Originally Posted by Accord1278
Dude you got a pretty good size system running with 15" and the power hungry amp...what the hell are you doing pumping the freaking system without the car running!?
I personally think that is a very stupid thing to be doing. Maybe that's why your battery needs to be replaced. If you got so much power being sucked out by the system, leave the car running.
PS - Not only the alternator, but the batteries are Delphi as well...
I know, I know.....and the friend who installed the system told me not to do this for very long because the Rockford amp is drawing 800 or so watts in bridged mode from this battery. But I didnt have this problem UP UNTIL NOW, almost three years later, where the dealer out here in Vegas recommend I change my battery (this is a year after I replaced the alternator in New York) and now, when I play the system loud on battery, the car wont start unless I press the accelerator furiously while cranking the ignition.
Sure, this may sound "stupid" to you, but please understand this was a rather harsh way of suggesting something to me; I am not sure how old you are, but please understand that there is a way of saying something to someone (especially someone I am assuming who is a bit older and more experienced in the world than you may be) that may not be as harsh or self esteem reducing; I can understand your desire to leap to calling actions of others "stupid", but I can get your meaning exactly simply by perhaps suggesting to me that I do not run the car on battery while playing this system.
Thank you for your input.
And I did not know that Delphi made the batteries, as well. Thank you for that input.