Capacitor Help

lost05 · Post by **lost05** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 2:36 pm

Bought a capacitor to put into my car... problem is idk how to install it or where to put it? Not really looked into how to put those in.. any help let me know

smoker · Post by **smoker** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 2:46 pm

they basically get power and ground either inline with the amplifier or my preference is to feed it off the dist block with a 4 guage power wire and ground

smoker · Post by **smoker** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 2:47 pm

btw prepare yourself to take a lot of flack over a cap.... very very controversial piece of equipment

lost05 · Post by **lost05** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 3:22 pm

i c thanks a lot

sinister audio · Post by **sinister audio** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 4:39 pm

the best thing to use a cap for on a car is to put it behind your wheel to keep your car from rolling.

High Society · Post by **High Society** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 9:33 am

Take it back, and put the money towards a bigger alt, and batt. That will do wonders more then just a cap.

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 9:38 am

i dunno u can put it behind your alternator to shunt noise works quiet nicely actually. caps dont do much but they dont hurt anything either.

William from NOLA · Post by **William from NOLA** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 3:23 pm

Bwcad1 wrote:caps dont do much but they dont hurt anything either.

But they DO hurt, if your electrical system is already having problems. It's like adding another battery, you have more draw, be it masked with a cap.

OnYrMrk · Post by **OnYrMrk** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 12:13 pm

I found that when I lost the anchor for my boat, I used an old cap and it worked just fine.

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 12:15 pm

well i guess your right for me they wont hurt because i have a ho alternator.