i need a refresher please

[GORILLAslap]

i was in an argument with a friend of mine the other day, and it all started cause he said that every good system running a lot of power always have to have a capacitor, which i knew wasn't true but i couldn't explain why.

i just could think that it was another strain on the alt

[Boon]

Because a 1F cap stores about as much energy as a 9v battery.

[treossi]

if you have perfect voltage with no drop, it will help filter you're power, some people say, i never ran em

[GORILLAslap]

he says a 3 fared cap needs to be on any system 3k an up, i plan to have a fi btl 18 off a sundown 3000d, with a 900amp batt under the hood an another in the back, an a at least a 200amp alt with big 3

would i put a capacitor in the back or another batt in the back

and why

[TeejayBee]

just get a second battery a cap just drains when the bass hits a battery will hold up better.

[GORILLAslap]

just get a second battery a cap just drains when the bass hits a battery will hold up better.

see that's the kids of things i want to know, lol so tomorrow at work i can prove him wrong with facts lol

[mporettim]

A cap puts out all of its energy really quickly which is not useful for the bass music we listen too

[TeejayBee]

just tell him if he wants to run a 3farad cap he can but you want to have the good clean power thats always there not the power that drains every beat

[GORILLAslap]

man i cant belive i couldent think of how that worked lol thanks guys haha now i can rub it in his face i was right jk he thinks he knows everything about audio an stuff cause he does dj an karaoke

[TeejayBee]

well dj and that isnt really car audio lol