How to stop battery going flat whilst playing music during show and shine

[c2105026]

Hello all,

My VX is doing its first show and shine tomorrow; part of the display will be a playlist of VX era (i.e. 2000-2002) tracks of different genres. I will be playing via ipod thru stock head unit with cassette adaptor. Have a display of things in the boot so boot will also be open all day; what would be the best method to ensure battery doesn' go flat? Was thinking about disabling boot light somehow.

 

[FATMOE]

Buy a deep cycle battery like an optima.

Your not doing that motor show thingy in parramatta are you??

 

[ryan101]

Pull the boot globe out, maybe a little solar panel or trickle charger

 

[axemurderer101]

your stereo is gonna drain your battery more than your boot light. just take a second battery or some jumper leads so if it goes flat you can still get home.

 

[Nut Kracker]

Pull the fuse for the interior lights. This will disable the boot light as well. That's what I do.

 

[ephect]

Buy a battery charger and run that for the day if they have power onsite, if not, second battery to jump it, and/or run the car every hour..

Lights will do sfa compared to running a stereo..

 

[Nut Kracker]

Hello all,

My VX is doing its first show and shine tomorrow; part of the display will be a playlist of VX era (i.e. 2000-2002) tracks of different genres. I will be playing via ipod thru stock head unit with cassette adaptor. Have a display of things in the boot so boot will also be open all day; what would be the best method to ensure battery doesn' go flat? Was thinking about disabling boot light somehow.

Ah, how long do you have to play the music for?

 

[tim005]

Install a duel battery system.
One battery jumps the other one once it is flat to start the car again...

 

[lout]

I have battery connector plug in boot and use a second battery for drive-in etc

 

[sss1600]

The louder you play the music the quicker itll use the current in your battery so dont turn it up too loud for the day.
Interior/boot lights as mentioned draw little current so dont worry about those.
Use a charger if you can, either plugged into a power point or a mobile generator.
A second battery or jumper leads would be good spares to take yes.