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Currently I have an 2014 x30 with 4 rev 10's. 8 stock cabin speakers, and dual 10" subs in a custom enclosure. All is powered by 4 ARC audio amps. The previous owner did this sweet stereo setup. He installed it with 5 6v deep cycle batteries. Are all of these batteries necessary for this setup? The boat leans to the side with the all the batteries and we have problems with it proposing because of all the weight in the back. Keep in mind that each of these 6v batteries weighs about 65lbs. The previous owner was probably a big floater with the stereo cranking. But we wakeboard/surf most of the day. We have the stereo going when we anchor and have lunch for about 2-2:30 hours. Could I take some of the 6v batteries out or are all of these necessary to power this setup. Thanks, Grant
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I would think 1 of these would suffice. This is what I have with 2 amps, (600/6 & 750/1) I have to voltage drop issues.
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6V? How are they wired and why are they in a boat that has a 12V electrical system? You can't wire five batteries and have 12V, although pairs of them could be wired in series and those pairs wired parallel to have more capacity- that's highly unusual. Can you post a photo with the brand and model of these batteries?Originally posted by grantman View PostComment
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Are you sure its 5 6V? That does not add up so to speak. Maybe 4 6V and 1 12V for the cranking battery?
You could remove all but 2 6V, as it takes 2 to make it a usable 12V. Or remove all the 6V and install a single 12V. This would just reduce your anchor play time.Comment
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my bet is one is a spare? only 4 connected??? making a dual bank.. would be my guess... give you the best time sitting with the radio on that is for sure! or that 5th one is a 12V for just in case...Originally posted by JimN View PostComment
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I can't think of ANY good reasons to use 6V batteries. They all need to be mounted & connected, which takes space and extra parts. Then, there's the question of actual capacity, which a pair of good 12V batteries can provide in a much smaller footprint. Lots more points of failure with additional batteries, too.Comment
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Too many batteries for sure. I run almost the same setup, and run it off 3 normal batteries. 2 house 1 start.Aric
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A pair of 6V GC's wired in series = 12V and have the footprint of 2 G-24's and can have in the range of 250Ah. Wont get anywhere close to that with two g-24 in parallel. Heck, wont get that from two G-31/29 wired in parallel
Two packs of two 6V can yield 500ah.
They are more robust then any deep-cycle, so they make for a perfect house bank battery.Comment
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Yeah, I looked at it a little closer and it is 4 6v batteries and 2 12v batteries. The 6v ONLY powers the stereo and the 12v powers the boat and components. If I took out a pair of 6v batteries how long do you think the anchor/float time would be with 2 6v batteries?Comment
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Going to need to know whats the approximate current amp draw of the amp, whats the battery Ah of the battery pack left. Even, its still an estimate.All is powered by 4 ARC audio amps.Comment
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Depends on the load, ability and condition of the batteries and connections....too much unknown, at this point. Post photos of the labels.Originally posted by grantman View Post
Before you make and break connections, you need to learn about battery connections, series/parallel and how that can adversely affect anything connected to them. These boats and all non-electric cars in the US use a 12V electrical system and if something is wired wrong, it can create a situation where devices are seeing 6V or 18V. If the ECM sees 6V, it won't operate at all and if it sees 18V, it could very well fail and that's an expensive problem.Comment
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Have you looked at the Stinger battery line up? Very impressiveComment
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Nope. What's special about them?Originally posted by btriantos View Post
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Originally posted by grantman View Post
Dry cells that have 2250ahrs so practically 3x the standard batteries. Not cheap though
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I took pictures and mapped out the battery lay out. There is 4 6v for the stereo and one 12 volt house battery in the picture (the green one is the house). The amps are 3 ARC audio KS1200.1 which have a Max current draw of 130A @ 1300 watts. And one ARC audio KS 300.4 which has a Max current draw of 85A @ 800 watts. The 4 6v batteries are interstate GC2-ECL-UCL which have an output of 225 Ah @ 20hrs. Hope you guys can help.
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