Add a cap or upgrade the battery?

[1sik_lac 10+ year member]

I am torn right now between adding a capacitor to my set up or if I just go ahead an replace the factory battery with a yellow top optima an be good to go?

thats it,thats all.short an simple/:blush:

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[Colt9699 10+ year member]

Do the "big 3" first then consider the battery......Caps are just eye candy....rather useless IMHO

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

cap won't help. big 3 etc. there is a good thread floating around that inhumanacura and a couple others did that would be helpful right now but i'm too lazy to find it.

 

[jujumantb 10+ year member]

Yellow top helps dimming a great deal, it did for me, I never bothered with the "big 3" crap.

 

[80INCHES 5,000+ posts]

welcome to the forum ......and do a search be4 u make a thread..10times out of 10 its been made numorous time

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[netherland24 5,000+ posts]

what kinda system do u have? amps? what is the problem u are having. cause using caps might help if it isnt that much of a power struggle. (imed gona get flamed for this)

 

[djman37 5,000+ posts]

what kinda system do u have? amps? what is the problem u are having. cause using caps might help if it isnt that much of a power struggle. (imed gona get flamed for this)

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[playa1 10+ year member]

welcome to the forum ......and do a search be4 u make a thread..10times out of 10 its been made numorous time
80

not trying to be a dick, but that wasnt very helpful.....

 

[bjfish11 5,000+ posts]

nothing is ever helpful when they just say search. But the more i think about it, the more it doesnt make sense. More than likely, EVERY question posted on this forum has been answered at one time or another in the past. So why tell them to search, isnt it just easier to give them the answer?

By the way, i say like most others. big 3 and then MAYBE a yellow top if needed.

 

[qtipextra 5,000+ posts]

Definetly NOT a cap, they are proven to be worse on an already bad electrical system. Uprgade big 3, bat or alt, all three, or a combination of the 3, that is sure to help out, rather then put a band-aid on the situation.

 

[bikejunkie223 10+ year member]

Do the "big 3" first then consider the battery......Caps are just eye candy....rather useless IMHO

Depends on the amp if caps do any good. A fully regulated amp like a JL /series, Zapco, etc. won't benefit much, but something loosely regulated like a Dls Ultimate, can very much benefit with added dynamic headroom. Do the big three first though. If in your amps specs it makes the same wattage regardless of system voltage (12v or 14v) then a cap won't help much.

 

[1sik_lac 10+ year member]

thanks for a ton of replies,reason I asked without searching was because I was on my way to pick up my car from the shop,wanted to decide while I was there.I am runin 3 mtx 5500's in a downfire sealed box(sorry 12")with a vent in the rear deck,to let the bass vent,powered by a 1605d brutus. Ended up throwing in a fosgat 1 farad while I was there,since they did it for 120$ Installed,while I waited them to finish up trim panels an such.So far no dimming at all,even at idle.I suppose I throw in an optima when I upgrade to the focal mids an highs an throw in another amp.

 

[RandyJ 10+ year member]

Reason people say a cap is bad is because when your electrical system already sucks, adding an appliance which demands attention from the starving alternator (to charge itself), it will only cause more problems.

 

[Goldenknob 10+ year member]

well if you get a cap, speaking in general, noticed that you got one already. rule of thumb is to get 1 farad for every 1000w of amp power.

I agree with most everyone else all together. a cap should be a last resort after all other options have been exausted, and problem still exist.

 

[1sik_lac 10+ year member]

I did it just as a "what if" I suppose an it worked out well.I think my plan is another cap when I put a second 800watt 4 channel in when I upgrade the mids an highs as well as a optima yellow top,for now very happy an it seems I got bit by the audio bug once again,been out of it way to long.