How low is to low on the voltmeter

[Sxsnewbie]

I have a p5 with stock battery and am running a winch, 4 small LED spot lights, a light bar and a 12v car charger. When the sxs is running I'm between 12-14v. As I start turning lights on and using the winch it fluctuates down As low as 10 I think. Is this ok?

 

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[ohanacreek]

Short term yes but repeated doing this kills the battery. You should really keep the constant draw under. 450 watts(700-4 assuming it's the same size on the 500), around 37-38 amps at @12v as that is the alternators max output. But you need to consider the draw of the ecu and coil.

A winch will drain a small battery QUICK

 

[Sxsnewbie]

I don't think it's same battery as 700.. As long as the machine is running, I should b fine? If I wanna put a stereo in I should look to a bigger or joint battery?

 

[ohanacreek]

Not sure about 2015, 2014 700 has a 12ahr battery.

The charging system is what I was referring to not the battery. The 500 alternator is the same output, 450 watts. You draw more than that, it draws from the battery.

 

[Sxsnewbie]

Got ya.. And I went for a night ride tonight. Had all the lights on (no winch use) and my meter was at 13... I must have saw the meter wrong at 10

 

[ohanacreek]

Got ya.. And I went for a night ride tonight. Had all the lights on (no winch use) and my meter was at 13... I must have saw the meter wrong at 10

Yeah using my winch it's around 10 even with the bigger battery. Difference is with the factory battery I have to stop for a few seconds to let it catch up because the winch slows down, with the bigger battery I can use it until I get out.

Also let's me run my radio for as long as I want.

 

[Springer]

Got ya.. And I went for a night ride tonight. Had all the lights on (no winch use) and my meter was at 13... I must have saw the meter wrong at 10

Yeah using my winch it's around 10 even with the bigger battery. Difference is with the factory battery I have to stop for a few seconds to let it catch up because the winch slows down, with the bigger battery I can use it until I get out.

Also let's me run my radio for as long as I want.

what size battery did you install?

 

[ohanacreek]

Got ya.. And I went for a night ride tonight. Had all the lights on (no winch use) and my meter was at 13... I must have saw the meter wrong at 10

Yeah using my winch it's around 10 even with the bigger battery. Difference is with the factory battery I have to stop for a few seconds to let it catch up because the winch slows down, with the bigger battery I can use it until I get out.

Also let's me run my radio for as long as I want.

what size battery did you install?

Optima Group 34....55ahr