agree can be so much different once changed. Before HIDs fitted the lights use to totally go off and flash a bit with music, I think slowly the sub etc took its toll on it. But the interior lights don't flash now with music on loud and I do feel every thing is little better yes I noticed with windows too every so slightly.. But also it does feel lights work tad better too. Not worried about using fogs now too, which is good. The car does feel more alive now.



Most probably cleaning terminals helped a bit too.
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From what read I thought to a certain extent the alternator can cope to charge battery?

well il see how it goes.

any one know what the battery stats on hidden menu mean? eg one number is volts what does other number stand for? the battery stats are the ones after digital speedo and rev meter.

[Edited on 08-01-2016 by eyeopen]
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I have 2 amps, a sub, HID's, Camera, Sat nav all running on a standard battery with no problems
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That's numberwang
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I have 2 amps, a sub, HID's, Camera, Sat nav all running on a standard battery with no problems


oh really, lucky you! lol. probably sound better with an upgrade though.
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Its a complete placebo, the Ah figure is how many hours the battery can supply a given draw of however many amps. So you'll be able to have the radio on for longer without the engine running.

Not difference whatsoever to audio quality. If you want some actual physics on your side which would actually benefit a massive audio system with very large instantaneous current draws then you should read about capacitors.

But changing the battery in the bay, nope.

Perhaps its less likely to not start in the morning. Bonus. But audio quality, nope.
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What Ian says, if you have a big bassy system, you want a 12-14v, 1 microfarad capacitor on your amp power supply.
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Its a complete placebo, the Ah figure is how many hours the battery can supply a given draw of however many amps. So you'll be able to have the radio on for longer without the engine running.

Not difference whatsoever to audio quality. If you want some actual physics on your side which would actually benefit a massive audio system with very large instantaneous current draws then you should read about capacitors.

But changing the battery in the bay, nope.

Perhaps its less likely to not start in the morning. Bonus. But audio quality, nope.


<Maybe, But I believe so, plus could be me cleaning the connectors also. However all in all am happier confident with car and a 6 year old battery is still old.
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What Ian says, if you have a big bassy system, you want a 12-14v, 1 microfarad capacitor on your amp power supply.


Another thing is, This is family car, so I'm not only one whom drives it, also I am the only one whom blasts the music, so guess will charge up when I'm not driving, lol. hopefully now more than before.
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The charge and draw rates will be identical. The only possible reason is that its new not 6 years old. They do last longer if they're kept cycled but no harm knowing its new. But it hasn't changed how the audio performs.
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My audio gets better the fast I drive. The faster you go the better the charge the battery gets.

Get over 100 its like linking park are performing a concert on my rear seat
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lol, if you say so.

but sometimes ignorance is bliss

honestly, I think it has made a change, whatever it was that did, I'm happy. now to go sort this heating issue out!
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What Ian says, if you have a big bassy system, you want a 12-14v, 1 microfarad capacitor on your amp power supply.


Another thing is, This is family car, so I'm not only one whom drives it, also I am the only one whom blasts the music, so guess will charge up when I'm not driving, lol. hopefully now more than before.


You didn't make it clear if you had an amp and sub, a capacitor won't take up any room and won't affect it being a family car any more than an amp and sub will.
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mentioned sub, how would it work without a amp? lol
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I used to have a sub that worked without an amp, granted it was 1998. Used to connect it up in parallel with the rear speakers.
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oh really couldn't of been much powerful though?

I have Jamo 365 concert speakers, back in the day always wanted to put them in the car I think I did once with one briefly in a 106, but it just didn't power up.



[Edited on 10-01-2016 by eyeopen]
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What Ian says, if you have a big bassy system, you want a 12-14v, 1 microfarad capacitor on your amp power supply.


one microfarad?!?

thats tiny ... I used a 10 farad on my system with a 300amp breaker (current draw was crazy)

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Did he say his new battery made the car quicker?

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