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Mar 11 2012 01:17pm
i just got myself a cap

i heard that its an good idea to charge it before connection it directly to my battery, i got a small resistor for that

i heard u can use a light bulb too and that way see when its fully charged, but i donnu how this works (something about 5w bulbs only ?)

some say that i put + to resistor to + on cap, others say something about resistor on both +- or something like that, been tryint go search but its confusing

allso i got 2 amps, so it will go battery -> fuse -> cap -> distribution block -> amp -> amp ?

This post was edited by lulzz on Mar 11 2012 01:21pm
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Mar 11 2012 02:28pm
u have 3 wire kits and 3 fuses ?
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Mar 11 2012 03:20pm
Quote (Slayer_slays_motley @ Mar 11 2012 10:28pm)
u have 3 wire kits and 3 fuses ?


no i dont yet, i will go buy cable and what else i need when i figure out the wiring

where should i put those 3 fuses ? i will need a new distribution block anyway so would it work with that with fuses in it ? the manual dont say anything about extra fuses
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Mar 12 2012 03:17pm
Quote (lulzz @ Mar 11 2012 02:17pm)
i just got myself a  cap

i heard that its an good idea to charge it before connection it directly to my battery, i got a small resistor for that

i heard u can use a light bulb too and that way see when its fully charged, but i donnu how this works (something about 5w bulbs only ?)

some say that i put + to resistor to + on cap, others say something about resistor on both +- or something like that, been tryint go search but its confusing

allso i got 2 amps, so it will go battery -> fuse -> cap -> distribution block -> amp -> amp ?


Caps kill your alternator
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Mar 12 2012 03:19pm
Quote (Th3ory @ Mar 12 2012 04:17pm)
Caps kill your alternator


Iv never had an alternator issue.
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Mar 12 2012 03:47pm
Quote (Pattycakes @ Mar 12 2012 04:19pm)
Iv never had an alternator issue.


Well its just more logical to go with a power cell
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Mar 12 2012 03:48pm
i will do big 3 and get a better battery, i just got this cap for free and i dont believe its doing more harm than good
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Mar 12 2012 03:57pm
Quote (Th3ory @ Mar 12 2012 04:47pm)
Well its just more logical to go with a power cell


A battery would be more likely to fry an alternator than a cap lol.
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Mar 12 2012 04:32pm
im only running around 1000 wrms so my stock alt and bat is doing okey atm, with big 3 + cap i think it will run fine

when im getting new subs i will change the battery and mb alt if needed

doesnt anyone know about charging/wiring and these 3 fuses this dudes talk about ? :/ i need to know what to buy so i can get this done as soon as posible
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Mar 12 2012 04:38pm
Quote (Pattycakes @ Mar 12 2012 02:57pm)
A battery would be more likely to fry an alternator than a cap lol.


haha yeah. my buddy was running 3 amps off 2 batterys. killed his alt and 2 brand new batterys lol
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