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<blockquote data-quote="spoonraker" data-source="post: 3381357" data-attributes="member: 570956">I think you need to reread my post, let me break this down for you...Yes, that&#039;s right. I never said they didn&#039;t, not really relevant to anything...Actually that&#039;s exactly the same thing I said. When your amp draws lots of power (bass hit) your alternator will give up the load to the cap, the cap will drain and give up the load to the battery. In that order. Also this whole process takes at most 1 second.It isn&#039;t useful because it doesn&#039;t save your battery from being drained, it simply just creates a fraction of a second delay from the time the bass hits to the time the battery is drained.This is true, however like I just explained, a capacitor can only hold so much electricity, and that amount is nowhere near enough to power a medium powered audio system for more than a second.Look if you don&#039;t believe me, break out the multimeter. If you are getting voltage drops, a capacitor will not do anything other than delay the drops for the blink of an eye.I&#039;m not saying a capacitor is bad, they won&#039;t hurt anything, however they won&#039;t be of any benefit, and they are definitely not a fix for the common problem of not having enough alternator power. Not only that but for the price of an insanely powerful capacitor that might give you a full 1.2 seconds of discharge, you could buy a high output alternator, or a couple deep cycle batteries which would have a much greater impact on your electrical system.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="spoonraker, post: 3381357, member: 570956"] I think you need to reread my post, let me break this down for you... Yes, that's right. I never said they didn't, not really relevant to anything... Actually that's exactly the same thing I said. When your amp draws lots of power (bass hit) your alternator will give up the load to the cap, the cap will drain and give up the load to the battery. In that order. Also this whole process takes at most 1 second. It isn't useful because it doesn't save your battery from being drained, it simply just creates a fraction of a second delay from the time the bass hits to the time the battery is drained. This is true, however like I just explained, a capacitor can only hold so much electricity, and that amount is nowhere near enough to power a medium powered audio system for more than a second. Look if you don't believe me, break out the multimeter. If you are getting voltage drops, a capacitor will not do anything other than delay the drops for the blink of an eye. I'm not saying a capacitor is bad, they won't hurt anything, however they won't be of any benefit, and they are definitely not a fix for the common problem of not having enough alternator power. Not only that but for the price of an insanely powerful capacitor that might give you a full 1.2 seconds of discharge, you could buy a high output alternator, or a couple deep cycle batteries which would have a much greater impact on your electrical system. [/QUOTE]

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