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?

 

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

 

^^^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?

 

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????

 

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...

 

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.

 

maybe he meant running 2?

 

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.

 

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]

 

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.