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<blockquote data-quote="fatryan" data-source="post: 3479221" data-attributes="member: 550026">i love how the vast majority of this forum has jumped on the &quot;cap is just a bandaid and a waste of money&quot; bandwagon when 99% of them dont even know how a cap works. yes when your considering buying like a 1-farad cap new versus a decent HO alt off ebay for maybe...$200, its not very cost effective to buy the cap. but people start talking about caps like theyre going to hurt you. a cap just RESISTS QUICK VOLTAGE CHANGES. it does this with the stored charge inside. thats what its for. quick voltage drops can damage your cars electrical system. and yes, if your running 1500watts off a 105amp stock alt you need a HO alt whether you like it or not. but when you just got a little dimming and you can get a used cap for $25 shipped, thats alot better than spending a couple hundred on a HO alt when you dont have money to be throwing around.but aside from that, when voltage drops are a problem the first thing you should always ALWAYS do is the big 3. its the most cost effective fix to any electrical dimming issue. may not fix it all but its where you must start.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fatryan, post: 3479221, member: 550026"] i love how the vast majority of this forum has jumped on the "cap is just a bandaid and a waste of money" bandwagon when 99% of them dont even know how a cap works. yes when your considering buying like a 1-farad cap new versus a decent HO alt off ebay for maybe...$200, its not very cost effective to buy the cap. but people start talking about caps like theyre going to hurt you. a cap just RESISTS QUICK VOLTAGE CHANGES. it does this with the stored charge inside. thats what its for. quick voltage drops can damage your cars electrical system. and yes, if your running 1500watts off a 105amp stock alt you need a HO alt whether you like it or not. but when you just got a little dimming and you can get a used cap for $25 shipped, thats alot better than spending a couple hundred on a HO alt when you dont have money to be throwing around. but aside from that, when voltage drops are a problem the first thing you should always ALWAYS do is the big 3. its the most cost effective fix to any electrical dimming issue. may not fix it all but its where you must start. [/QUOTE]

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