16 volt setup

[Mystiklilluzion]

anyone know if anything in a ranger will be able to handle 16 volts???????

[Big Bubba]

You would bo through lights pretty quickly and an alternator charging at 16 volts might ruin the battery pretty fast.
I have always been told not to exceed 15.2 volts.

[Jarrett]

Just out of curiousity, what would be the purpose of 16V?

[Mystiklilluzion]

The amps in my stereo system will take up to 17 volts with no problms. but 17 volts is kinda hard to get from a few sets of 8 volts. Basically i am going to give my amps as close to 16 volts as i can constantly to get maximum power out of them. just wondered what all in my truck will take the 16 volt charge if anything will. I think ill just isolate the truck off from the system power supply just to be safe...

[Adam Baker]

If you want to go that route, then I guess the easiest way (altho I guess it probably wouldnt be that easy), would be to run a dedicated charging system just for your stereo. I dont know anything at all about the capacitors that people use w/ stereo's, but would it be possible to store the extra power from a charging system in some capacitors?

[SR86]

My Capacitor says 25Vmax, but how true that is, I don't know..in the ratings, on her sheet, it said it did 14.8 consistently, and had a peak of 25...but at what amperage that 25v was, i don't know...

Paul

[whtranger]

Run a separate charging system for your stereo. Go over to sounddomain.com - they should be able to help you in the forums.

[yaHEARDme]

Check this (http://www.jacobselectronics.com/products/caraudio/fr1500.htm) out, it may be what you're looking for.

[gopher_6_9]

Well it seems to me the easiest way would be to buy a 16 volt racing Alt, and a 16V 3 post battery and run everything like normal off the 12V post and then run the audio equipment off the 16V post, would that not work?