Wiring help

[maurer11sdk 10+ year member]

Hello guys im new to this system setting up/ wiring speal. Im currently building a box that will hous 3 12's an amp rack that will hold 3 amps and 2 caps. I have no clue were to even begin with the wiring. Is it in my best of interest to get a new battery? How do i connect the battery to the other one? Is there any way i can keep the same alternator? All of these questions i honestly have no clue, i can do a hell of a body work but i have no clue about wiring a system? Any help would be appreciated!!

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[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

first loose the capacitors. do the big 3 (stickied in wire forum) next what amps are you running? what size is your alt?

 

[maurer11sdk 10+ year member]

im going to be running 1200 sony xplod amps, its the stock alternator i think its 80 amp? somthing close to that!! Why lose the caps?

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

im going to be running 1200 sony xplod amps, its the stock alternator i think its 80 amp? somthing close to that!! Why lose the caps?

because you are using them for a weak electrical system which they are not made for. i'll copy and paste a post i made about this topic later since i don't feel like retyping it. those amps are peak power rated so you are not running 1200 watts so i don't think they'll be drawing a lot of current. do the big 3 and use proper size wire and you should be good

 

[maurer11sdk 10+ year member]

the big three? sorry im new man i dont know these terms yet.. give it a couple days and i will know the terms

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

the big three? sorry im new man i dont know these terms yet.. give it a couple days and i will know the terms

it's stickied in the electrical forum

here is about caps

see people don't understand the purpose os stiffening capacitors. i'll explain it basically for you.
a cap is more or less suppose to be used for sq and not to fix electrical problems. basically is stores up current to release at a split second and only for a second, and then it recharges. so you need a good electrical system to keep it charged. where it becomes useful is on quick bass hits where you amp needs a quick amount of current to keep up, the cap can feed it quicker then the alt can, so you won't have a muddy note. then when the alt can catch up it recharges the cap. an alt only puts out the current it needs to keep everything running, so if your amp is drawing 100 amps, and then a big bass note makes the amp draw 150, the alt is gonna be a second or 2 slow to deliver that extra current where as a cap can release it instantly, and you have a smooth bass note. the cap is being used when the alt is not big enough to handle an amplifier which is not its use

 

[maurer11sdk 10+ year member]

thanks man.. Now i absolutly should not buy caps? even if i do the big 3?

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

thanks man.. Now i absolutly should not buy caps? even if i do the big 3?

in your situation a cap is unneccesary

 

[maurer11sdk 10+ year member]

my situation being? having not enough power generated from my alt?

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

my situation being? having not enough power generated from my alt?

did you even read the quote i posted? i explained the general purpose of a capacitor. it involves critical thinking on your part to put 2 and 2 together and figure out it is unneccessary //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[maurer11sdk 10+ year member]

haha yea i did.. but it seems as if it would only help me in this scenario beings i dont have enough power coming from my alt to my amps and a cap will store that power neccesary to use on my amps when a hard bass note comes into play? i guess i misunderstood it

 

[maurer11sdk 10+ year member]

2+2=22 right?

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

haha yea i did.. but it seems as if it would only help me in this scenario beings i dont have enough power coming from my alt to my amps and a cap will store that power neccesary to use on my amps when a hard bass note comes into play? i guess i misunderstood it

but it's also a strain on your electrical system, and it's even debatable if caps are even good at what they are suppose to do.

 

[maurer11sdk 10+ year member]

okay i gotchya.. now the next thing to figure out is how many fuses, distribution blocks i will need

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

okay i gotchya.. now the next thing to figure out is how many fuses, distribution blocks i will need

how many total amps are you running?