eltortuga94 Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 Does anybody know where the topic is about cap or no cap? it started out with people saying no cap, & then some guy came in & did a big math thing talking about when & when not using a cap is okay. haha my explanation is horrible but I do remember the guy talking about how in comps a cap is useless & stuff. thanks for any help. System: Basically Stock In process of upgrading Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamHT Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 If not using capacitors correctly, they are useless. And in most cases can be offset by price, space, or amount of power needed to be supplied. On my mobile so linking is difficult, but the thread I believe you are looking for is stickied in the RF section. Tell me...does this smell like chloroform to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carshateme Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 I'd agree with the guy as well..have a 4.0 Farad cap...and all it does is prevent my lights from dimming a little bit...but yet it's still a noticeable dim...Caps Fail IMO New build coming soon. [center][url="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/3/sigtoo.jpg/"][img]http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/9541/sigtoo.jpg[/img][/url][/center] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowDrifter Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 A cap can help if you have good electrical already - like the icing on the cake. But they will NOT make up for bad electrical (and can kill it too). Like TeamHT said - for the price, another battery will help you more than a capacitor. ~~~~~~~~SAY NO TO PHOTOBUCKET~~~~~~~~ Snow's DD-1 tracks here: https://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/167433-snows-dd-1-tracks/ My take on OFC vs CCA: https://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/110381-things-that-piss-you-off-in-the-car-audio-world/?do=findComment&comment=2461444 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALPINE408 Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/14041-rf-capacitors/ here is your topic caps have there place and are usefull but i would run an extra batt instead Have you ever had your woofers blown? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eltortuga94 Posted January 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 Yea, I'm not looking to buy a cap or anything but my friends are like I need a cap blah blah blah but they don't know how to choose one or what they do & when I talk about big 3, extra batts & stuff they're always like "caps are better". So I was just trying to show them pro & con's, mostly cons lol. System: Basically Stock In process of upgrading Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamHT Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 YAY for Alpine. Tell me...does this smell like chloroform to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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