Recent content by Partagas

that is a great site...thanks for posting it true they don't work well for every application and as far as I can tell they only help in a car when you need between 5 and 15 or so more amps. So in that situation it might be impractical to put in more batteries or a bigger alternator

I started to write a really long explanation about capacitors and the math behind why they work but I realized that even with 1900 posts you will still be a moron when it comes to electrical theory. A cap does not hold just a momentary or split second charge as you have stated. A 5 Farad cap...

those amps are going to draw about 110 amps for deep bass thats only 50 amps for the rest of the car. CAPs are there to handle the extra amp draw when needed so that it does not take away from the other car components causing damage. I have been reading through these forums and can't figure...

Well its more like a thumping than a popping, like an extra bass beat. just thought I would clear that up. Do you think that it can be caused by a bad deck? I bought a Alpine CDA-9855 to see if that fixes it

Soundstream makes good amps i can't compalin there...unless mine is bad and thats why its popping My Big 3 upgrade that I did a while ago...all 0/1 gage wire...still popping after that I'll go ohm the thing out now... 00.3 ohms thats **** good for a ground

them are kinda BIG. Well anyway as you can see the amp is not very far away and it goes right to the ground block. I guess I can ground each individually to a seat post hole, but I have an amp under both front two seats and a cap also. My remote turn on comes from the stereo power att/remote...

I left the cap out

I have the amp grounded about 12 inches away on a block the only thing I can think of is that it is right next to the transmission and in the area of the parking break. Also because it is 0/1 gage wire I had to getto rig it by using a bunch of ring connectors. I really don't hink that makes...

from reading about caps in the other threads I will pull mine out to see if it makes a difference but I don't think that it will stop the pop when turning the stereo off

I looked through the threads but can't seem to find what I am looking for so I hope someone can help me with this. I just installed a soundstream 1700 watt amp with 0 gage wire running to a block and then 4 gage going to a 5 farad cap then back to the amp. When I turn off the stereo (or car)...

Get with the times guys and use a plasma cutter!

thanks for a little bit of affirmation on the shape. Does anyone have any thoughts on drilling into the body of my car to hold a box down? Or is there a better way to keep it from being taken without difficulty?

I built a custom panel fence for a guy about 2 years ago and without going into alot of detail it was made to withstand 50 mph winds and block out traffic noise. Anyway I put the whols thing together with finishing nails and liquid nails. No screws. that is by far the stgongest wodden fence I...

Does this look like it will work? I really have no idea what I am doing but I am willing to try anything as long as I get the max amount of space possible