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<blockquote data-quote="zane" data-source="post: 8697" data-attributes="member: 540617"><p>Firstly, if your lights are dimming, a cap was the wrong piece to add to your setup. As I have pointed out here several times, caps are too often used as band-aids to cover up a struggling charging system. Bottom line- if your alternator cant keep up, what good is a cap?</p><p></p><p>An alternator upgrade should have been your first undertaking, as it should be now.</p><p></p><p>A cap will benefit a system that has no chargin problems by doing what it is designed to- provide intermittant extra (stored/reserve) current to the amplifiers during a breif musical burst- IE. A low bass note.</p><p></p><p>A cap installs inline right before the amplifier on its power wire. It also has a ground, and in some cases, a remote wire for activation.</p><p></p><p>Basically - it hooks up just like an amp would- save for the RCA and speaker connections.</p><p></p><p>Go for the Alternator Upgrade, and this issue will trouble you no more.</p><p></p><p>take it easy,</p><p></p><p>-zane</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zane, post: 8697, member: 540617"] Firstly, if your lights are dimming, a cap was the wrong piece to add to your setup. As I have pointed out here several times, caps are too often used as band-aids to cover up a struggling charging system. Bottom line- if your alternator cant keep up, what good is a cap? An alternator upgrade should have been your first undertaking, as it should be now. A cap will benefit a system that has no chargin problems by doing what it is designed to- provide intermittant extra (stored/reserve) current to the amplifiers during a breif musical burst- IE. A low bass note. A cap installs inline right before the amplifier on its power wire. It also has a ground, and in some cases, a remote wire for activation. Basically - it hooks up just like an amp would- save for the RCA and speaker connections. Go for the Alternator Upgrade, and this issue will trouble you no more. take it easy, -zane [/QUOTE]
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