Charging system upgrade?
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Road Warrior
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Charging system upgrade?
I'm looking to do an audio upgrade on my 2014 Limited. My plan at this time is an amp and 4 new speakers, nothing outrageous. My question is do I need to upgrade the charging system with either the HD upgrade or aftermarket like Cycle Electronics. They both are 54 amp. I'm thinking stock is 50 amp. Is that correct?
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The charging system and battery wear like everything else. Who knows what it's currently putting out.
Get a meter and measure it. I dunno why guys guess or speculate. For 30 bucks you'll know for sure.
Get a meter and measure it. I dunno why guys guess or speculate. For 30 bucks you'll know for sure.
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Road Warrior
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I'm not guessing or speculating. I'm asking a question.
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You got it on sale for $31.99, right?
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There's a number of units, my snapon will do some pretty cool tests. I can't say the 1000 bucks I spent on that does all that much more than a volt/amp meter and some simple tests would tell me. Test the voltage output, test the amp draw loaded, do a dozen cold starts in a row, and finally do a voltage drop down test. You can do all that for $17.99 and a couple of beer.