Which is the best Capacitor Brand?
 

Hey guys, I have a Power Acoustik 4 Farad Capacitor. This thing really sucks. I mean, idk if its cause i bought it off of ebay, but i really dont think its doing its job. 4 farad is supposed to handle 4000 watts right? Well, i only have a California 1200 watt amp. Everytime i blast the system, i get dimming, and the voltage needle drops quite a bit. I know a friend that has like 3 Rockford caps in his truck, and the needle does not move one bit. So do you guys think that Rockford is the best?

RE: Which is the best Capacitor Brand?
 

caps are all useless, i'd check your gauges, alternator, or do the big 3

RE: Which is the best Capacitor Brand?
 

^^^yup that cap is just one more thing for your alternator to charge.

you would be much better off without it.

get a half decent battery and the big 3 in at least 4 gauge and you'll be fine. your pulling what......500, 600 watts?

RE: Which is the best Capacitor Brand?
 

i would check your ground. no way should you get dimming with that power. and yes, caps are junk.

make sure that you have a solid ground, where is your ground for the amps at anyways????

RE: Which is the best Capacitor Brand?
 

The Best Capacitor is a Battery..And like HillBilly said, you should not have any dimming with your setup if it is properly installed...Check for proper grounds and terminaling...

RE: Which is the best Capacitor Brand?
 

while I do agree that caps are useless unless you have upraded your big 3 and battery, The above statement is a little off. A cap and a battery distribute power very differently. Caps are designed to discharge power very quickly while a battery is more of a slow constant discharge.

RE: Which is the best Capacitor Brand?
 

maybe he meant running 2?

RE: Which is the best Capacitor Brand?
 

it doesnt matter how many batteries you have, they still arent going to discharge as quickly as a cap. Multiple batteries are only good for running the stereo for prolonged periods with the car off anyways.

RE: Which is the best Capacitor Brand?
 

Or what i have seen done before is run a seperate battery for just the system, which i have seen used is a optima blue top deep cycle and just run everything off that. Just a lil of what i have seen. [sm=yeahsmile.gif]

RE: Which is the best Capacitor Brand?
 

if you are going to do that your alternator has to be large enough to power 2 batteries and you have to use a battery isolator to seperate the power flow. Definitely a good idea though if you are running a large system.