I am looking at a Kinetik 80 amp 12v power supply and am confused on what it actually is. Does it replace the stock power supply in a vehicle? i really dont understand... help please!! Kinetik KIPS12-80 is the actual part number
Looks like an intelligent battery charger than you can run 80 amps worth of stuff without batteries as well. Maybe someone with experience can chime in.
Troy pretty much nailed it. Its similar to the power supply in your computer.
We run a Cascade Audio Engineering APS-90 and a Kinetik Hc2000 in the display room here at the shop. It runs 12 HU's continuously and whatever amp(s) we have turned on while demoing. (ususally a DDM1a and DD C1a)
Cascade was the most highly recommended power supply we could find. Many people hook them to demo car while demoing at indoor car shows where you can't run the engine.