Battery/Charging issues AGAIN!!

Welp, here's my 3rd or 4th post on this. This is really starting to piss me off. I went to BlownWJ's house this Sat. for a little Birthday Cookout and Housewarming party. I got there and about an hour or so later I went to fire up the truck for Chris' dad to hear the cam....... dead battery! WTF?!?! This battery is 11 months old. I was thinking the alternator is finally dead. Just got home from the dealership a bit ago and.... alternator is fine and so is the battery. I'm just so lost and clueless on this issue. I had the same issue last year and replaced the battery against the dealers advice and it's been fine since until now.

Just went to start the Jeep after sitting for about 30-45 mins. and it didn't want to start. I finally forced it to start by holding the key over. It did. Put my volt meter on the battery it was 12.4X....... 15 minutes later it's at 10.6X. Just walked outside now and it's still at 10.62. I've got one of the big volt meters with more stuff on it than I know what to do with. Is there a way to find out how much of a draw is being put on the battery? Maybe one of the settings for Ohm Load or something? This is really pissing me off to no end! I hate having to drive around with damn jumper cables in my truck not knowing if it'll start or whatnot. Can anyone give me some advice.

And yes people, I did unhook my amp fuse to the amps to see if that was the case when I got home. All of the system is off. No power light on anything.

 

System is wired correctly I believe. The amps are run off 1 4 gauge wire with a fuse of course. The remote wire is running off the Kenwood HU. Wiring for the Kenwood was done off the factory wiring. Could a tune possibly be keeping the PCM on or something like that? I will check these things and get back. thanks guys for the tips.

 

I sold my DashHawk 2 months ago. I think I'm going to go to the dealership tomorrow and throw the battery through their windows. I went to the stereo shop to make an appointment for Wed. for them to go through my system. On the way home, I stopped to get a drink. Get back into my truck.... DEAD! When I went to the stereo shop I left it running. How is it that I can let the truck run for 1 hour and it doesn't charge the battery. Well, let me say that the battery won't TAKE a charge. I had to get jumped off.

I get home, which is right around the corner from the store, and check the batt with it running. 14.3X like it should be. Shut off the truck, 12.4X, go to start it and it turns over once then dies. Check the batt. again, and it's 10.6!! I guess it's got a few dead cells in it. This truck is starting to piss me off!

Thanks for all the help guys. I'll know Wed. if there is something in my stereo system prematurely killling it. This will be the 3rd factory battery since the truck has been born 53,XXX miles ago. My buddy at Rollin' Sound and I may add a Kinetik to the system to handle the amps. I'm only running 1350 watts though. Nothing TOO serious.

Okay..... call me STOOPIT.... but where is it? After reading my above post, cold that still be the issue?

 

Our alternators are 160Amps. I was shocked when I found out. It supplies plenty of power. They dealers want $465.00 for the damn thing. Plus $15.00 for air fare since they're all flown in. Apperently, they're not a stocked item according to my dealer, but who REALLY trusts their dealer.

Unfortunately, my truck has been outta warranty for a while. 53,XXX miles on mine. I drive it alot!!!:lol:

I'm talking to my stereo shop now about adding a small Kinetic Battery or replacing the main one with a big Kinetic. Caps aren't always needed. My amps make their make power from 11.2 volts to 14.X volts. They're the JL Audio HD600.4 and HD750.1. It's rare the truck will drop below 11.2 vots while running. My radar detector never goes below 11.8 when hitting at full volume with lights on and AC on.

 

Will do in a second. I thought I posted them already. Ooops, my bad.

I used to run PPI's back in the day. I had a fat system in a Maxima. I had their big 30 octave EQ flush mounted when you opened the truck. Old Art series amps and the ProMos amps. Man....... those were the days.:lol: Oh how times have changed. These kids don't know what an Alpine Pull Out Cassatte Deck is!! Remember those?:lol::lol::lol:

 

Sweet.... an A600 and an A404. Nice. Is that their processor in the middle? Was it powered by "Phantom Power"? Buwahahaha!!!!! Man, you're taking me back to OLD school days now. I hated all those damn PPI cables. Those DIN plugs were HUGE and a PITA to run. That was fun man. Thanks for the memories!!

On edit.... Ooops, it was a A300. My bad.