Do I need a capacitor?

[lonnie]

Here's what you need a 30 farad cap, now if this dosen't get it done then.....noth.....something will. $152.00 LMAO

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[jayson_waltz]

damn right, it'll also make your car almost half a second quicker in the 1\4mile with all that extra juice stored up!

[lonnie]

Originally Posted by jayson_waltz

damn right, it'll also make your car almost half a second quicker in the 1\4mile with all that extra juice stored up!

Ha Ha Ha Ha Got that right!

[sound_xtreme]

that thing is a pile of shit, pun intended

[doubleN0alero]

Originally Posted by lonnie

What were you pushing? Did you play moderate or heavy bass? What I mean by that is enough to hear in the car, or enough to hear down the block.

2 12's with a 1000 watt amp. I would play it at moderate level I would say. Not loud enough to be heard down the block, but by far a couple cars away. Sometimes I would push it, depending on my mood and how tired I was, but not all that often.

[Ryan from Ohio]

Doesnt matter, they all charge/discharge at the same rate...

Plus the neons use up more electric... Brilliant!

[joserivas19]

so, since i havent received any input on my other thread im gonna ask here: are these the "big 3" mods that ya'll talking about:

The Big 3 Are:
1. negative battery wire to ground - just replace the negative batt. terminal and wire and ground it to the factory location
2. engine block to ground - replace the ground wire from the engine block to the chasie with a bigger wire (maybe 4 guage)
3. alternator to batt - add a fused wire from the postive post on you alternator (the one comming from the battery) to the postive terminal on your battery. DO NOT exchange wires just add a extra one. make sure it fused the same size as your factory fuse.
hope thats helps

Note on #2- Some cars have a batt-engine block connection stead of chassis to engine block...

is this right? anybody...

[joserivas19]

another question...where is the ground wire on the engine block that goes to the chasis?

[QCmustang]

too be honest with everyone who dosent like cap's, i have a 5 farad cap and it has done an excelent job of keeping up with my car. for those going to extreme's dosent hurt to go with another battery and a cap, but for the daily listener i think a 1.5+ cap would work fine.

[lonnie]

Originally Posted by sound_xtreme

that thing is a pile of shit, pun intended

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA................wait what was I laughing about again? Anyway I didn't mean for him to really get it.

[lonnie]

Originally Posted by Ryan from Ohio

Doesnt matter, they all charge/discharge at the same rate...

Plus the neons use up more electric... Brilliant!

I disagree with part of your statement. It may very well indeed charge at the same rate because the alternator isn't variable, but to say it discharges at the same rate is false. I raise the question then if it discharges at the same rate why is it the that when playing your music at high levels for an extended period of time do your lights flicker....because the alternator can't keep up and the battery tries to make up the difference causing it to discharge much faster then normal...maybe that's why we are left with a dead battery, or need a jump. If you are burning more energy then what you can replace then it has to come from somewhere.

[lonnie]

Originally Posted by Ryan from Ohio

Doesnt matter, they all charge/discharge at the same rate...

Plus the neons use up more electric... Brilliant!

Now that I think about it it is kind of false to say that it charges at the same rate as well, because depending on how much you are running it going to cause a strain on the alternator to run everything and still provide a charge to the battery. I can't help but think that because of the voltage drop you get. I could be wrong but I think I make a valid point. Be intrested to know what you think!

[Ryan from Ohio]

Going back to Electricity 101...

Notice I said rate

A capacitor charges to full charge in 5 time constants. It discharges in 3 time constants. All capacitors charge at this rate.

http://www.bcae1.com/capacitr.htm

http://www.caraudiocentral.net/forum...ead.php?t=1888

[lonnie]

Originally Posted by Ryan from Ohio

Going back to Electricity 101...

Notice I said rate

A capacitor charges to full charge in 5 time constants. It discharges in 3 time constants. All capacitors charge at this rate.

http://www.bcae1.com/capacitr.htm

http://www.caraudiocentral.net/forum...ead.php?t=1888

You are right I was thinking about something different. Not particularly looking at it that way! Tu shay!

[CBLOHM3400]

Get Bigger Alt

[jayson_waltz]

wow old time thread revival This thread is like 3 months old. i'm not getting one anytime soon, spent too uch money on my 1200W setup.

[lonnie]

Originally Posted by CBLOHM3400

Get Bigger Alt

Wow we all open an old thread up sometimes...it happens but you are on a roll that's 2 already. lol

[clutch1]

Originally Posted by CBLOHM3400

Get Bigger Alt

Old thread indeed, but yet, do this and upgrade the big 3 in the engine for wiring.

[xsavyor1]

The first thing you need to know is how much amprage you are pulling? If you pull more amprage than your making you will have dimming no matter what cap or batterys you put in. You will need an alternator. just adding battery you will put more strain on the alt. so it will help with dimming but your batterys will never get charged fully.

[jayson_waltz]

i've been wondering about this. The stuff that came with my cap says to wire it like the pic. but couldn't i just put + and - to the terminals on the cap and straight from those terminals to the amp? i'd think that would be better and would be easier with my layout.