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<blockquote data-quote="jlaine" data-source="post: 38125" data-attributes="member: 542392"><p>Alternator doesn't have the ability to "react" the way a battery or capacitor does, they just supply, batteries and capacitors are storage units. Alternator is constantly on while the vehicle is running, whereas a cap or battery is only as good as its source. While their idea is cute, one has to take into effect the alternator has to react through a supply line of 20 feet, wheras a capacitor is directly at the amp in the shortest lead possible.</p><p></p><p>I find capacitors useless when you beef up an alternator. Tried them found them pointless. Kept them in because I didn't want to rewire everything under the sun after I wasted my time getting them in there in the first place... Power dispersion rates compared to an alternator, a capacitor will kill it in a heartbeat. Only problem is a capacitor can't supply a charge at a constant voltage, just store one and dissipate what it has stored. All falls back on the alternator.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jlaine, post: 38125, member: 542392"] Alternator doesn't have the ability to "react" the way a battery or capacitor does, they just supply, batteries and capacitors are storage units. Alternator is constantly on while the vehicle is running, whereas a cap or battery is only as good as its source. While their idea is cute, one has to take into effect the alternator has to react through a supply line of 20 feet, wheras a capacitor is directly at the amp in the shortest lead possible. I find capacitors useless when you beef up an alternator. Tried them found them pointless. Kept them in because I didn't want to rewire everything under the sun after I wasted my time getting them in there in the first place... Power dispersion rates compared to an alternator, a capacitor will kill it in a heartbeat. Only problem is a capacitor can't supply a charge at a constant voltage, just store one and dissipate what it has stored. All falls back on the alternator. [/QUOTE]
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