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<blockquote data-quote="maylar" data-source="post: 145890" data-attributes="member: 541144">Fuse, fuseholder, terminals, crimps... all have restance. As jlaine has been trying to get across, even milliohms of resistance defeats the purpose of using a cap.A 1000 watt system with a 60 amp fuse could easily hit 200 amp peaks for short transients. During that time the voltage at the amp&#039;s terminals drops by (200 X R) volts. Just 25 milliohms of total resistance relates to 5 volts drop at that current.A capacitor is supposed to help compensate for voltage drop in the feed wiring and alternator when the amp hits those high current peaks, by providing a localized source capable of supplying huge currents for short periods. If the wiring between the cap and amp has even ~milliohms~ of resistance, you&#039;ll lose the effectiveness of its ability to keep the amps terminal voltage up.Wiring should be fused at the battery end. Period. If the load shorts out, the main fuse will blow. The cap will discharge... like it was designed to do.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="maylar, post: 145890, member: 541144"] Fuse, fuseholder, terminals, crimps... all have restance. As jlaine has been trying to get across, even milliohms of resistance defeats the purpose of using a cap. A 1000 watt system with a 60 amp fuse could easily hit 200 amp peaks for short transients. During that time the voltage at the amp's terminals drops by (200 X R) volts. Just 25 milliohms of total resistance relates to 5 volts drop at that current. A capacitor is supposed to help compensate for voltage drop in the feed wiring and alternator when the amp hits those high current peaks, by providing a localized source capable of supplying huge currents for short periods. If the wiring between the cap and amp has even ~milliohms~ of resistance, you'll lose the effectiveness of its ability to keep the amps terminal voltage up. Wiring should be fused at the battery end. Period. If the load shorts out, the main fuse will blow. The cap will discharge... like it was designed to do. [/QUOTE]

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