Just save up the money you would be spending on a capacitor for either thicker power cables to the amp, a high output alt, or an extra battery in the back. They are an accessory. They have a purpose, but they are of no significant benefit to your electrical system. Related Threads: Pro's and con's of capacitors in a car audio system?
Do I need a Power Capacitor? Whats a Farad? Post Number: Registered: Jun Unless you can produce the watts don't expect to keep drawing them without paying the price. Caps help your amp deliver better output when the bass hits those peaks that can cause your lights to dim. Plain and simple… Caps resolving your headlight and dash dimming issue is purely a side effect.
Caps are for sound quality. If you want your lights to not dim when the bass hits… do the Big Also, find an alternator that has duel battery isolation built in. Keep your car battery for important things that the car needs to function, and the secondary battery for your entertainment system….
This will prevent any Alternator whine from crossing over into your signal wires. A simple way to see this is to look on an oscilloscope at an AC to DC rectifier and the effect a cap has on the output. You got five batteries….
What I would like to see is a non-biased technical article that compares car audio capacitors to real capacitors. Sure you can hop on Crutchfield and buy a 1. I get the impression car audio capacitors are just big, slow, general purpose caps. I want to see if anything can be gained by using proper capacitors.
Pete- no, alternators are only part of the solution. For best charging, higher output or more alternators should feed into batteries. Register My Radio. Stinger X Interconnects. Wiring Kits. X-Mat Sound Damping. Stinger Core Interconnects. Power Management.
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Get everything you need Give your subwoofer amp the boost it needs with a capacitor. T-Spec 3. Comments Read comments. John, It sounds to me like your horn's power and ground wires are too small, not letting enough current through to get a good blast. You'll probably need about 8-gauge power and ground leads to run a small train horn. But maybe you've got something bigger, that needs even larger wires?
I don't think a capacitor, which only supplies a short burst of power when needed, will do any good in your situation. Chris, It sounds like you should take the cap back to where you got it and see if they will replace or repair it. If your lights don't dim on big bass hits, you won't need a cap anyway. Jim, When storing a car for a while, it's best to use a battery maintainer device to keep the electrical system and battery charged, so it won't lose any computer settings or functions.
A disconnected capacitor will eventually lose its charge, so to reconnect, you'd need to use the resistor or light bulb used to charge the cap when first installed. Graham, You install a second capacitor the same way the first one was installed - negative pole of the cap connects to ground and the positive pole to the positive power wire near the sub amp, after charging the cap through a light bulb or resistor before finishing the connection.
Ray from Wheat Ridge, CO. Ray, You charge a capacitor the same way whether the power line is protected by a fuse or a circuit breaker. Here's their explanation: "Should a JL Audio amplifier equipped with Advanced Rollback Protection reach an unsafe operating temperature, a special circuit rolls back peak power output, without changing gain, until the amplifier cools down to a safe operating temperature.
Lower the gain setting so no distortion or overload can ever happen. Evan, A capacitor will provide a boost when there's a voltage drop, it won't mitigate a power surge, so adding another cap won't solve this issue. Perhaps consulting your vehicle's dealership service department can help you find out whether this is a solvable problem, like automatic noise cancellation, or a design feature inherent to the vehicle's electrical system. Haleem, Yes, you can ground your capacitor to the same spot as your amps.
When the car is running, the voltage of the electrical system and capacitor's charge will be approximately When the car is switched off, the cap's charge will drop to match the battery's 12 volt charge. As long as the battery has charge, the cap will too. Brendyn, When removed from power, a cap keeps its charge for a while.
Certainly long enough to change a fuse. Some power capacitors, especially in radios, TVs, and guitar amps, can hold a dangerous charge for years. Looking for capacitors?
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