Do capacitors work??

[Grand Merk 10+ year member]

I was just wondering if capacitors really work?? or do they just drain more...more stress.

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[Jh8909 10+ year member]

lulz

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Yes, they work.

 

[power-fanatic07 5,000+ posts]

if you have less than 1k watts they will suffice.

 

[ahole-ic]

They work for what they are intended for. That does not include long periods of heavy current draw where the source voltage of the system drops for a long period of time. It is intended to filter ripple. It's hard to call a 2 or 3 second heavy draw a ripple. All you can do in this scenario is make your power source (ALTERNATOR... NOT battery) able to produce the demanded current while maintaining its voltage.

 

[superspank 10+ year member]

they work as paperweights. Or target practice. That's about it.

 

[daboyfrumdabx 10+ year member]

They work for profit, selling to people who think they work

 

[TMali 10+ year member]

They work for what they are intended for. That does not include long periods of heavy current draw where the source voltage of the system drops for a long period of time. It is intended to filter ripple. It's hard to call a 2 or 3 second heavy draw a ripple. All you can do in this scenario is make your power source (ALTERNATOR... NOT battery) able to produce the demanded current while maintaining its voltage.

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[Papermaker85 5,000+ posts]

They work for what they are intended for. That does not include long periods of heavy current draw where the source voltage of the system drops for a long period of time. It is intended to filter ripple. It's hard to call a 2 or 3 second heavy draw a ripple. All you can do in this scenario is make your power source (ALTERNATOR... NOT battery) able to produce the demanded current while maintaining its voltage.

exactly, most people can't comprehend this.. the cap simply stabilizes the voltage by increasing amperage...

 

[PioneerSPL1990 10+ year member]

they work as a nice butt plug on your mom. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

They work for what they are intended for. That does not include long periods of heavy current draw where the source voltage of the system drops for a long period of time. It is intended to filter ripple. It's hard to call a 2 or 3 second heavy draw a ripple. All you can do in this scenario is make your power source (ALTERNATOR... NOT battery) able to produce the demanded current while maintaining its voltage.

Quoted again for truth.