Do Capacitors work? CAST YOUR VOTE!

[wilzyx 5,000+ posts]

they work, but not many people know when to use them and they expect a cap to fix all their problems

 

[digital mint 10+ year member]

If your lights stop dimming after you put the cap, then basicaly you still have the same electrical problem but you can't see it anymore.

 

[Bumpin' Yota 10+ year member]

help PREVENT/REDUCE light dimming; yespreserving alternator life; no. if any, strain it even more

are you on crack?

no they dont do anything for headlight dimming!

talk about ignorant!

 

[Bumpin' Yota 10+ year member]

If your lights stop dimming after you put the cap, then basicaly you still have the same electrical problem but you can't see it anymore.

PRECISELY and its only a matter of time before the dimming comes back, you eventually kill your batt and then alt, and look at all the money you 'saved' by buying a cap, then later a new alt and battery instead of doing things CORRECTLY and buying a high output alternator!!

 

[Bumpin' Yota 10+ year member]

Do caps help dimming issues and/or prolong alternator life?

NO and NO

And anyone saying otherwise needs to either work on their reading comprehension or needs to learn basic physics...

 

[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

of course they can help dimming - they don't help in every situation, and helping dimming isn't helping your alt/batt, but yes - they CAN improve dimming.

They reduce the distance between voltage peaks and valleys in the charging system. If your amps are just barely maxing out the alt dropping you from ~14 to 12.5v and the cap can store enough charge to cover, or close that gap then yes, obviously you'll see it in the lights.

If you've got a giant system and your alt doesn't have a chance and your voltage isn't ever much over 12, then no - the cap V will always be = or close to = the batt V which will have no effect on lights.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

they work, but not many people know when to use them and they expect a cap to fix all their problems

Sweet. Some faggot put me in his sig...btw...those types of lists are old...way old. Get with the times tard.

NG

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Horribly worded poll.

Yes, they work. To say otherwise would be silly. Ever look inside of basically anything electronic lately? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

I voted Yes because it's the truth...

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[stones 10+ year member]

Anybody who's been shocked by a tazer will tell you they work wonderfully.

 

[bamaboy 5,000+ posts]

i would just get another battery, will help a good bit

 

[FoxPro5 5,000+ posts]

there should be a clarification in the first post...caps can stop your headlights from dimming IF you wire them to your headlights, not to your amp...

Exactamondo!

 

[Bumpin' Yota 10+ year member]

of course they can help dimming - they don't help in every situation, and helping dimming isn't helping your alt/batt, but yes - they CAN improve dimming. 

They reduce the distance between voltage peaks and valleys in the charging system. If your amps are just barely maxing out the alt dropping you from ~14 to 12.5v and the cap can store enough charge to cover, or close that gap then yes, obviously you'll see it in the lights.

if the amps are "just barely maxing out the alt" your voltage will not drop to 12.5. Nearly EVERY battery on the market floats at 12.9 to 13.2. Remeber that your galvanic cells rest around 2.2v each. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif If the amp was "barely maxing out the alt" as you say the voltage would not drop much below 13. Secondarily do you have any idea the kind of power a battery puts out before it drops to say 12.5? A hell of a lot more than ANY conventional cap can ever have a snowballs chance in hell of storing. If you do the math it takes thousands of farads to equal one battery's storage capacity. This is why manufacturer's use batteries to start vehicles, not caps. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

If you've got a giant system and your alt doesn't have a chance and your voltage isn't ever much over 12, then no - the cap V will always be = or close to = the batt V which will have no effect on lights.

Lemme just say in a friendly manner, wrong again. The cap, once discharged is an additional load on the overstrained alternator, leading to even faster alternator death. (remember you alt is NOT designed to recharge a battery that has been deep cycled - it is designed to power your cars accessories and maintain the battery's charge. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif )Secondarily unless you have grounding issues, the cap, the battery, and the alternators output are all going to be the same...

Again putting in a cap to remedy light dimming is analogous to throwing a roll of toilet paper in the ocean in hopes of lowering the oceans level...aint gonna happen

 

[Bumpin' Yota 10+ year member]

Horribly worded poll.
Yes, they work. To say otherwise would be silly. Ever look inside of basically anything electronic lately? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

I voted Yes because it's the truth...

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Well duh! lol

But did you read the context of his question?

If you did you'd have said NO. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[tRiGgEr 5,000+ posts]

Why did you edit your post starting with wrong again? Eh yota...

 

[Bumpin' Yota 10+ year member]

Why did you edit your post starting with wrong again? Eh yota...

to add tact (i dont want to offend anyone...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif) and to make it easier to read and debate