find me a cap for my amps

[budzman]

I am going to be using a Rockford Fosgate T10001b and a P2502 amps in my new car. What I can't find is a good cap to go with these.

I was thinking of maybe getting a 1.0 farad for the T10001b and a .5 farad for the P2502, would that be wise?

Are there any good 2.0 or 3.0 farad caps out there? It's been a while since I wired up may last system but what would be the best way to wire up a setup with either 1 or 2 caps?

I was going to pickup a 1/0 awg wire kit for this, will I need to pickup any accessories like distro blocks?

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[El Ropo 10+ year member]

Caps are a waste of money. Do the big 3 first, then if needed, upgrade alternator/battery.

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

you don't need a cap //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[Decipha 10+ year member]

upgrade your wires BIG 3 and call it a day

 

[bjfish11 5,000+ posts]

prepares for a 10000000000000009 page debate on why you dont need caps....

 

[budzman]

What exactly is "the big 3"?

 

[bjfish11 5,000+ posts]

http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=152355

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

What exactly is "the big 3"?

Have a read here, friend, and it will tell you all about it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Edit: BJ beat me to it.

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wave.gif.002382ce7d7c19757ab945cc69819de1.gif Welcome to the forum, budzman.

 

[budzman]

Thanks, thats some good info there.

Anyone know if doing this would void your factory warranty on the car? I got a 2005 Silverado and i tried calling the dealership but there service dept. is closed today.

 

[bjfish11 5,000+ posts]

Ive never heard of it voiding the warranty, but i would talk to them to make sure. Cause i dont want to be responsible if it does and you end up getting screwed.

 

[smd4life 5,000+ posts]

x23948579238475 on caps ****...

 

[budzman]

Was just wondering if the 0 awg wire was really needed for these amps then?

Would 4 awg wire do the job?

 

[RandyJ 10+ year member]

I don't think it will void the warranty. If you're worried about it, put some lume around it and they will never notice when it goes in for service, assuming you route it neatly.

 

[kotec123 10+ year member]

u shud go 0 ga.....less voltage drops, and those are decently big amps, so in this situation , bigger is better.

 

[RandyJ 10+ year member]

And for more information as to why a cap is not recommended for you, go through some of these.

http://www.caraudio.com/forum/search.php?searchid=1167577