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Message: <blockquote data-quote="audioholic" data-source="post: 7084143" data-attributes="member: 549629">That is a popular misconception. The cap's voltage will follow system voltage. So once the cap is drained, and system voltage drops, the cap will not recharge until system voltage rebounds. And since voltage will only rise once the charging system 'catches up' to the draw (or more accurately, once the draw diminishes, such as the bass note ends), the cap will not draw extra current from the alt until the alt has sufficient capacity to recharge it.Once the cap is discharged and system voltage drops, the cap is then nothing more than added resistance to the circuit (in the form of its ESR, and any resistance added by the mechanical connection of the cap to the circuit).Im not saying a cap is a good idea, but its not as bad as you, and many others, make it out to be.</blockquote>

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