Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="MDK210" data-source="post: 5104742" data-attributes="member: 603022"><p>I don&#039;t want to sound like a douche already and will admit I&#039;m not the smartest guy when it comes to car audio but I do have a degree in electronic engineering before I joined the USAF so while I never used huge capacitors or multiple batteries with low gauge wiring I do understand the concept which is why I don&#039;t understand what all the cap fuss is about.&nbsp; So we all know that the least resistance is better for many reasons and depending on what length a vehicles is the wiring length should be very minimal.&nbsp; So while I agree lower gauge wire should be used for obvious reasons what&#039;s the big debate against the cap?&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t hurt anything, it&#039;s basically the middle man from the system to the battery, the system sucks the power from the cap giving the alternator time to charge up the battery so it doesn&#039;t take direct hits which can cause headlight dimming etc.&nbsp; My old Ranger truck did that so instead of rewiring the crappy system I had at the time I just dumped a cap, cheezy but effective.&nbsp; Don&#039;t mean to start a huge debate and I&#039;ll do my research because I&#039;m sure there are plenty of threads like this but to me it sounds like both &quot;big 3&quot; and a cap should be utilized.&nbsp; No worries though and I&#039;m sure I learn the ways in no time.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="MDK210, post: 5104742, member: 603022"] I don't want to sound like a douche already and will admit I'm not the smartest guy when it comes to car audio but I do have a degree in electronic engineering before I joined the USAF so while I never used huge capacitors or multiple batteries with low gauge wiring I do understand the concept which is why I don't understand what all the cap fuss is about. So we all know that the least resistance is better for many reasons and depending on what length a vehicles is the wiring length should be very minimal. So while I agree lower gauge wire should be used for obvious reasons what's the big debate against the cap? It doesn't hurt anything, it's basically the middle man from the system to the battery, the system sucks the power from the cap giving the alternator time to charge up the battery so it doesn't take direct hits which can cause headlight dimming etc. My old Ranger truck did that so instead of rewiring the crappy system I had at the time I just dumped a cap, cheezy but effective. Don't mean to start a huge debate and I'll do my research because I'm sure there are plenty of threads like this but to me it sounds like both "big 3" and a cap should be utilized. No worries though and I'm sure I learn the ways in no time. [/QUOTE]

Verification