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Old 06-13-2018, 05:51 AM   #1
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Upgrading battery

So i've been researching for a while now for a new battery since i have a sound system in my car and plan on upgrading it a bit further. I'm wondering if any of you guys have any xs power batteries or odyssey and if so which model? Unfortunately xs doesn't have an exact fit for our cars.
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Old 06-13-2018, 06:54 AM   #2
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A high output alternator is what you want.
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Old 06-13-2018, 08:16 AM   #3
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I went with Duracell AGM, not cheep though.
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last two batteries I bought were online. you can get much better deals and the "crate" they ship them in is reusable!
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Old 06-13-2018, 04:28 PM   #9
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I bought a Duralast Platinum AGM from Autozone. P/N H7-AGM $200 850 Cold Cranking Amps/1000 Cranking Amps, 140 mins reserve capacity. And fits
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Old 06-13-2018, 05:11 PM   #10
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A high output alternator is what you want.
Mine has 150 amp alternator. I would think that's enough along with a good battery.
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Old 06-14-2018, 09:00 AM   #11
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A high output alternator is what you want.
Those can get pricy lol haven’t really Looked into them but seen some For different cars though. I’m currently leaning towards a xs power d6500 since it seems it is the reccomended one with some mods to fit my car.
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How much power you running? Anything over 1k-1500 rms and your going to need a bigger alt. If under that replace the stock with what ever from xs that will fit plus like a xs750 or something. If you haven't done so do yourself a favor and run some 0/1 from the alt to the battery, chassis ground, and battery ground. I always use welding cable as it's much cheaper, more flexible, more weather resistant than stereo cable.
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Old 06-14-2018, 05:51 PM   #13
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Just get a few banks of supercaps

I don't think the D6500 is going to work. Polarity is on the wrong side unless there is enough slack to stretch the wiring. The D4800 seem like a better fit but lower specs or D3400R.

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Old 06-15-2018, 09:15 AM   #14
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How much power you running? Anything over 1k-1500 rms and your going to need a bigger alt. If under that replace the stock with what ever from xs that will fit plus like a xs750 or something. If you haven't done so do yourself a favor and run some 0/1 from the alt to the battery, chassis ground, and battery ground. I always use welding cable as it's much cheaper, more flexible, more weather resistant than stereo cable.



Yeah currently my amp Is pushing out around 1.5-1.8k rms I believe
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