Kinetik Power supply

[Nfamous60]

hey everybody hows it goin it's me again!!! want to kno if any of you have used products from this company called "kinetik" was looking at power supplies for my system dont really want to swap out my alternator right now and i came across this product: http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-KINETIK-HC8...s=I%2BC%2BS%2BIA&itu=UCI%2BUS-BWR&otn=3&ps=57

and it looks like it really roccs and would compliment my system very well anyone have any input either used them or kno someone with them??? (mind you i will be using this together w/ the factory battery. thanx for the help..

also after i buy this all i need is one more amp and its off for the install lol yes... pic of my tweeters and hifonics amp are on my other post named "system upgrade" wont believe the price too!!

 

[blueflamed03]

love Powermaster alts, and LOVE Kinetik...have a HC1800 under the hood, a HC2400 next to my desk for system later, and we use them exclusively in all our company cars......A+ for Kinetik.....

 

[Nfamous60]

love Powermaster alts, and LOVE Kinetik...have a HC1800 under the hood, a HC2400 next to my desk for system later, and we use them exclusively in all our company cars......A+ for Kinetik.....

hey blue: with the hc1800 under your hood you use that as your main batt or a bacc up? i ordered the capacitor i found a cheaper one for $113 brand new shipped should be here by wednesday next week!! keep the post comming on this company i still wanted to get a kinetik as a main battery though

 

[blueflamed03]

yep. All of them are top mount, but they make soem wicked side post adapters that are way cool...run the HC1800 in the stock ocation, truck when running is over 14v, The HC2400 I have, is the big one they make, will run the complete sound system.
Several of my buddies are car stereo shop owners, so holla if you need a Kinetik.

 

[Nfamous60]

okay blue dont kno if you been keepin up with my install but will the HC2400 handle it:

2 hifonics 1600watt amps. 900 watt crunch amp, 300 watt amp plus all the factory things.

 

[blueflamed03]

yes, i had a HC2400 in my old Tahoe, a Kicker ZX25001, ZX8504 and ZX350.2 all off one...or you could get two HC2000's.

 

[Nfamous60]

cool i'll look into one later im waiting for th ecapacitor to get here should be here next week if i still dont have enough juice then i'll jump on the hc2400 what are the prive ranges for them?

 

[blueflamed03]

the what?

 

[Nfamous60]

sorry the "e" from "the" was spaced to the word Capacitor lol sorry i didn't proof read. if you look at the hc800 its a 200 farad capacitor i was going to see if that would help the power problems i could have before getting a full battery replacement..

 

[blueflamed03]

get the batts, forget the cap.

 

[Nfamous60]

it arrived already thats why i posted this thread see if the company was anygood but i see in the manual it states get a full replacement too so after i get this flowmaster next week i'll try n free some cash for the batt..

 

[blueflamed03]

ah cool...

 

[tann808]

FYI, the numbers after HC will help you decide which ones to get, your total wattage is 4400, so I'd go with (2) HC2400.

I am currently running (2) Yellow tops in the front and (3) HC2400 in the rear.

Exactly what blueflamed03 stated "forget caps" at those wattages, it'll drain on your first bass note. LOL

Something to keep in mind, The Kinetik are not very good Cold Cranking Amps, so swapped out my HC1800s in the front for some Yellow Tops (even though I should've went for the Red Tops for CCA)

 

[Nfamous60]

so your saying get a kinetik as a bacc up and a yellow top up front? what do i do with this damn cap now that i paid for it if it's not gonna hold up to what im building at the moment do i sell it or just get the Hc2400 and put it up front and keep the cap anyway? confused now!

 

[tann808]

Think of Kinetik as a frickin monster cap, it drains fast and recharges quickly.

The only reason why I swapped out my HC 1800 for a Yellow Top (I recommend a Red Top in the front) was because I have a two way paging alarm and my Denali is not my daily driver, so it sits for weeks and I've noticed that when I had my HC1800 in the front, my Batteries would die or drain within that period.

I've installed many two way paging alarms and that seems to be the only common factor that I can pin point why it drains so fast.

If you run your truck daily or atleast often, then I don't think that you'll run into any problems, I just wanted to give you some advice that I have.

Hope this helps and doesn't confuse you more? LOL

No matter what, dump the cap!
- Tanner

 

[Nfamous60]

i'll invest in one sooner then later just want my system and trucc up n running first i'll take the advice but since i run my trucc daily i think i might use the HC2400 up front as a main period that should hold its owm but what about winter and cold cranking would that be a problem?

 

[tann808]

Or if you have a healthy battery in the front already, leave it there and run the hC2400 in the rear BUT if you have to swap out the front one, you could always put the HC2400 in the front (not sure it'll fit though) and later buy a Red Top if the Kinetik's not doing it's job for the CCA then run the Red Top in the front and Kinetik in the rear.

Besides, it's always better to have the shortest distance between your Kinetik and Amps.

 

[blueflamed03]

I run the HC1800 under the hood daily, works perfect.

 

[Nfamous60]

i dont want to go thru the trial and error with batteries i dont have fund like that i mean my build is not that extreme i mean blue uses a HC1800 daily i live in NY we can have some pretty cold winters and dont want to have starting problems nut the HC2400 should kinda be overkill you think? well to be safe i'll run a redtop up front and a HC1400 out bac should come about even without breaking my bank..if i keep going with the thought of i get it as needed i will always keep needing sumtin and spend head over heels on it. so i'll just get the best and call it a day