has big 3 solved your problem?

[smkmotorsports 10+ year member]

i've got a question where can i find a big 3 at?

 

[dleccord 5,000+ posts]

the difference between .5 farad and 1 farad is storage capacity. How many watts are you running, that determines cap size.

I have two amps, the F340 is pusing about 280WRM and the M301 is using about 350WRMS. The max for these amps combined is not even close to 1000W and I plan on keeping it that way.

Let me know your opinion

 

[ramos 5,000+ posts]

i've got a question where can i find a big 3 at?

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[kotec123 10+ year member]

i've got a question where can i find a big 3 at?

hahahaa umm im just wondering, but is this guy serious???

Read the big 3 sticky.

and a .5 farad cap won't do anything.....just wont....even if u have a 100 watt rms amp, those amps dont use too much current as it is so get a 2 farad or higher cap

 

[Shinobi 10+ year member]

I have two Exide XDC 's which are the same as a yellow top if not better. I'm running my orion 2500 at 2 ohm and notice dimming at full tilt at night . I havent done the big 3 yet but I will soon its just to cold and I need another 1/0 crimpable ring terminal and those big crimps. I'll give a report on before and after differences. Also my alt seems to be different since I have a new truck my alternator seems to kick on when power levels are way to low and run for a while then kick back off my voltages stay fine which the alt is runningbut while its off it just drains the batts I need to find a way to by pass this to let the alt run all the time .

 

[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

The first time I measured the voltage of my truck, I already grounded my battery with 1/0, and it read about 14.4. I finished the other 2 wires and now my voltage is about 14.6 or a little more. It will help your electrical system to become more efficient. Tomorrow, I plan to do another ground on my alternator and ground my battery again, hopefully to make it even a little stronger.

 

[Raven 10+ year member]

hahahaa umm im just wondering, but is this guy serious???
Read the big 3 sticky.

and a .5 farad cap won't do anything.....just wont....even if u have a 100 watt rms amp, those amps dont use too much current as it is so get a 2 farad or higher cap

That's bogus. When external car amp capacitors were originally designed they had amplifiers in the 100 watt range in mind, and they were usually a half or quarter-farad. To say that the only reason they aren't working is because they aren't big enough can't be right when they're 4 times bigger what they used to be for the same application.

Rather, most capacitors made for amps today are just too sluggish to do what they're supposed to. Especially the bigger ones. Check out "ESR" on caps for more info.

 

[dleccord 5,000+ posts]

That's bogus. When external car amp capacitors were originally designed they had amplifiers in the 100 watt range in mind, and they were usually a half or quarter-farad. To say that the only reason they aren't working is because they aren't big enough can't be right when they're 4 times bigger what they used to be for the same application.
Rather, most capacitors made for amps today are just too sluggish to do what they're supposed to. Especially the bigger ones. Check out "ESR" on caps for more info.

so your take on .5? is still bad??