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No, why? Never saw it mentioned in any of the stuff I bought. Fill me in dude!

 

Anyone correct me of im wrong, since i just dabble in electronics and things of that sort. Not an expert.

But... A capacitor is normally used when you have a high power demanding speaker setup thats pulling a lot of watts. The capacitor acts in a similar fashion as an additional battery that connects to the car battery to stores extra energy when your car is running from the alternator, since your car battery can only be so much "topped off".

Whatever you hook up to your capacitor will act as the energy source for whatever components that you attach to it first before it runs out of energy. This keeps your main battery healthy and puts less on strain on it.

Maybe im missing something, but trying to explain it the best i can. Does that make sense?

 

U can kind of think of it like a supply power bank

 

Oh, makes perfect sense. Have never heard of it for car audio. But, you (and me) probably have a whole lot of little gizmos like car cams that use "capacitive" batteries. Current is real small in these, so they operate perfectly when car powered, and can operate under minimum load for long off periods (security cam). (Which, I forgot to unplug and has been draining my battery connections I left loose).

It would probably take a fairly large cap to store the kind of energy for a amp load. But, I can see it as "surge" because, my amps will turn on with the stereo when I start the car. I have never seen it during all my shopping, but I know of what you speak, so I will see what the almighty google might have to say.

I did electronic design and servicing in one of my many past lives> I know enough not to blow us all up!

 

A capacitor, or cap, is an electronic component that can take up, store, and discharge electrical energy. Because they can do all that quickly, capacitors are used to filter or buffer any sudden changes in a circuit's voltage, smoothing the ensuing signal.

 

2nd paragraph, 2nd sentence. Exactly to what im referring!

 

OK, just in case you don't know. Here - CATCH!

 

AH! Fire pits, not BBQ! Correct? I wondered how you made a BBQ so fast!

 

I have a couple patents, so, I'm pretty good with the parts!

 

I’m tracking both of you very well, just watchin

 

Cool! Yeah i was just trying to explain it the best that I could. Hope that helps. Not sure if your setup needs it. Generally speaking its a good idea for every 1000w, sometimes without it you can have that power surge from your system or whatever device that is demanding large power which can cause lights to dim or power failure.

 

Good advice, don't take me wrong just because I know the parts, doesn't mean I drop 1800W of audio in the truck on a daily basis! So, continuing on the look up basis of 1 Farad per 1000W, a 2 F cap would be what I would shop for. So,

$45 Planet Audio PCBLK2.0 – 2 Farad Car Capacitor for Energy Storage to Enhance Bass Demand from Audio System

https://www.amazon.com/Planet-Audio...chfield+audio+capacitor&qid=1594945583&sr=8-6
These are about $45 a shot.

Now, IF I were a real zealot about TOO MUCH AMP AND BASS ESPECIALLY, it's probably good advice (reading Crutchfield). So, for me, if my lights dim, or I get burps trying to start the truck, I am probably good without them.

Remember, I am a hearing aided old fart!

 

Absolut! Was just curious on your setups and if that was part of your "squirrels " but you're right the 2 Farad cap would serve you well.

 

Waaaaaaaaaaat

 

OK, if you add lot of power amps, and you REALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLY like the bass, and driving around at annoy everyone levels, the amps CAN consume enough power (using their massive 4 GA supply wire!) to actually reduce the voltage to the rest of the vehicle - hence - DIM your lights! Odds are good, we are not among this crowd.

What the cap does is store energy from the system to ride through those BUH BUB BUH BUM moments.

On start up, even if you left it cranked up, most stereos have a delayed start compared to motor crank, and alternator power. You would never notice.

 

Oh I know all that, I was picking on ya for being an old fart that couldn’t hear

 

I guess Luke already knows. An electrolytic Cap will hold a charge, and if you grab both terminals, it will let you know! Hence - CATCH! (It's an electronic geek joke!)

 

WHAT? Type louder man!

 

Lol don’t start typing in caps and red font now....

 

whippersnapper!