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so if its 1 farad per 1000watts why does the (i think) kinetic hc 800 say its as powerful as 100 1 fard caps but only rated for 800 watt systems in stead of 100,000 like 100 1 farads caps would be?

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Maritime Car Audio- (2) 18" SSA ZCON D1

- American Bass 500.1

- 60 ft of 3/0

-480 Ah of battery

- (2) stock alternators (70 +90)

- Kenwood Excelon x-794, 4v preouts

car audio is just a LOT more complicated than "this amp does this power" or "this sub will be this loud". its like 2 + 2 = banana. (if that confuses you then you get the point) lol
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It was the hc 600 thats has more power than a hundred 1 farad caps and the hc800 thats better than 200 1 farad caps...? If I can remeber correctly in their ads.. good question but not even a 100 farad cap or 100 1 farad caps can handle a 100,000 WATTS!! When 100 1 farad caps are all drained they become a much bigger extra load for the alternator to restore only to have them all drained out again in less than a second..Where as the kinetik requires much less and more a storage instead of a sucker!! Caps= suck and spit and suck!! Batteries= store all your wasted power then gives it to kindly,LOL!!

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a cap has very little storage energy, versus a battery which can start a car.

to wire multiple batteries together, alls you do is connect all the + together then all the - together (dont let them touch...)

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http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/ind...c=39954&hl=

Here is the thread...

1 farad=72 watt seconds

once a cap is drained, it doesn't recharge until the draw is brought down to a level where a reserve is created, its obvious that you cant start to charge something until there is current available, so if the amp draws more than the alt can provide, it drains the cap fiirst, and then the battery

72 watt seconds@12 volts...so thats like 6amps for a second...if you have 600 watts, call it a 60 amp draw, you get .1second of current from the cap, the rest just comes from thee batt and alt and the capacitor is just sitting there until the bass stops, then it recharges.

a friend of mine ran 20 of those rockford hybrid 40f caps...so 800 farads. with 4 zx2500's. The caps were drained after a 3 second tone.

get batteries, caps are beyond useless

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