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Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 1:38 pm 
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Hey hey all, finally getting my system in today!!
quick question, capacitors are installed in series with the amp right ?
battery into cap into amp into subs...

this is gunna be sweet :)

Also, the guys that built my box installed 16 guage cable to both the subs (600w RMS type R's), is this ok or should i put bigger cable in ?
I asked him and he said its all for wank factor, the coil wire is smaller then a 16 guage... but its going to have 600-1200RMS pumping through it.
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Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 4:43 pm 
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bump!
gettin towards mounting the cap, need to know soon :|
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Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 4:55 pm 
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yeah that is right for the cap.
I would use bigger wire to be safe as long as its not 2 hard 2 change.

 

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Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 10:33 am 
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yes as mentioned that wiring for the cap is right

 

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Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 11:11 pm 
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use larger for ur sub, 10 gu sounds nice :D so long as ur terminals can fit it :D haha and yea ur caps rite, just make sure u get the polarities rite, cos its a polarised electrolytic, ie bat 2 + amp + 2 cap - then it shud b sweet, ne way have fun

 

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Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 9:45 am 
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If someone wants a larger cap i am selling one brand new 5 farad for $345, retail is over $900

 

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Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 10:15 am 
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thats not how my cap is wired up. Mine is wired a different way. I have my power cable going into a distribution block. Then from that one wire goes to the cap. then the other two on the distribution block go to each amp. Then it is just earthed at the same point as the amps. please tell me that is right....f**k fuses are gonna blow (not the car fuses) if its wrong.


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Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 11:36 pm 
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i don't know about car audio capacitors but the ones i learnt about at TAFE must be in parallel to the amps otherwise when they release charge it will be running backwards through the amp!

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Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 9:30 am 
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rhysy_boi wrote:
i don't know about car audio capacitors but the ones i learnt about at TAFE must be in parallel to the amps otherwise when they release charge it will be running backwards through the amp!

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Well thats how mine is installed...but my dash lights still dim pretty hard so i think i will be running another wire from the body to the ground on the battery.

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Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 9:20 pm 
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No DMac dont think that is right. The cap needs to be in series to work.

 

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Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 9:52 am 
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well i followed the instruction book with the setup. i originally thought series as well. The only thing dodgy about the setup is that my clsuter lights still dim when its cranked up and the bass hits. I will see if running another ground cablefrom the body to the battery helps. Otherwise will have to look into it with the car audio shop.

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Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 8:32 pm 
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If the cap is not in series then it wont do anything for the amp at all. it basically stores charge for the amp on big hits

 

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Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 8:44 pm 
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hmmm....i have run a another earth cable and the courtesy light dont seem to dim as much but still have to find out about this series crap cos now its starting to get at me that it may be wrong.
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Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 9:58 am 
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Should all clusters/lights dim on peak power? re: high bass....
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Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 8:24 pm 
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no they should not dim at all

 

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