New sound system, battery wont hold a charge

[GoingBIG]

Title says it all upgraded all the speakers and a beefy sub. Then took the car out for a rip test out the new speakers, turn it off she died. Boosted runs fine drive around for 30 minutes (no more music) and she dies and wont start after i turn it off.

Is it just the 14yr battery giving out?

Or more expensive?

 

[GoingBIG]

Oh and its the original battery. Not sure if that matters

 

[MG0h3]

Need more details. You said turn it off she died. Like immediately you had a no crank situation?

Guessing you had the battery terminals off during the install?

If you shut the car off and it immediately wouldn’t crank, I’d check your bat terminals.


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[01yellercobra]

My guess would be the battery and it's just a coincidence it happened with the stereo install. You can have it tested at a place like Autozone.

 

[roy_1031]

I’m impressed it’s lasted this long.

 

[GoingBIG]

Ya when its running it runs fine second i turn it off shes toast. Boost it runs fine till i turn it off. Terminals look fine cuz she starts easily once boosted. And i mean immediately if i turn off she wont turn back on only like 2 clicks then nothing

 

[Goose17]

Ive never had a battery last 14 years. Solve your problem - get a new battery.

 

[GoingBIG]

Gonna pick one up today. Maybe turn that system up and jam on it a few times and **hopefully** its just was an old battery and not the system out running the alternator. Cheers guys thanks. Ill be back if it does it again haha