Power Acoustik CapCell?? BATTERY N CAPACITOR IN ONE!!

[stillfly45 10+ year member]

I was looking at the power acoustik website today looking at the differences between the a3000db and the BAMF5500d and i found this:

http://www.poweracoustik.com/pa2006/product_AUDIO_addon_CAPSELL.htm

I just want to know if any1 can tell me if this would be comparable to a kinetik or something?

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With this, can i run my amps at 16v???

these things arent that expensive either, if they are legit i would pick up two of these:

http://cgi.ebay.com/POWER-ACOUSTIK-CAPCELL-800-800-AMP-DIGITAL-CAPACITOR-08_W0QQitemZ110286838708QQihZ001QQcategoryZ75388QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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[jdawg90 10+ year member]

looks like a small overpriced battery to me

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

If they were legit, I'd imagine that we'd have heard something about them before now. I'm guessing that the cap portion is 16V rated (most car audio caps are rated for 20V) but the battery portion is still only a 12.6 V cell.

 

[MisterGrubbs 5,000+ posts]

Overpriced batcap? FTW

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

it looks pretty nice...but it won't run 16v's

 

[jrwalte 10+ year member]

it's even cheaper if you google shop it. And no, you can't run your amps at 16 volts, it just supports 16 volts, which may mean it only supports up to 16 volts so it still wouldn't work in a 16 volt system. In order to run a 16 volt system you have to buy a new alternator and somehow step down to 12 volts for your car's electronics. You can run 2 alts, one at 14 and one at 16, get a step down regulator that can handle the amperage your car requires or get the Kinetik hybrid battery that has 16v and 12v posts.

 

[stillfly45 10+ year member]

So wuts the difference between this/batcap and a battery???

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

Most likely this is is a small battery with a hybrid cap grafted onto the top of it. Xstatic BatCaps are, for the most part, batteries that have been "zapped" to reduce the ESR.

 

[stillfly45 10+ year member]

Most likely this is is a small battery with a hybrid cap grafted onto the top of it. Xstatic BatCaps are, for the most part, batteries that have been "zapped" to reduce the ESR.

so which would be better for a system consisting fo about 3000 watts???

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

I'd just go with a good second battery. Assuming that you're going for a daily system rather than competition, something like an Optima Yellow Top or a Kinetik or Powermaster cell would be just fine. Nothing wrong with a midsized BatCap if you can find a good price on one.