power cap ???

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

yea but a LITTLE bit of dimming?
I say the op is over reacting.

you just said you had your lights almost turning off and still bumpin hard...am I missin somethin?

also where does alt. whine come in.. I thought thats why its bad to ground on the ALT

 

[Trey803 5,000+ posts]

I have personally seen a cap lessen voltage drop and dimming

 

[king ranch 5,000+ posts]

is it just me or is this on a bike hes riding around or what bc his sig says no car and a sony headphone cd unit wtf lo

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

I have personally seen a cap lessen voltage drop and dimming

caps are situational, and in this case it is truly a lack of the alternator to be able to keep up at idle

 

[tothemax1984]

see thats the thing my last car would dimm well driving i had a 1996 buick regal 105 amp alt. and i had a 580 watt shit amp brdged to my subs. and it would b flashing and battery light came on. if i bridge my new amp only then does my battery light come on in my new car. a 1999 ford escort. i think it has a 70 amp alt. its a refurb from ford. the last owners had it replaced.any ways with the gains turned up high then it will dimm bad as im driving slow example just shifted car in to drive and going slow. but with gains set right a good amount of bass then i only get volt drops when im stoped. more or less what could happen if i leave it at that with the low volt when im at a low rpm?

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

see thats the thing my last car would dimm well driving i had a 1996 buick regal 105 amp alt. and i had a 580 watt shit amp brdged to my subs. and it would b flashing and battery light came on. if i bridge my new amp only then does my battery light come on in my new car. a 1999 ford escort. i think it has a 70 amp alt. its a refurb from ford. the last owners had it replaced.any ways with the gains turned up high then it will dimm bad as im driving slow example just shifted car in to drive and going slow. but with gains set right a good amount of bass then i only get volt drops when im stoped. more or less what could happen if i leave it at that with the low volt when im at a low rpm?

that is amp efficiency causing that....older "crap" amp was less efficient

 

[king ranch 5,000+ posts]

not to get off topic but wat can a 130 amp alt handle as in rms

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

not to get off topic but wat can a 130 amp alt handle as in rms

depends on your amp's efficiency

 

[Trey803 5,000+ posts]

caps are situational, and in this case it is truly a lack of the alternator to be able to keep up at idle

this cap was on a old *** cutlass that when the bass hit you could hear the alternator squealing.......if the bass hit while you were stopping the car would literally shut off

 

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

ok, so when does alt. whine come in play...when you do what...i thought it was alt. to ground...or anything grounded close to the alt.....or is that power wire running into the car that goes near the alt?

 

[tothemax1984]

i have a car. i i got ride of what i had in my sig. i was mad cuz the girl next door mad me feel like i been wasting my time.i really love car audio every one at work tells me im sick cuz thats all i like. even my girl is like u talking to those people im on here like all the time now (posting stupid shit 2). i am hearing u guys thanks

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

this cap was on a old *** cutlass that when the bass hit you could hear the alternator squealing.......if the bass hit while you were stopping the car would literally shut off

that sounds even more like slipping belt, and the cap reduced the initial spike that caused the belt to begin slipping.....

like pulling on a stuck nut with a wrench, and then whacking the wrench with a hammer

just the wrench is with the cap and the hammer and wrench is without.

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

I'm lost.
No to the cap, turn your gain back up, call it a day.

Your like that mom that wants to take the kid to the doctor for a runny nose.

lol

 

[Trey803 5,000+ posts]

that sounds even more like slipping belt, and the cap reduced the initial spike that caused the belt to begin slipping.....
like pulling on a stuck nut with a wrench, and then whacking the wrench with a hammer

just the wrench is with the cap and the hammer and wrench is without.

I was exactly that....a very very loose belt

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

I was exactly that....a very very loose belt

thus the cap was a ghetto fix for a loose belt:laugh: