Question on amp and capacitor...
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Originally Posted by b00gers
What kind of car?
What is in the system?
What is the condition of the current electrical system?
What is in the system?
What is the condition of the current electrical system?
2. Kenwood DVD Reciever XXV-05V, Kenwood 4 channel AMP XXV-02A, and a Kenwood GPS Unit KNA-G510
3. Eletrical system should be fine, everything in the vechicle was factory until recently.
Originally Posted by jumpman83
It's Optima, and I love them. I've had a blue top (34m deep cycle marine battery, 120 minute reserve) for something like 4 years or something. It's survived getting chucked out of the car in a crash and flew down a hill, getting drained all the time, starts on damn near no juice, and an 800w system with no capacitor. throughout that entire time. So yeah, get a blue or yellow top. Yellow is made for stereos, but blue works extremely well too and looks cooler. And I think the reserve is WWWAAAAAYYYY underrated.
Rule of thumb is 1 farad per 1,000 watts, but wait for B00gers' opinon, he knows more than I do. (and I don't know why he's asking one of those questions, and I can only assume on another of them, lol)
Rule of thumb is 1 farad per 1,000 watts, but wait for B00gers' opinon, he knows more than I do. (and I don't know why he's asking one of those questions, and I can only assume on another of them, lol)
red top - starting/high performance vechicles
yellow top - starting/deep cycle
blue top - starting/deep cycle marine
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Originally Posted by JerryS
Would it be a good idea to install a capacitor in the hood of a car? I would think no, but if I was able to place it by the battery in a weather/water proof box? Also, people who have amps installed, anyone use an amp rack? Did you build your own, if so, any pix or ideas on one? THX!
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Originally Posted by JerryS
Isn't a blue top for marine usage? Anyway, local store told me that a red top would work out fine if I was concern about cost. Anyone else heard this? My understanding of these optima batteries are as follow:
red top - starting/high performance vechicles
yellow top - starting/deep cycle
blue top - starting/deep cycle marine
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Caps are BAD NEWS altogether!! Go to www.innovativerides.com and check out the KINETIC batteries. they arwe the size of a lawn and garden battery(1/3rd the size of a normal battery) and are available 650amp to 2400 amp. Capacitors (also found in your amplifier near the power supply) dont provide what the amp is actually asking for...AMPERAGE. these batteries are awesome. Optimas are what lots of people use, but the AMP/hour these put out is like 390a-475a. So for everyone out there....NO MORE FARAD CAPS!
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Originally Posted by b00gers
Exactly.
Building an amp rack is really up to your imagination. I wish we had a picture thread. :thinking:
Building an amp rack is really up to your imagination. I wish we had a picture thread. :thinking:
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Originally Posted by HONDA_driven
to see one of the trunks i built go to www.innovativerides.com and view the Black Lexus IS300. He later sold the amps and upgraded to Digital Designs.
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i just bought a MAssive 2 Farad cap from Radio Shack for 49.99 + tax. When the car is running the digital meter on it usually never goes below 13.5 and usually stays up around 14-15. It made my system SOOO much louder, almost stopped headlilght dimming completely! and I have two amps running off it. One Punch 325.1 running 2 Punch stage 1 subs wired in four ohms, so each sub is splitting 408W RMS. Then I have my pioneer 6x9's running off of a 170RMS SPL amp.
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Originally Posted by HONDA_driven
to see one of the trunks i built go to www.innovativerides.com and view the Black Lexus IS300. He later sold the amps and upgraded to Digital Designs.
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Originally Posted by dleccord