Capacitor VS. POWER Capacitor?
My alternator die in my car the other day so i got a new one in it and questioned the guy who put it in as to why it would have messed up and he said because of my audio system which is a Memphis Audio Sub in a huge box, a picture of it is here: http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s132/twilford/speakerinthecar.jpg?t=1187817042
and a Prestige 800 watt amp with a pioneer dehp4600mp for the cd player. so i asked what could help with this problem in the future and he said a Power capacitor and i asked if thats the same thing as a capacitor but he said there 2 totally different things, that ones to help the battery and the others to help the alternator,is this true or does the man even know what he's talkin bout and where ONLINE can i get one if so
A cap is only good so far as the audio system isn't trying to pull too much from the electrical system. A cap doesn't provide more power, it's designed to 'stiffen' the voltage to the amp, nothing esle. If the current isn't there, a cap won't help.
If your total system power is 1000 watts RMS or more, you will need to:
1. Upgrade the alternator to a high output alternator
2. Upgrade to a heavy duty deep cycle battery
3. Upgrade the "Big 3" - that is to replace the power wire between the battery and alternator, the ground from the battery to the chassis and the ground strap from the engine/tranny to the chassis with at least 1/0 AWG wire.
Failure to do this will result in you replacing them anyway as the alternator will eventually fail.
Here is a guide that will calculate what size alternator and power wires you need http://www.datafilehost.com/download.php?file=6d26c621
You'll need Microsft Excel to use it.
See my site for more info http://spkrbox1.spaces.live.com
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