Look waht arrived today : D

[ebee]

No need for words....

http://ebee.me.uk/images/cap_small.jpg

but ill say them anyway

1.2 Farad
Blue Digital Voltage readout
Blue Neon Ring
Blue LEDs sound sensitive
24v Surge

Shall be fitted soon... guide will be on the site as soon as its done..

 

[toms_cup]

ello

 

[ak16v]

Capacitor, right?

 

[ebee]

dunno where the pic went :S



http://ebee.me.uk/images/cap_small.jpg

 

[Tom]

where do you type the date in?

 

[jon_r]

does the delorean arrive later?

 

[ebee]

keypad is on the remote... can change it to 44mph, 88mph or 100mph

 

[Tom]

btw nice nail varnish

 

[rasp]

What is it?

 

[ebee]

its a power capacitor...

and as for the nail varnish.... thanks although its the other halfs wee sisters...

 

[Bubbles]

How much does that set you back then?

 

[MAXIBOY]

what set up you running to warrent that cap

 

[ebee]

sony head unit running 4 4" speakers and 2 tweeters... 800w RMS 4 channel amp running 2 200w RMS 6x9s and 400w RMS sub...

drains the battery quickly and the headlights dim when its at full whack, upto about 20mph... so it is taking a lot of power...

 

[ian h]

yeah they reckon you need a 0.5 farad for every 600w rms, so that seems about right, anyhelp will do. whn i fitted mine i got new amps at the same time so it was difficult to tell the difference, although when i upgraded from 4 to 2 gauge power wire the difference was very noticable, you shoould notice similar sort of gain, enjoy it mate! you might also wanna try getting an upgraded battery too, they make a massive difference!!

 

[^adam^]

i dont wanna pish of your chips mate, but on its own using a standard battery I doubt it will make that my difference.

the best thing to do is get a bigger heavy duty battery, upgrade your wiring, upgrade the big three, that should sort out the problem.

what size alternator do you have?

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[ebee]

ian, i currently only have 8 gauge, as it was from a previous amp which only ran the sub, but aint enough for this, going out to get the wire in the next day or two... but i have been told that itll make a difference by several people...

 

[172gal]

Ok, i know its name but what exactly does it do?????????

 

[JAY172]

like boosts the power avaliable to your amps to stop them draining the battery i think.

 

[KDF]

Quote: Originally posted by 172gal on 10 January 2004

Ok, i know its name but what exactly does it do?????????

sometimes normally during the beat of the music you battery cannot provide enough amps to the amplifier and sub to suit it, so the cap which is essentially just a big capacitor charges using the excess amps the battery can provide in between the beats, then when the beat comes the cap can rapidly discharge huge amounts of amps in milliseconds ensuring that the amp and sub get all the voltage they require.