1.2 Farad Capacitor.. Need Help!

**Yacob** · 11-05-2006, 12:28 PM

I recently bought a single 10" Power Acoustik sub with 1800 watt max. I am feeding 980 watts to it with a Power Acoustik amp. I also have 4 guage wire. Everytime my sub hits a hard note my lights and other electrical components in my car go dim. So I read up on some capacitors and I ended up buying a 1.2 Farad Voodoo Rack Mount Capacitor. I wired it up and yet my lights still go dim. I am not sure if it is even working.. I charged the cap and everything and I'm almost positive it is wirred correctly. I need to know what else there is I need to do or what I missed.

**blkwrx** · 11-05-2006, 01:29 PM

1. Max wattage is a useless #. Look at RMS.
2. You should have read about how caps are not a cure for dimming lights. You need to upgrade the Big 3. Do a search for "Big 3" on this or any car audio forum. Or even

**Yacob** · 11-05-2006, 02:15 PM

Thanks.. I didn't even know about the "big 3". I will go out and buy some larger wire and try it out. Thanks for the idea.

Any more advice?

**Shadow** · 11-05-2006, 06:20 PM

Don't use a cap!

**RedGTiVR6** · 11-05-2006, 06:23 PM

and do the big 3, all the advice you need right now.

**Yacob** · 11-05-2006, 06:40 PM

Is it bad to use a cap? What are the Pro's and Con's?

**RedGTiVR6** · 11-05-2006, 06:41 PM

this has been covered in great detail on this forum, many many times.

**Cheekz185** · 11-05-2006, 06:42 PM

IS it bad to use a cap NO but pointless!.....I think that a cap really doenst do much unless you get like a 10 15 farad cap

**blkwrx** · 11-05-2006, 09:30 PM

It can be bad when your adding another electrical component to an already overdrawn electrical system. Like red said its been discussed countless numbers of times on many forums.

**Shadow** · 11-05-2006, 11:15 PM

I think that a cap really doenst do much unless you get like a 10 15 farad cap

It's still stupid. A 10 or 15 farad cap would cost easily two times what a good solid battery would cost with a fraction of the performance.

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