Capacitor
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Silver Member Username: Rustysurfer916Oviedo, FL Post Number: 289 Registered: Mar-06 | i know they keep your lights from dimming but i dont know anything about them. whats a farad and all that crap. when looking for a good one what should i look for? one to power 1900 true rms watts. |
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Gold Member Username: Nyyfan13Fi SSD USA Post Number: 1558 Registered: Jul-06 | caps: http://www.wickedcases.com/caraudio/capacitors.html charging: http://www.wickedcases.com/caraudio/charging.html |
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Bronze Member Username: PauldavPost Number: 14 Registered: Nov-06 | caps will NOT help your SPL |
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Silver Member Username: Rustysurfer916Oviedo, FL Post Number: 301 Registered: Mar-06 | not lookin to help SPL. and i know that. caps dont produce power. i was wondering what a farad is. and what it has to do with everything. i need a cap or 2 because ill be running about 2000 watts RMS. and i know ill need a new battery. |
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Gold Member Username: N2audioLawrence, Ks USA Post Number: 1065 Registered: Mar-04 | a farad is the unit of measure for capacitance. 1 farad is equal to 1 coulomb of charge at 1V. So a 1F capacitor operating at 14v can store 14 coulombs of charge. More importantly, a coulomb is equal to 1 amp per second. So 14C = 14A/sec. So if you have, for example a 100A stereo system that 1F cap will buy you less than .2 sec. IMO the only people they benefit are the ones selling them, but others swear by them, so... to each their own. |
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Gold Member Username: Van_manBoston South, MA Post Number: 1465 Registered: Mar-06 | I am using 2 caps. 1 is 1 fared, the other is 1.5 fared. My alt is 140amp, Im running 6 amps, 3 sets of Christmas lights off a inverter, and I have no dimming. I never ran with out the caps so Im not sure if they are helping or not, But I like the look, and Im sure the dont hurt it none. Most recommand 1 farred per 1000 watts. |
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Gold Member Username: AdddisorderWest palm, Florida Post Number: 2358 Registered: Jan-06 | all i have to say is kinetik hc600 = to 1000f cap and the 800=2000f cap and for more or less the same price as a decent cap |
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Gold Member Username: Van_manBoston South, MA Post Number: 1469 Registered: Mar-06 | Now when you recomend the HC bats do you mean as an addition or as a replacement for the stock? |
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Gold Member Username: AdddisorderWest palm, Florida Post Number: 2364 Registered: Jan-06 | i dont know if id run them with a stock battery, unless you use an isolator. id email kinetik to see if they can be ran with a normal starting bat. |
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Gold Member Username: Van_manBoston South, MA Post Number: 1471 Registered: Mar-06 | What were you trying to say? If you replace the stock battery with a HC, then you dont need a cap? or get an additional HC (and keep the stock battery under the hood for starting car ect.) and place the HC near the amps to draw power from.? like the battery would be the cap.  |
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Gold Member Username: AdddisorderWest palm, Florida Post Number: 2369 Registered: Jan-06 | ok well you shouldnt mix battery types. so if you have a normal stock starting battery you could either get a battery isolator and put the kinetik in the back by your amps, or replace your starting battery with one, but for it to act like a cap is needs to be close to your amps. honestly i dont know about running a HC with your starter batt. in parallel without an isolator. most people say dont mix battery types and stuff like that, but you might be able to im not sure thats why id email kinetik |
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New member Username: CalvinonezinePost Number: 2 Registered: Dec-06 | wuz up mat |
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New member Username: CalvinonezinePost Number: 3 Registered: Dec-06 | do you know alot about capacitors or anyone else |
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Bronze Member Username: Djrob_1Post Number: 11 Registered: Dec-06 | what brand of caps are the best IYO |
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Bronze Member Username: Djrob_1Post Number: 12 Registered: Dec-06 | what brand of caps are the best IYO |
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Bronze Member Username: Mike11202Sewell, NJ US Post Number: 80 Registered: Nov-06 | you dont need a capacitor its just one more thing for your alternator to charge |
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