will capacitors help?????

[miked_mad 10+ year member]

I have 2 l7 15s in a ported box running off two 600.1 kicker mono amps.I was wanting to know if two 1.0 fared capacitors would help with the energy thats is drainning my car????

If now what would work??? I can't even turn it up all the way without it cutting off and on

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[RandyJ 10+ year member]

No, it would not work if your electrical system is already subpar. And please try to ignore the future posts that will inform you that caps are pieces of **** and serve no purpose in the electrical world. Do some reading and you will learn when and how they are useful.

 

[RandyJ 10+ year member]

And I think you meant "if not". If you cannot turn it up all the way, then you are losing power to your head unit somewhere. Do you have this system in a little car or something with a POS electrical to start with?

 

[Polecat 5,000+ posts]

depends, the 600.1's don't really draw that much current....

 

[miked_mad 10+ year member]

This system is in a 89 buick park avenue

 

[RandyJ 10+ year member]

Do you know what the rating for the stock alternator is?

 

[Fred P 10+ year member]

buy my yellow top optima for 150 shipped

 

[miked_mad 10+ year member]

I want to say it is 105amp

 

[RandyJ 10+ year member]

I want to say it is 105amp

If you can confirm 105A, then a shitty battery may be the culprit.

 

[miked_mad 10+ year member]

It could be the battery because its a wal-mart battery. How much does the battery matter? I thought it wat the altanator that mattered

 

[Ignatowski 5,000+ posts]

nope,caps wont help but

a big three and a yellowtop will .........

 

[miked_mad 10+ year member]

whats a big three

 

[miked_mad 10+ year member]

how much is a yellow top cost?

 

[AcidicDreams 10+ year member]

I have 2 l7 15s in a ported box running off two 600.1 kicker mono amps.I was wanting to know if two 1.0 fared capacitors would help with the energy thats is drainning my car????If now what would work??? I can't even turn it up all the way without it cutting off and on

there should be a big flashing banner on the main page with the answer to this

 

[FoxPro5 5,000+ posts]

Caps work awesome..............

on your headlights!!

 

[miked_mad 10+ year member]

Would a better radio help too?

 

[RandyJ 10+ year member]

No, probably not.

 

[miked_mad 10+ year member]

I have 4gu wires all aroud, is that good enough?

 

[RandyJ 10+ year member]

It is either connections or your electrical system. I think that since it works most of the time until you turn it up, that you are losing power. I think that it is because your alternator is being taxed and your battery cannot support it, hence a new battery (better electrical properties) would better support it.

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

The amps are going into undervoltage protection most likely, because the voltage is dropping during transient demand. The other possibility is that the gains are set too high and the amp is clipping and going into overcurrent protection. I would have your battery checked. The Wal-mart batteries aren't bad per-se but if it is old or has been deeply discharged then it could be on its way out and causing a drain on the alt.