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Capacitor with 3 amps???
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<blockquote data-quote="akheathen" data-source="post: 8793142" data-attributes="member: 629234"><p>as long as its parallel with the power inputs, its going to work. best as close to the current hogs as possible, but also noise will show more in the mids and highs, so if you are trying to smooth noise, and not a power "brown out" on the bass, wire it closer to the mid amps... if you are going with caps, a cap bank unit is far more effective than large single caps. the most effective cap setup ive seen was a little 16farad remote switched cap bank that looked like a slightly thicker crossover unit. it really took the gimmick out of capacitors, given the vehicles small alternator, but thats pretty dangerous. the voltage still dips down; you just dont notice it anymore. great for electrical noise and actually enough to smooth out a big bass punch for a fraction of a second. if thats what you are after, then you can see how much more you need to bolster to make a decent difference. if you are more looking for power backup, then you need to direct your attention to the alternator, and suppliment its reaction time with the caps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="akheathen, post: 8793142, member: 629234"] as long as its parallel with the power inputs, its going to work. best as close to the current hogs as possible, but also noise will show more in the mids and highs, so if you are trying to smooth noise, and not a power "brown out" on the bass, wire it closer to the mid amps... if you are going with caps, a cap bank unit is far more effective than large single caps. the most effective cap setup ive seen was a little 16farad remote switched cap bank that looked like a slightly thicker crossover unit. it really took the gimmick out of capacitors, given the vehicles small alternator, but thats pretty dangerous. the voltage still dips down; you just dont notice it anymore. great for electrical noise and actually enough to smooth out a big bass punch for a fraction of a second. if thats what you are after, then you can see how much more you need to bolster to make a decent difference. if you are more looking for power backup, then you need to direct your attention to the alternator, and suppliment its reaction time with the caps. [/QUOTE]
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