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Alright, I finally spoke to Kinetik Technical and got some interesting information. I've been talking with Loopkiller about it but I figured since it's all about the situation involving my battery, my truck, and my thread it should be here for everyone to view:
The main technical guy at Kinetik affirmed that there has been a problems with the labels and the bubbling as I experienced. Also said to the extent I experienced it is normal. He also stated that the newer batteries coming out at this time have been fixed and no longer have this issue. I have a feeling since I bought my battery from Sonic Electronics a huge distributor it's possible that one had been sitting on the shelf for a while.
The second thing I found out is that with my wiring bypassing the factory setup (Which reduced voltage to 12.7 when the battery is fully charged) even if even if the alternator was putting out 145 amps and 14.7 volts (Which is it's rating) at all times that amperage is pulled and not pushed. Basically meaning that the battery would reject any additional unneeded amperage thrown at it by the alternator and that it would not cause a problem. He said the only thing I need to watch for is high voltage spikes especially 15+ volts. He said that any voltage over 14.4 volts will shorten the lifespan of the battery (I'm sure this is a conservative number to cover themselves). I've seen voltages mostly around 14.6 or so and a max of 14.9 volts. This being the case it looks as though I probably have nothing to worry about with my original big 3 so I changed it back to get maximum voltage at all times.
Right now I'm seeing a pretty consistent 14.7 volts with drops to about 13.7 or so. I'm pretty happy with the results. Now that I have my souped up wiring back intact. I'm going to keep an eye on headlight dimming this evening and report back. We'll also find out if my battery is going to explode or not //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/up2something.gif.dd110ecf3ae4b76050d87598f2f8de7c.gif
After that I'll reassess if that second battery is something I need to wire in or if I can get by with one.
- Justin -
The main technical guy at Kinetik affirmed that there has been a problems with the labels and the bubbling as I experienced. Also said to the extent I experienced it is normal. He also stated that the newer batteries coming out at this time have been fixed and no longer have this issue. I have a feeling since I bought my battery from Sonic Electronics a huge distributor it's possible that one had been sitting on the shelf for a while.
The second thing I found out is that with my wiring bypassing the factory setup (Which reduced voltage to 12.7 when the battery is fully charged) even if even if the alternator was putting out 145 amps and 14.7 volts (Which is it's rating) at all times that amperage is pulled and not pushed. Basically meaning that the battery would reject any additional unneeded amperage thrown at it by the alternator and that it would not cause a problem. He said the only thing I need to watch for is high voltage spikes especially 15+ volts. He said that any voltage over 14.4 volts will shorten the lifespan of the battery (I'm sure this is a conservative number to cover themselves). I've seen voltages mostly around 14.6 or so and a max of 14.9 volts. This being the case it looks as though I probably have nothing to worry about with my original big 3 so I changed it back to get maximum voltage at all times.
Right now I'm seeing a pretty consistent 14.7 volts with drops to about 13.7 or so. I'm pretty happy with the results. Now that I have my souped up wiring back intact. I'm going to keep an eye on headlight dimming this evening and report back. We'll also find out if my battery is going to explode or not //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/up2something.gif.dd110ecf3ae4b76050d87598f2f8de7c.gif
After that I'll reassess if that second battery is something I need to wire in or if I can get by with one.
- Justin -