Wiring a Capacitor

[EMPIRE2000E2K 10+ year member]

I need the directions on wiring a capacitor! Please help me out

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[chinny 5,000+ posts]

caps ****, waste of money.

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

I need the directions on wiring a capacitor! Please help me out

Though you'll likely get blasted pretty good for even starting a thread dealing with capacitors lemme see can I answer your actual question.

It's dependant on the specific cap you have. Most caps need to be 'charged' (filled, however you wanna look at it) prior to final installation. The one I have in a closet is self-charging but seemingly those are the minority.

If you have one that needs charging you should have gotten a charging bulb or card with the cap. Follow the instructions on that to charge it.

Beyond that it's a matter of hooking the positive connection on the cap to your battery's + post and then grounding it (ground it after the pos. is connected) then whatever amp you're wanting the cap for connect its positive input to the positive terminal on the cap.

 

[93 saturn sl2 10+ year member]

on my tsunami cap, the + is hooked up to the + terminal on the cap and the + on the amp is hooked up to that, and the - on the cap is grounded to the frame and the - on the amp is hooked to the - on the cap

 

[SSS 18734 5,000+ posts]

on my tsunami cap, the + is hooked up to the + terminal on the cap and the + on the amp is hooked up to that, and the - on the cap is grounded to the frame and the - on the amp is hooked to the - on the cap

did you have to pre-charge that cap?

 

[adam71 5,000+ posts]

caps ****, waste of money.

Nice response man, way to go.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/uhoh.gif.c07307dd22ee7e63e22fc8e9c614d1fd.gif I'm sure that helped the guy out alot.

 

[Mr. Opportunist 10+ year member]

I need the directions on wiring a capacitor! Please help me out

hook both ends up to a wall socket.....

just put bat + to cap + and put cap - to ground location or to - on bat

 

[LBX2G 10+ year member]

hook both ends up to a wall socket.....






just put bat + to cap + and put cap - to ground location or to - on bat

are u serious do u want this guy to fuk his self up.

 

[93 saturn sl2 10+ year member]

did you have to pre-charge that cap?

I dont think so I just hooked it up and everything worked fine. But at first my lights would dim a little bit when the bass hit when it was first installed and the voltage display would stay on even with the car off, so I came home from school and the display was off and the lights didnt dim anymore. Everything works fine now.

 

[caliece 10+ year member]

how do i use the charging bulb

 

[caliece 10+ year member]

what if you dont have a charging bulb how can you charge a cap without it can you use a car battery charger

 

[caliece 10+ year member]

sorry if i have alot of questions but can a capacitor blow or break your amp if used wroung i think that might be my prob

 

[adam71 5,000+ posts]

Most capacitors come with a resistor to charge it with.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

http://www.kpsec.freeuk.com/capacit.htm

Read. Learn.

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

you dont need a special bulb. i have used jsut a regular interior dome light bulb to charge a capacitor. technicaly you dont need any bulb jsut hook the wires to the capacitor. however having a bulb will allow you to see when it is ully charged or discharged. make sure to wire the capacitor in series with your car battery and your amplifier. meaning the bat + hooks to the capacitor then daisy chains from the cap to the amps + then select different grounding pioints for your amp and capacitor.