capacitors?

[WhoSayWho? 5,000+ posts]

well if i decided i still wanted one, which one should i get?

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/nono.gif.eca61d170185779e0921b0faa9704973.gif You didn't read that in 10 minutes.

Seriously, I am sorry but I can't help you other than to say I would go with the cheapest I could find (since I don't think they help).

 

[spoonraker 10+ year member]

Capacitors are completely useless in car audio.

They do not take any load off of anything. Your alternator charges the capacitor, so maybe for a second or so that alternator isn't directly powering your system, but once that capacitor drops a couple volts, which happens almost instantly, the load goes right back to your alternator, and if the alternator isn't powerful enough to keep up at that point, the load jumps to your battery. Now what good did that capacitor do? Oh right....none...

Your alternator and battery ultimately carry the ENTIRE load of the audio system.

Follow me here and tell me if this logic makes sense....

-Alternator powers capacitor

-Capacitor powers audio system

=

-Alternator doesn't power audio system

Is it just me or is that far from a reasonable conclusion given the previous two points?

Some people say "well the capacitor is just supposed to help your alternator keep up with the power demands blah blah blah" in essence they are saying that the capacitor makes the alternator have a smaller power demand because of the power it provides temporarily. This again just doens't make sense logically. Every single bit of power the capacitor has, came from the alternator, and the capacitor will never have a single bit of power in it again after it has drained unless the alternator powers it up.

Has this sunk in yet? You don't need a capacitor, it won't help a weak electrical system, it doesn't save anything from powering anything.

 

[Gazlay43 10+ year member]

ur right i didn't read it.

i really dont have the time 2 right now

im just trying 2 figure out what capicitor would work best 4 me

thanx 4 the help but ill try 2 read that article when i get a chance

 

[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

I vote for a sticky that reads on the title "DON'T BUY A CAP." If we did this then we would have less threads like this.

 

[krisfnbz 10+ year member]

ur right i didn't read it. i really dont have the time 2 right now

im just trying 2 figure out what capicitor would work best 4 me

thanx 4 the help but ill try 2 read that article when i get a chance

DUde people like you need to be banned after what that guy above just wrote. YOU DONT NEED A CAP IT DOES NOTHING

but give you neon lights. I agree we need to sticky CAPACITORS are useless at the top of electrical

 

[Gazlay43 10+ year member]

well gee guyz thanx 4 all the "help"

but maybe u could let me learn the hard way

if i wanna buy a cap, y does it matter 2 u

i want 2 try one out and see if it helps at all

if it doesnt, i will admit that all of u were right

but until then i would just like some help on a cap choice

and as 4 the guy who said i should be banned, sorry but i did not see the post where he explains the alt. and cap situation until just now

 

[krisfnbz 10+ year member]

well gee guyz thanx 4 all the "help"but maybe u could let me learn the hard way

if i wanna buy a cap, y does it matter 2 u

i want 2 try one out and see if it helps at all

if it doesnt, i will admit that all of u were right

but until then i would just like some help on a cap choice

and as 4 the guy who said i should be banned, sorry but i did not see the post where he explains the alt. and cap situation until just now

Dude first off, cut all of that shit like dis mang u cud out seriously typing like that is so ****ing annoying to read. Why would you want to learn the hard way instead of doing it right the first time around when like 20 people are telling you that capacitors are a waste of time and money and wires!

Geez just please read the forum a little bit more and then ask questions, obviously here you get flammed for alot of shit but you learn from it

first off, **** the alternator job do the big 3 thats so much easier to do.... and much cheaper. Your only going to need a new alt if your system is pushing like 1000+ watts(real watts that is)

 

[Gazlay43 10+ year member]

How is my typing annoying?

And if ur gonna flame me or w/e just do it

I was just looking 4 some help, but I guess I can't get any without dealin with a bunch of BS first.

Thanx anyways.

I just see the big 3 as putting more stress on my alternator and it seems like unnecessary work.

But I guess I'll try it out.

 

[krisfnbz 10+ year member]

How is my typing annoying?And if ur gonna flame me or w/e just do it

I was just looking 4 some help, but I guess I can't get any without dealin with a bunch of BS first.

Thanx anyways.

I just see the big 3 as putting more stress on my alternator and it seems like unnecessary work.

But I guess I'll try it out.

1. Its annoying...... period.

2. Im not flaming you...alot of other people would though.

3. The big 3 is COMPLETELY opposite of straining your alternator... It just simply lets more current flow through to your battery, which will flow to your amps connected to your battery. So ultimately it takes the strain off the battery.

 

[SuperchargedRS 10+ year member]

You are worried about your light dimming....because it looks bad???

I have always wondered this about people who like the big azz subs and whatnot, it seems they know little and care little about the performance (minus adding a fart pipe exhaust system).

I know a guy who has a newer sports car (a Z), now this thing from the factory is O.K. I guess (comapred to a corolla or something),

but when the bass hits his lights still look *****'n good (he has a cap), but you can watch his tac drop and his oil pres drop.... oh but the lights still look good....seems silly, this is your car telling you it is not ment for this stuff ESPECIALY the little low displacment jap cars/econ cars, and all one is doing is putting a cosmetic band-aid on the issue

anywho...

***And to the guy wanting the cap, I think what these guys are telling you is that it isnt going to help, so buy any cap you want...as you will end up with the same (more or less) end result; so using the the perviously mentioned information, if it makes you feel better go buy the cheapest one..

 

[canemaster 10+ year member]

Anyone in or near Austin, TX that would want to help me with the Big 3???

The wires go from the batt to a fuse box...wtf and also I can't trace the wire to the Alt..

I'll pay too

 

[Gazlay43 10+ year member]

my apologies for being annoying and not listening 2 reason

im still gonna try a cheap cap and see if it helps, if it does, great. But if not I will definitely do the big 3

Thanx 4 all the input

 

[krisfnbz 10+ year member]

my apologies for being annoying and not listening 2 reasonim still gonna try a cheap cap and see if it helps, if it does, great. But if not I will definitely do the big 3

Thanx 4 all the input

Dude doing the big 3 costs less than $50(ESPECIALLY IF YOU BUY THE WIRE ON THIS FORUM) and a cap can cost you up to $100!!!

Just do the big 3 it will make 100 times a difference the cap will do...which is absolutely nothing!!!!!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/*******.gif.a649d21efc0d1fd4890a6428166586c1.gif