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Old Sep 4, 2009 | 11:23 PM
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second battery? how to hook it up?

how would i go about having a second battery in my car?

im going to car shows and would like my car computer on and other gadets running while its parked for like 3hrs.

how would i go about this?

any threads or links or suggestions?
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Old Sep 4, 2009 | 11:29 PM
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Re: second battery? how to hook it up?

no clue. but im going to go ahead and subscribe because i too am interested in the go a bouts of this.
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Old Sep 5, 2009 | 11:54 AM
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Re: second battery? how to hook it up?

They sell battery isolators that you an use. You could also just hook them up in parallel.
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Old Sep 5, 2009 | 12:01 PM
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http://www.bcae1.com/battiso.htm
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Old Sep 5, 2009 | 12:34 PM
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Re: second battery? how to hook it up?

thanks for the link, i found that last night.

what i dont know is what kind of isolators to get and i dont have an amp so do i still need 3 isolators?

also im worried if i need to pay to have my alternator to be beefed up mine is rated for 105amp for my 1986 5.0 tpi v8 engine to handle the new load of a new battery
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