Thank you The second battery powers the system only with a flick of a switch. You can run the system all by itself with the ignition off and not have to worry about killing your main battery. Great for outdoor car show's without power

 

Interesting...I think its over kill but still cool. Do you have a pic of where the extra battery is?

 

The battery is behind the amp panel. I'll have to remove the panel and take a pic of the battery and the amp rack they built. The rack is not a work of art but it is very functional and the battery tray is built into it. The rack itself is made of I'd guess you'd call it angle stock?

 

Don't forget my lighting products for the plexi stuff

...although please give me a few days to catch up with the orders already on my desk

 

Looks great John!!! I cant wait to hear/see it. How do you like the Dyn's in the doors?

 

Thanks Mikey....The Dyn's are awsome! I thought my Boston Pro's sounded good, but theese are just amazing! They are incredibly clear, even at an ear blistering volume Dom built a great sub enclousure, the sub really kicks.

 

Very nice work. Nice shop...they know how to keep it clean. I was gonna rip on you for the monitors, but since you said its for shows,

Also, I dont know why you need 2 batteries (what you said its supposed to do wont last more than 10-15 minutes tops...alternator cant charge both fast enough, and will kill its life) and why a 15 farad cap for 500wrms? Unless you had a typo and meant 1.5.

 

Haters... all of them! Don't listen to them, John! Especially that guy who lives in brain-freeze country!

Guys, of course the monitors are for bling. You can't exactly use them with for navigation while driving, can you? My guess is that it is a 15 farad cap. My 5 farad one is much smaller than the gawdy "tennis-ball-can" single farad caps that many folks use. Any time I run my system at even very low levels for more than 5 minutes with the car off, I have to jump 'er. Dual battery = smart for your usage.

John, I like it and I'm sure it sounds just as good as it looks.

 

I just took a look at my parts list....It's a 5 Farad cap, not a 15. Damm carbon copies!
As far as the batteries, they run seperate of each other on a switch. The rear battery only powers the stereo. The front battery will always be fresh. Plus theese are deep cycle battery's, so you can run them completely dead and they'll recharge just fine. As far as how long they last, I've seen Mikes2K's car run for a good 45 min's to an hour without a problem and he's still pushing more power then I am.

 

I have a single Yellow top Optima (larger size not the mini) and we've run it for hours with lights and the system(about 1/4 of the time) with no problems. At HIN here in boston I had all my LED's on and the system on half the time and she started right up... that was for like a total of about 7 hours or so at the show.
I think the extra battery is overkill but I still think its very cool!