Do I need a capacitor?

[Kilroy]

Originally Posted by 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.

Uh, that's essentially exactly what the distribution box is doing. Just that with the supplied diagram, it make for a cleaner install, and easier to replace an individual item.

[jayson_waltz]

figured it would, i've just had too much time to think between getting it and putting it in.