i have a few friends that use to install car stereo's. they all told me you need a cap because it suplies the power your amp needs when it does a hard bass hit and your battery cant suply the power that fast. well after some reading online i see that the cap will add such a small amount of power that you might as well put a 9 volt battery on because it will give you more of a benifit. also the only significant thing the cap will do is put strain on your electrical system when the strain ends. is this true? wondering if i wasted 40 bucks on a cap that will do more bad then good. and am i better off not using the cap? i only have a kicker 700.5 amp so its not a lot of ampers.

 

YES !!! Finally someone thats gets it.

Although sorry ya wasted the money on one.

 

I don't think you wasted your money on it...use it as a paperweight...

 

agreed. Don, make this a freaking sticky...

 

Best noob post I've seen to date.

 

haha, I completely agree. I have a cap, but it's buried deep in the bowels so I never bothered to take it out, but it's useless. With the cap and a red top battery I still get the light dimming at a stop light under full load.

GT

 

Sell it to one of your buddies or on ebay and do the big three

 

Off topic...well only kinda. Friend called today "Hey man, you are pretty good with installing audio. I just bought a cap from a guy and I want to know if you can install it for cheap" My response "Yeah I can do it heck, I'll do it for free. Just stop by around 4pm" He shows up with the cap, I take it out of the passenger seat and go throw it in the dumpster by my building. I then brought him inside to maxima.org and showed him about the Big 3. All in all did my duty today, one less cap owner out on the streets.

 

haha JUST SAY NO TO CAPS!!!!!! CAPS ARE BAD MMMMKAAAAY