Do power cap(CAPACITORS) help a system?
 

lots of poeple say the power caps dont do anything to a system and sometime dont even help it:confused: .

know i want to know for sure if the this is ture!!!!
thanks for the help

oddly enough, this seems to be coming up more frequently on other forums lately...

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Im not a believer in caps.

In the case where you see signifigance voltage drop they work more as a band-aid..

what I would do to assist the electrical system..

1) Upgrade the Chassis Ground - 2/1/0 Gauge from the Negative terminal to the frame of the car - shortest distance possible, sand the mounting position on the frame.

2) Run a Ground from the Alternator bracket to the frame of the car

3) Upgrade the Wire from the Alternator to the Battery. 4 Guage suggested.

my 2 cents!

you gotta remember that if you are using them for an application for spl....well maybe no . they might not help as much as other solutions....like more batteries or a bigger alternator....a cap can be some what of a band aid rather than a solution....

but for sound in general...yes of course...you amplifer is trying to create AC voltage for sound...and it switches current as much as the hertz its trying to play....now you install a cap....all of a sudden the amplifier is being assisted to do this switching. your sound quality may be greatly increased because now the amplifeir isnt struggling to switch 5000 times per second. or 3500 times per second....or 10 000 times per second.

your music is now cleaner and clearer . mayeb your ears cant tell , but im sure that there are judges out there that could truly tell you that your sound is better with a cap than without...

caps help....not just your lower end....but your higher frequencies will love you....if you put in a cap....

if caps didnt help...then they wouldnt use them in amps.....one of many ways to tell if an amplifeir is good or not...is simply by looking at its caps and seeing how much capacitance it has...and how good that capacitance is.....like i said....this is one way ...



ask any sq guy that trully knows his stuff and he will tell you..

Dam we should close this subject forever this can of worms causes fights. :) Just do a search tons and tons of info on this topic.

i dont think any one needs to fight....caps are what are used heavily in amplifiers to assist in the switching of current....no need to fight on this one....open it up and see them....i dont think that you will find any amplifier nowadays that doesnt use caps....all you are doing is reinforcing the powersupply when you do add one.....

and no matter what anybody says.....a cap is good for a systems sound. now if you have a crap headunit and crappy amps and crappy speakers.... a cap might not be the choice of upgrade to help out the system...

but if given the choice of a cap and no cap.....sure....a cap will help...a common system..

No No I agree they do good for a system. ^^^ Just a can of debate going to open up :)

sorrry guys!!!!!!
 

i didnt want to start a fight between us:dunno: , i wanted to make sure what other poeple think about the problem.:smilie_da

WHICH POWER CAPS ARE GOOD ANYWAYS ???????:eyes:

thanks for the info again!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, I can give you some advice on caps... The ones that claim to be 30 and 50 farads, are false. They are not really that much. If you put into perspective how much 1 farad really is, where most electronic appplication that use farads are measured in microfarads, 50 farads for a pop bottle sized piece of metal is quite unrealistic. 1 farad will do you fine, depending on the amount of power you are producing. I only have experience with my 1 farad Fusion Cap, and I can't complain, it gets the job done well. However, I've heard good things about Stinger aswell, both of which are easy to get your hands on around here.