capacitor yes no?
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ok ihave a boss 1400 watt 2 channel 750rms ampo and two 12 pionner subs, today i was told by a couple of coworker that i would really benefit from addmin a capacitor, is thistrue/ wat will it relaly do for me???
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what will it do? nothing more than suck more power from your charging system hence making it less effecient.
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If you like 10lbs paper weights than a capacitor is definately what you need 
But seriously, a capacitor is a band-aid on a bullet wound. It will stop the bleeding momentarily but eventually youre gonna die. Better alternatives to capacitors are upgrading and adding batteries, upgrading you factory battery wiring to a higher gauge, or if things get really sticky, a high output alternator...
But, the fact is you need none of these things because your factory alternator and charging system will have no problem keeping up with the 500 watts your Boss amp will dish out...

But seriously, a capacitor is a band-aid on a bullet wound. It will stop the bleeding momentarily but eventually youre gonna die. Better alternatives to capacitors are upgrading and adding batteries, upgrading you factory battery wiring to a higher gauge, or if things get really sticky, a high output alternator...
But, the fact is you need none of these things because your factory alternator and charging system will have no problem keeping up with the 500 watts your Boss amp will dish out...
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they said it would make it louder like a second battery or something, casue one guy had one said it was worth it but im not sure,i should be uprading to an optima battery soon as well, my current one always is about 12-14 constant(in that area)
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not worth it. i got one becuase im using it as a distro block also
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HA i knew they were wrong, thanks
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hey i cant complain about the boss i won two $100 gift cards to sears at a home show, so baiscly it was free, but do you think i might need one if i got a kicker amp, mephis, or audioban?
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you never need 1
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agreed, stay away from them.
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k, that brings me to the question, why are they made?, like do they server a purpose thats usefull in a ceritan type of situation




