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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KaeZoo" data-source="post: 2004682" data-attributes="member: 554753">Helotaxi, even in the situation you're describing, does a cap really make sense?The main symptom you've noted is dimming headlights.  If the headlights are dimming because of the limitations of the voltage regulator, and not because of an overtaxed alt, then are they really a problem?  And if they are a problem, is a large capacitor way back at the amplifier the best solution?  Smaller capacitors, wired into the headlight circuit, would be more effective.The real question is whether the loss of voltage from the limitation of the voltage regulator makes an AUDIBLE difference in the amplifier's output, and whether a capacitor will improve it.  I don't know for certain, but I doubt it.  Otherwise a cap is just an expensive and inefficient band-aid for dimming headlights.</blockquote>

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