Stiffening Capacitor question......

[dudeigot2dells 10+ year member]

i do believe that i have found the culprit.... i've checked the BIG 3, and found that the grounding wires are no more than a size 8 gauge (i believe) either 6 or 8 but i'm pretty sure it's 8. that would cause the symptoms eh? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[dudeigot2dells 10+ year member]

i do believe that i have found the culprit.... i've checked the BIG 3, and found that the grounding wires are no more than a size 8 gauge (i believe) either 6 or 8 but i'm pretty sure it's 8. and it is no doubt aluminium. that would cause the symptoms eh? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[dudeigot2dells 10+ year member]

da*n back button on mouse!!!!

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

fix it and you tell us if that was the 'culprit'

 

[SRim23 5,000+ posts]

before you go messing with the ground under your hood(unless ur comfortable messing around under your hood it cant hurt i guess) make sure ur ground from your amp to your chassis is good. like everyone said with an alt that powerful you shouldnt have any issues with 500 watts.

 

[dudeigot2dells 10+ year member]

is it uncommon for the alternator to NOT have a ground wire leading from it... it seems as tho it is picking up the ground from the engine????

 

[dudeigot2dells 10+ year member]

I have no problem messing with the grounding wires. I have 6 years Commercial, 3 years Residential, and 4 years Security Tech (low volt) experience

 

[danp129 10+ year member]

Yes the alt is grounded to the engine by its mounting bolts.

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

Most of the time, yes, the engie block provides the ground for the alt. The block is usually grounded with 2 or 3 braided straps to the frame. I usually supplement this with a nice fat ground straight to the battery from the block. 1/0 wire isn't needed in you case because of the amount of power that you're working with. If you have no plans to upgrade significantly, I would just go with 4 ga.

 

[dudeigot2dells 10+ year member]

Wonderful! i need to wait until later on this week, more than likely next week.... the wife runs the bills so........ what she says goes...... if anybody says otherwise.... i'll show you a bear that does not sh*t in the woods //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

however i will post as soon as i am finished with the results

 

[ke6960 10+ year member]

caps whont help so much with light dimming. do the big three it's cheaper and more effective.

big three's def cheaper and possibly better but saying caps wont help is wrong ive used a cap in a saturn to stop lights from dimming and it worked completly (granted it was only a 300w amp but it did work)

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

Didn't stop it. Might have made it harder to see, but that is not the same as stopping it.

 

[dudeigot2dells 10+ year member]

OK PPL!!! i have changed my wires coinciding with the "BIG 3", i even replaced the positive wire from the alt. to the battery and the positive wire from the battery to the fuse panel distribution block (probably overkill) but what the hell.... right! right.

and the big news is..... it fixed the problem with out a hitch, and guess what.... no capacitor! who would have guessed?! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif

thank you ALL for your help and knowledge!!

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[dudeigot2dells 10+ year member]

heres a pic..... maybe... im gonna try anyways! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[dudeigot2dells 10+ year member]

ok how do ppl do the big pic?

http://www.fquick.com/garages/viewgallery.php?action=viewimg&id=115151

you can then click on the top left of the pic to get a larger high res photo