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Bronze Member Username: RianoPost Number: 15 Registered: Jan-06 | My capacitor WILL NOT turn off when I turn car off. It stays on until you take out main fuse. Anyone know why it does this and how to fix it? |
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New member Username: EvanbeanKANSAS CITY, KANSAS U.S.A. Post Number: 1 Registered: Mar-06 | A CAPICITOR IS A BATTERY IT SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE A CHARGE. |
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Gold Member Username: CarguyPost Number: 5390 Registered: Nov-04 | When you say "WILL NOT" turn off, are you referring to the digital readout? That is normal. After 10-20min of non use, it will shut off. |
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Platinum Member Username: GlasswolfWisteria, Lane USA Post Number: 11381 Registered: Dec-03 | a capacitor is NOT a battery. it will hold a charge until it is discharged or the charge leaks off. when you say "stays on" are you refering to the digital display? |
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Silver Member Username: NypdlapdPost Number: 104 Registered: Feb-06 | it should do that for the digital display!! |
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Bronze Member Username: RianoPost Number: 16 Registered: Jan-06 | Yea the last time I turned my car off the next morning my battery was completely dead from the cap staying on all night. |
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Gold Member Username: CarguyPost Number: 5395 Registered: Nov-04 | A cap will NOT drain the battery till it's dead. You must have a short somewhere or left the amp on. |
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Silver Member Username: FandimReno, Nevada United State... Post Number: 811 Registered: Jun-05 | If your cap killed your battery, you have a serious battery issue. Make sure it's really your cap doing it, not like isaac said, a short somewhere, or your remote output touching a power wire somewhere maybe? If a small digital display kills your battery overnight, you need a new one, badly. |
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Bronze Member Username: RianoPost Number: 18 Registered: Jan-06 | Does this have anything to do with the main fuse because i blew the main fuse and put a different one in there and thats when the trouble started. |
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Gold Member Username: B101Queen City, NC USA Post Number: 1900 Registered: Sep-05 | dude so u figured out u have a problem... did u even look for any shortages in the wire, like everyone said??? how did u blow the main fuse??? u need to figure that out first!!!!! not just put a diff 1 in there! |
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Bronze Member Username: RianoPost Number: 19 Registered: Jan-06 | I know why I blew the fuse cuz I am running a 80A fuse wen I could be running a 120 watt fuse. |
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New member Username: Nascarfans2720Post Number: 1 Registered: Mar-06 | im am going to buy a CAPACITOR I DONT KNOW WHAT KIND TO GET should i get the 5 fared or 2 fared my system is 2400 watts |
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Gold Member Username: B101Queen City, NC USA Post Number: 1923 Registered: Sep-05 | using a smaller fuse dont make it BLOW! so u had a wire or speaker terminal or something short!! did u check your power wire insulation around it? Donnie, u need a alternator! A capacitor will just hurt u even more... READ: http://www.glasswolf.net/caraudio/capacitors.html http://www.glasswolf.net/caraudio/charging.html http://www.betteraudio.com/geolemon/newmain/battcapalt/ http://www.bcae1.com/charging.htm http://www.bcae1.com/chargin2.htm http://www.glasswolf.netS/caraudio/batteries.html http://www.the12volt.com/info/recwirsz.asp |