 i didnt think a power cap would, help as much as it did. |
 Aug 7, 2003 - 5:41 PM
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i got a 1 farad power cap for my amp its sounds so much better. the subs respond to hard core bass so much better. the dont fizzle out. its good stuff. figured i'd let you guys know. i got it for $2.50 at walmart where it supposed to be 79 bucks. my friend who workd there sold it as a different item.
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Aug 12, 2003 - 3:42 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Dec 19, '02 From West of Atlanta Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
Consider yourself lucky. The stock alternator is something like 70 amps. Your 1100 watt amp would've needed at least 90 amps to run it. Then another 70 amps for the 850. That puts a lot of strain on the alternator... I've seen plenty go up in smoke. My whole point was that caps don't fix problems... if you're having them. All a cap does is hide the fact that the charging system can't keep up. For sound quality they can help a lot. But you almost never see them on the spl cars. The reason is that the test tones they use to generate the bass will cause the amps to drain the caps and not allow them to recharge. Then you will have the amps pulling power and the caps trying to recharge at the same time overloading the charging system. So if you want to buy a cap go ahead it will improve sound quality most of the time and it will lessen or stop the dimming lights just remember you haven't fixed the cause that's all I was saying. |
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x_itchy_b_x i didnt think a power cap would Aug 7, 2003 - 5:41 PM
Coomer Nice work on the Wal Mart scam.
Were you having ... Aug 7, 2003 - 6:50 PM x_itchy_b_x i had very little fading under extreme bass but th... Aug 7, 2003 - 7:20 PM Coomer I don't have fading lights because my amp is o... Aug 7, 2003 - 7:22 PM Stealths95GT amazing how them suckers work..hehe, rather simple... Aug 7, 2003 - 8:55 PM AudioFreak The reason you noticed such an improvment is that ... Aug 8, 2003 - 2:21 AM chucho i'm running 1200w RMS and i don't fade tha... Aug 10, 2003 - 11:56 PM Supersprynt I had 1100 watt bridged amp running my 2 12's ... Aug 12, 2003 - 10:13 AM
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