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This might be a dumb question... but why would one need to put a power capicitor in their audio system? I have a 900 Watt amp, and a 550 watt sub. What would it do for it?
i put a 1 farad (fairly small) in my set up. made a huge difference on how psychotic my battery needle went, and my lights didnt dim any more. only paid $20 for it too, bought it from a friend.
88? that doesnt sound right...i thought it was like 83 or 86 or something....its been a while.
you my friend must really like dumping money into alternators, like AllanD said, when you have an event that lasts milliseconds you need all the juice you can get, and when you constantly have to draw that extra juice from your alternator or battery it will prematurely wear those components out. the "cap" depending on size, stores between 18 and 20 volts, which is isolated from the rest of the vehicles voltage needs so that when you listen to music with alot of bass it gives your amp a little somethin-somethin to draw off of without puting undo strain on your charging system.
i might also add that a 900 watt amp is not exactly an "average joe" system. my first recommendation is to put at least a '100 amp' fuse inline at the battery and use at least 4-6 gauge power wire with the same size for ground, keeping your ground as short as possible for the best thump. when you wire the "cap" charge according to directions, then ground to the same location as your amp, run your main power feed to another fuse, at least 50 amp, then to positve side of "cap" then from positive side of "cap" to amp
it was my opinion, not a fact.
that sounds a little critical to be called "average joe".
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