Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Slim_Shady" data-source="post: 5489599" data-attributes="member: 606153">Ok. I will try to give you guys the best advice I can.My experience with caps:Had 2 farads on a 1600-1800 watt system. Sounded great. I removed one; Quite noticeable reduction in output and clarity at high volumes.Did not pay attention to voltages w/ this setup.Had 1 farad on 1,000 watt system. don&#039;t quite remember voltages, although I payed more attention this time. Tried with/ without cap, definately noticed a reduction of bass output from the beginnoing to end of a long bass note w/o the cap. With the cap, the same note stayed at roughly the same volume.3rd setup was a 1 farad cap on a PR1000.1 and 2 M3 12&#039;s. I paid close attention to the voltage on this setup, and noticed w/o the cap my voltage was dropping to around 10.5-10.6. Hooked up the cap, same song, and the voltage would not drop lower than 13.5.If I had to guess, I&#039;d say that cap was good for an extra 2-300 watts of sustained outputNOW. This is using high quality caps (RF, Stinger).The cheap ones do not work worth a crap.Alot of people say they mess up your electrical, I had a stock Honda Civic alternator supplying 1800 watts on the first system I named, and even though the lights dimmed a good bit, it sounded great and my alternator held up fine.Again, these ase MY experiences.It makes me laugh when people say caps are crap because they are making a very general statement about something that is very application specific.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Slim_Shady, post: 5489599, member: 606153"] Ok. I will try to give you guys the best advice I can. My experience with caps: Had 2 farads on a 1600-1800 watt system. Sounded great. I removed one; Quite noticeable reduction in output and clarity at high volumes. Did not pay attention to voltages w/ this setup. Had 1 farad on 1,000 watt system. don't quite remember voltages, although I payed more attention this time. Tried with/ without cap, definately noticed a reduction of bass output from the beginnoing to end of a long bass note w/o the cap. With the cap, the same note stayed at roughly the same volume. 3rd setup was a 1 farad cap on a PR1000.1 and 2 M3 12's. I paid close attention to the voltage on this setup, and noticed w/o the cap my voltage was dropping to around 10.5-10.6. Hooked up the cap, same song, and the voltage would not drop lower than 13.5. If I had to guess, I'd say that cap was good for an extra 2-300 watts of sustained output NOW. This is using high quality caps (RF, Stinger). [B]The cheap ones do not work worth a crap[/B]. Alot of people say they mess up your electrical, I had a stock Honda Civic alternator supplying 1800 watts on the first system I named, and even though the lights dimmed a good bit, it sounded great and my alternator held up fine. Again, these ase MY experiences. It makes me laugh when people say caps are crap because they are making a very general statement about something that is very application specific. [/QUOTE]

Verification