Capacitors
11-22-2006, 11:34 PM
#11
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 509
Originally Posted by FusionMadsen
I can honestly recommend anyone getting a capacitor, to save your money and do the Big 3 to your car. Caps aren't exactly cheap, I know for a fact Streetwires ones for example rape your wallet, but instead of spending $150 ona cap, spend $50 on the "Big 3", and you will get the same effect but for less money.
I will make a thread on the Big 3 if someone likes.
I will make a thread on the Big 3 if someone likes.
yea id probably only get a cap for looks..... and you would get a far greater effect with the Big 3 i think...
A thread on the Big 3 would be sweet... fill it up with some pictures if someone is willing to take pics during there Big 3 experience :P and people can post some tips and techniques that may help a person, stuff like that :P .... id read it forsure.
11-23-2006, 02:03 AM
#12
Originally Posted by Dukk
To reiterate what ^ he said.
For SQ they can be effective at compensating for power line surges due to musical transients. If you listen to lots of heavy sine-tone bass, they're effectiveness is limited.
For SPL - very few people support using caps in SPL oriented systems. The cap does do it's job but is quickly depeleted and then becomes another load on the charging system.
And even if you are adding a capacitor to a SQ system - don't expect that it will make a massive difference in sound or fix a handicapped electrical system. Overexpectation is probably the biggest error people make.
For SQ they can be effective at compensating for power line surges due to musical transients. If you listen to lots of heavy sine-tone bass, they're effectiveness is limited.
For SPL - very few people support using caps in SPL oriented systems. The cap does do it's job but is quickly depeleted and then becomes another load on the charging system.
And even if you are adding a capacitor to a SQ system - don't expect that it will make a massive difference in sound or fix a handicapped electrical system. Overexpectation is probably the biggest error people make.
What he said. Caps suck for spl plain and simple. Anything that blocks the flow from the battery to the amp causes a drop in scores (anything such as caps, fuses...etc).
When tested with and without a cap (everything else exactly the same) my score went up .3 dbs without the cap.
11-23-2006, 07:28 AM
#13
maybe you guys are right but im still keeping the cap
running a stock electrical system without an alternator upgrade :
i still FEEL cap is a good idea
and you can get lucky and score one for cheap
i got 2 farad cap which cost me 50$ Canadian shipped
BIG3 =
running a stock electrical system without an alternator upgrade :
i still FEEL cap is a good idea
and you can get lucky and score one for cheap
i got 2 farad cap which cost me 50$ Canadian shipped
BIG3 =
11-23-2006, 08:47 AM
#14
Originally Posted by eg0r
maybe you guys are right but im still keeping the cap
running a stock electrical system without an alternator upgrade :
i still FEEL cap is a good idea
and you can get lucky and score one for cheap
i got 2 farad cap which cost me 50$ Canadian shipped
BIG3 =
running a stock electrical system without an alternator upgrade :
i still FEEL cap is a good idea
and you can get lucky and score one for cheap
i got 2 farad cap which cost me 50$ Canadian shipped
BIG3 =
For one, to actually have potential to work, it cant have digital read outs, apparently thats enough resistance to negate the caps ability to work, same if its not conntected within a few inches of your amplifier. No fuses between the cap and amplifier either or ocne again it cant work.
Unless all of the above is true, then the cap is truely worthless.
11-23-2006, 09:15 AM
#15
what about the lights dimming harshly?
if i unplug the cap i get lightshow within the car, if i connect it back up i have only lightly diming lights
isnt that an indication of the cap working?
btw here is what i got for 50$ shipped :
also i got 60amps fuse
cap is located very close to the amps
btw i just found out its 1.2 farad LOL. well!!!!!!!!! haha
if i unplug the cap i get lightshow within the car, if i connect it back up i have only lightly diming lights
isnt that an indication of the cap working?
btw here is what i got for 50$ shipped :
also i got 60amps fuse
cap is located very close to the amps
btw i just found out its 1.2 farad LOL. well!!!!!!!!! haha
Last edited by eg0r; 11-23-2006 at 09:20 AM.
11-23-2006, 12:03 PM
#18
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 884
^ I would keep the cap in..... as i have mention above (what the cap does), and should be use accordingly. 
SPL is not music, it is a one note burp that last more then a few seconds. and will be enough to drain the cap.. which make it completely useless.
BTW: Have you not done the big 3 yet?
SPL is not music, it is a one note burp that last more then a few seconds. and will be enough to drain the cap.. which make it completely useless.
BTW: Have you not done the big 3 yet?
Last edited by SweetnLow91SC; 11-23-2006 at 12:25 PM.
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