cap vs second battery!! HELP HELP HELP!

[youngbg17 10+ year member]

whats the best way to go.... these are the two set ups im thinking about going with

3 skar audio 12'' with a 3000 watt amp

or

3 solo barics with same amp....

can i cap give enough juice for that or i will need a second battery also.. my car is a 2001 acura cl

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[MisterDeadeye 10+ year member]

How is it that I see one of these threads every day?

USE THE SEARCH FUNCTION. IT'S THERE FOR A REASON.

 

[hrtbrk1 5,000+ posts]

xspower...well a second battery... xs is expensive but great batts

 

[Kangaroux 5,000+ posts]

http://www.caraudio.com/forums/electrical-wiring-classifieds/506110-bad4healths-deka-c-d-batteries-thread.html

youre welcome

 

[Heeltoeclutch 10+ year member]

Read the bottom of this:

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[i2ain2thunder 10+ year member]

Get a Cap why would you ever consider getting something that can do the same thing but better like a battery?

 

[fasfocus00 5,000+ posts]

just get the cap, it'll benefit you in the long run.

 

[youngbg17 10+ year member]

because im new..... yeah it seems as if running a cap is easier anyway... whats some good ones?

 

[hispls 5,000+ posts]

Cap is worse than useless. Long story short it will hold enough of a charge to power your amp for about a 20th of a second at full power then it's basically a resistor.

Get a good deep cycle battery as close as you can to the amp, search for and do a "big 3" upgrade.

 

[sleazebagger 10+ year member]

 

[fasfocus00 5,000+ posts]

because im new..... yeah it seems as if running a cap is easier anyway... whats some good ones?

get a huge one, like the Soundstream Hybrid cap or a good Rockford one.

 

[youngbg17 10+ year member]

so many mix signals smfh.............. AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

 

[Heeltoeclutch 10+ year member]

lulz. Bottom line: the average cap is like a strip of duct tape trying to mend a 6 ft diameter sewer line. There is a better, safer, more cost-effective way to achieve your goal.

and that is another battery.

from the link i posted earlier:

1 Farad = 100 joules or 100W/second

800 CCA battery = ~2,200,000 farads

 

For storage purposes, you'd need ~2,200 units of 1 Farad capacitors to equal the energy of your battery. But this is physically impossible to place in a car!!

 

[Robert 2001 10+ year member]

Go with the battery and run big wire.i have a system running 1000 watt amp with a cap and still really need another battery when playing hard.

 

[i2ain2thunder 10+ year member]

Get the flashiest selfesteem building Cap you can find from best buy and shell out $500 for it to stroke your epeen.

OR

learn that we are typing sarcasm whe we tell you do so and get a nice battery like a pro lul

HO alt if you got money to blow