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<blockquote data-quote="knukonceptz" data-source="post: 4657543" data-attributes="member: 548221">Caps are useful to a point, when you get a really large amount of amplifier power, way beyond what your alternator can handle, that&#039;s the point at which a cap is not going to help.If say you have a 100A alternator and you have a 100A draw on the system from the amp, a cap would then at that point help reduce voltage spikes caused by the amps draw. Every amplifer has several smaller caps on board right next to the power supply. This is to help maintain a consistant voltage to the amps power supply. An outboard cap will do the same thing, but if the demand is far beyond the systems ability to supply the cap, they then become ineffective.Some say they cause a strain on a system, but that is not true because they contain only a small amount of resistance within a cap, it does not hurt, but why have it if its not helping either. At that point its only a strain on your wallet.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="knukonceptz, post: 4657543, member: 548221"] Caps are useful to a point, when you get a really large amount of amplifier power, way beyond what your alternator can handle, that's the point at which a cap is not going to help. If say you have a 100A alternator and you have a 100A draw on the system from the amp, a cap would then at that point help reduce voltage spikes caused by the amps draw. Every amplifer has several smaller caps on board right next to the power supply. This is to help maintain a consistant voltage to the amps power supply. An outboard cap will do the same thing, but if the demand is far beyond the systems ability to supply the cap, they then become ineffective. Some say they cause a strain on a system, but that is not true because they contain only a small amount of resistance within a cap, it does not hurt, but why have it if its not helping either. At that point its only a strain on your wallet. [/QUOTE]

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