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<blockquote data-quote="dragon.breath" data-source="post: 8787622" data-attributes="member: 582656"><p>[ATTACH=full]37628[/ATTACH]My current setup is a 160 amp alternator (big as I can get, stock alt was 75 amps), Agm battery under the hood, and a XS power d3100 in the rear. I am running a Taramps smart 3 and a Taramps 800.2. While driving the voltage will drop to about 13.0v when the bass first hits. On long bass notes the voltage will rise back up to about 13.5-13.6v before the bass note ends. So I am going to add a super cap bank. My question is this. I figure that they will end up floating at the same voltage as the batteries do, so 12.7v or so. When I start my car in the morning are the caps going to max out my alternator trying to recharge themselves? Or am I overthinking things?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dragon.breath, post: 8787622, member: 582656"] [ATTACH type="full" alt="37628"]37628[/ATTACH]My current setup is a 160 amp alternator (big as I can get, stock alt was 75 amps), Agm battery under the hood, and a XS power d3100 in the rear. I am running a Taramps smart 3 and a Taramps 800.2. While driving the voltage will drop to about 13.0v when the bass first hits. On long bass notes the voltage will rise back up to about 13.5-13.6v before the bass note ends. So I am going to add a super cap bank. My question is this. I figure that they will end up floating at the same voltage as the batteries do, so 12.7v or so. When I start my car in the morning are the caps going to max out my alternator trying to recharge themselves? Or am I overthinking things? [/QUOTE]
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