95.5-2004 Tacomas & 96-2002 4Runners 4th gen pickups and 3rd gen 4Runners

OPTIMA -- Red Top or Yellow Top

Old Jun 29, 2003 | 05:15 PM
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By asking "hows it wired" I meant did you just run the hot & ground straight to the main battery? I am guessing the alternator charges the main and in turn the secondary, is that correct? Lemme know, I just wanna do it right.
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Old Jun 29, 2003 | 05:40 PM
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Originally posted by PoBoy
Paralell. There are kits for like $25 that you can buy to wire them up. I ran duals for 3 years with stock alternator. Of course I had the red top as my main and yellow top as my spare...so the alternator had to crank, but not nearly as hard as non charging batteries. I never had a problem with them and my stock alternator. And with all the electronics that I have/had in there...it called for some serious power. My guess is the deepcell in back but a big relief on the alternator being deep cell and all...
haha, I would have to agree you were pushing some componentry, what with a computer and all that stuff! I guess I may be picking up a yellow top to run as a second to my sears diehard gold until I can replace IT with a red top, seeing as how it looks like the stock alt should be able to handle it. I gotta find somewhere to mount the yellow top though, haha, maybe it's time for the ORS manual hub swap and ADD removal so I can make room under the hood where the vacuum unit is/was, .
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Old Jun 29, 2003 | 07:39 PM
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Originally posted by BigBadBlue
By asking "hows it wired" I meant did you just run the hot & ground straight to the main battery? I am guessing the alternator charges the main and in turn the secondary, is that correct? Lemme know, I just wanna do it right.
Here is pretty much all the info you need...

http://www.eatel.net/~amptech/elecdisc/battiso.htm

More info about alternators and how they work:
http://www.eatel.net/~amptech/elecdisc/charging.htm

Stock alternator is plenty of power in my opinion. Especially with the yellow. I run my winch with truck off and have plenty of power to spare. I did replace my alternator recently (died when engine blew)...just replaced it with lifetime waranty from autozone. Its same as stock. I get 2 free replacements out of the deal. Figure if for some reason it ever goes bad...I still have to kill 2 more. Hopefully, high amp alternators will be down in $$$ after that happens

Also make sure you use good wire. I use zero guage for both my batteries. Alows for best efficency...
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Old Jun 29, 2003 | 07:40 PM
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I have the Blue Top in my 4Runner & it can handle every accessory I have. It is well worth the $$$.
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