Capacitors, their NOT what some people claim..

Here's more proof that a stiffening capacitor is WORTHLESS aka Waste of Money and does not provide an endless source of backup voltage, the capacitor discharges when line voltage falls below threshold but that boost the cap gives the amplifier lasts milliseconds and then the capacitor has to charge again and it's charging through a resistor so it may take seconds for the cap to recharge, the moral of the story is "stiffening capacitors are snake oil" and for the most part are totally worthless and if you think a bunch of tiny 1pF capacitors will discharge and recharge faster than a 1F cap and provide some kind of benefit then you're still wrong, as i said earlier a capacitor will provide milliseconds of line voltage but then it's spent and has to recharge, because of the internal resistance it can't possibly recharge as fast as it discharges so the capacitor wallows in a continuous loop of diminishing returns, if you had 10 quick drum hits that caused line voltage to drop below threshold the capacitor will fill the void OF THE 1st DRUM HIT, the next 8 are on their own and the cap might be recharged in time for number 10.

Here's the really ugly stuff: After the capacitor discharges it has to recharge and recharging the capacitor requires current flow, the current that is recharging the capacitor is needed at the amplifier but now not only is the cap discharged and not able to fill a void in line voltage but some of the available current that the amplifier would love to have at it's disposal is being used by the capacitor so it can recharge and provide another milliseconds of line voltage, classic case of double jeopardy.

I have not only proven that a capacitor cannot provide any kind of benefit but also proved that it can actually do more harm than good.

Installing a stiffening capacitor and thinking it provides some kind of benefit is akin to swallowing a placebo and thinking it will make you live longer, not going to happen, whether it's a thousand 1uF capacitors or 1 big electrolytic it don't matter, it's not going to happen for this one simple reason.

The capacitor cannot recharge as fast or faster than it discharges..

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~Myth Busted~

This thread will be epic

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I just hope it is educational and simply enlightens people to the facts and fallacies of "stiffening capacitors" and why your money is better spent somewhere else..

What was your purpose for making this thread??? To tell us all that caps are useless? Yea, great. Never bought one for my car and never will. There's been lots of threads about this

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okay, did you have something useful that you want to add to the conversation ?

the same purpose for the other 40 threads he creates daily

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Hmm, 40 threads daily, either you got me confused with somebody else or you need a calculator to add whole numbers..