Electrical Upgrade Complete!
Electrical Upgrade Complete!
I know those of you who have been following my progress with the car are wondering how my alternator install went. Well let me tell you IT WENT SMOOTHLY! Sorta... lol
Well I have never messed with the engine bay or anything in there before and this swap was not a walk in the park for me. I did manage to pull it off with many a scrape and what not. My back is KILLING me right now but i feel on top of the world. NO MORE JUMPSTARING!!!
I started this morning around 11am and got done @ 6PM
Yanked out the old battery:
Big empty hole:
Close up off the ground to chasis:
Out with the old and in with the new: (high output: 180 Amps)
New alt installed:
Didnt mount it yet but left it there to make sure it works, 2nd battery:
WIRES!:
Everything connected:
Turned the key and BAM!
Well I have never messed with the engine bay or anything in there before and this swap was not a walk in the park for me. I did manage to pull it off with many a scrape and what not. My back is KILLING me right now but i feel on top of the world. NO MORE JUMPSTARING!!!
I started this morning around 11am and got done @ 6PM
Yanked out the old battery:
Big empty hole:
Close up off the ground to chasis:
Out with the old and in with the new: (high output: 180 Amps)
New alt installed:
Didnt mount it yet but left it there to make sure it works, 2nd battery:
WIRES!:
Everything connected:
Turned the key and BAM!
It wasnt really a problem sending power to both it was the carpc draining the battery while the car was off that caused everything to go nuts. But starting the car was never a problem.
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From: The Rotten Apple
You should use one of the power supplies from here and it shouldn't be an issue. I use the P1900 with the CNX-P5V for my mac and it powers the monitor/usb/computer. Never had an issue. Starts up with the car and safely shuts down after turning the car off within a minute. Its hooked up with the ignition. Best investment you can do.
Curry..call me if you have any questions about it. Maybe we can still hook up this weekend just give me a ring.
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Yea, the funny thing is it turns out that the only reason the battery drained so fast was becuase that week that I had left for vacation the battery was completely drained. And over time it just got really ****ty, there was also some serious damage to the terminals for some reason or another. The power supply that I use is an M2-ATX 180 watt supply. But I dont think i'll be needing both of them anymore so just one may be fine and dandy.
But I did test it out and the pc can run for about 2 hours with the car off, which is great.
Yea I'll try to give you a shout this weekend and see whats up. My alternator is still bugging out on me so im working on that right now.
But I did test it out and the pc can run for about 2 hours with the car off, which is great.
Yea I'll try to give you a shout this weekend and see whats up. My alternator is still bugging out on me so im working on that right now.
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You should use one of the power supplies from here and it shouldn't be an issue. I use the P1900 with the CNX-P5V for my mac and it powers the monitor/usb/computer. Never had an issue. Starts up with the car and safely shuts down after turning the car off within a minute. Its hooked up with the ignition. Best investment you can do.
Curry..call me if you have any questions about it. Maybe we can still hook up this weekend just give me a ring.
You should use one of the power supplies from here and it shouldn't be an issue. I use the P1900 with the CNX-P5V for my mac and it powers the monitor/usb/computer. Never had an issue. Starts up with the car and safely shuts down after turning the car off within a minute. Its hooked up with the ignition. Best investment you can do.
Curry..call me if you have any questions about it. Maybe we can still hook up this weekend just give me a ring.
The m2-atx also starts up wth the car and shuts down.
It actually has jumpers that you can set to have it turn off at different intervals.
I have mine set to go into the shutdown sequence after the car is turned off.
It actually has jumpers that you can set to have it turn off at different intervals.
I have mine set to go into the shutdown sequence after the car is turned off.
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From: The Rotten Apple
umm... didn't i tell you to call me if you had issues.... 
we could have solved it months ago...LOL
if your going to get it buy it at http://store.mp3car.com
Startup/shutdown controllers - http://store.mp3car.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=80
ATX Power Supplies with integrated Startup/Shutdown Controllers - http://store.mp3car.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=22
DC-DC Regulators - http://store.mp3car.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=11
we could have solved it months ago...LOL
if your going to get it buy it at http://store.mp3car.com
Startup/shutdown controllers - http://store.mp3car.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=80
ATX Power Supplies with integrated Startup/Shutdown Controllers - http://store.mp3car.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=22
DC-DC Regulators - http://store.mp3car.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=11
I spent the last two days rewiring the car after installing the other stuff. I also installed the battery tray. Cleaned up lots of the wiring, made it look neater.
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