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<blockquote data-quote="audioholic" data-source="post: 7095203" data-attributes="member: 549629">Your tank analogy is a reasonable parallel, but not exact. The key to understanding how the cap functions is understanding that it follows system voltage, which is why Ive mentioned that in just about every reply in this thread. The cap isn&#039;t &quot;trying&quot; to &quot;pull&quot; current, it simply recharges once the system voltage increases. To use the tank analogy, assume the system is not pressurized (hydraulic systems are pressurized, obviously). If the tank/water system is not pressurized, the water level in all tanks (large being the batt, small being the cap) will remain at the same elevation due to gravity. When the outlet drain of water (the amplifier) stops or subsides to the point the refill pump (the alt) pumps more water than the outlet drain removes, the water level in all tanks rises. This water level rise is similar to system voltage increasing. People who think the cap will pull current even while the amp is still over taxing the alt, think in a way that would presume the small water tank would fill to a higher point than the water in the rest of the system, which it will not do.Hope that clarifies things more.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="audioholic, post: 7095203, member: 549629"] Your tank analogy is a reasonable parallel, but not exact. The key to understanding how the cap functions is understanding that it follows system voltage, which is why Ive mentioned that in just about every reply in this thread. The cap isn't "trying" to "pull" current, it simply recharges once the system voltage increases. To use the tank analogy, assume the system is not pressurized (hydraulic systems are pressurized, obviously). If the tank/water system is not pressurized, the water level in all tanks (large being the batt, small being the cap) will remain at the same elevation due to gravity. When the outlet drain of water (the amplifier) stops or subsides to the point the refill pump (the alt) pumps more water than the outlet drain removes, the water level in all tanks rises. This water level rise is similar to system voltage increasing. People who think the cap will pull current even while the amp is still over taxing the alt, think in a way that would presume the small water tank would fill to a higher point than the water in the rest of the system, which it will not do. Hope that clarifies things more. [/QUOTE]

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