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Old 10-09-2008, 03:19 AM
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"Big 3" upgrade, Cap. or Vol. Stabilizer?

What method or combined methods do you guys prefer. Thanks!

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Old 10-09-2008, 02:10 PM
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I honedtly think that a capacitor is useless, I had a audiobahn dual cap and it did nothing for me but when I did the big 3 everything worked better my headlights were brighter in general and I never had light flash
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Old 10-10-2008, 12:42 AM
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Old 10-10-2008, 01:25 AM
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capacitor is useless
if i need that much power that my 220alt can not keep up then i would add a #2battery
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Old 10-10-2008, 01:27 AM
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Originally Posted by zzzzzzz
capacitor is useless
if i need that much power that my 220alt can not keep up then i would add a #2battery
Good point. Sorry for the newbie question
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adding a second batt. is as bad /worse than a capp. more continuous load trying to keep everything topped up......but a cap IS a bandaid solution....more often than not a neg. return....personally, i run 2 , t3 1000d's and a t3 4075, and a pg m100. and a 20 farad cap works better than a second spiral cell batt so....depends on each setup!!!!i have 4 runs for each pos/neg double zero in my jeep cherokee(welding cable)and the 20 farad cap actually worked better than my second batt.again...(upgraded 225amp alt.) depends what works best....my dash jumps like 3"
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Caps are very useful, but not for the marketing horsesiht reasons the companies spew.
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Old 10-17-2008, 02:24 AM
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Originally Posted by John__Taylor
Caps are very useful, but not for the marketing horsesiht reasons the companies spew.
I wish i had a dime for everytime I have to explain why a cap will not stop your lights from dimming, and it will not save your battery/alternator
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I wish I had that same dime every time I had to explain what purpose a cap really serves. Hint: It has sweet fsck all to do with lights dimming
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big 3, other 2 are useless
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