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Thread: Do i need a cap? |
    
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| Posted on Friday, April 08, 2005 - 08:07 pm: |
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im running 420w rms @ 2ohms on a 99 acura rl...do i need a cap? |
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Gold Member Username: Taylor17
Kopperl,
Texas
Post Number: 1320
Registered: Jan-05
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| Posted on Friday, April 08, 2005 - 08:11 pm: |
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No, the only thing a capacitor really does is quicken the amp's responce time. |
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| Posted on Friday, April 08, 2005 - 08:17 pm: |
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and my alternator should be fine right? |
Silver Member Username: Importrapist
Savannah,
GA
U.S.A
Post Number: 146
Registered: Mar-05
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| Posted on Friday, April 08, 2005 - 08:22 pm: |
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Unless your lights are dimming or sumthin like that, you should be fine. |
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| Posted on Friday, April 08, 2005 - 08:23 pm: |
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In a way, a capacitor is a little like a battery. Although they work in completely different ways, capacitors and batteries both store electrical energy. If you have read How Batteries Work, then you know that a battery has two terminals. Inside the battery, chemical reactions produce electrons on one terminal and absorb electrons at the other terminal.
A capacitor is a much simpler device, and it cannot produce new electrons -- it only stores them. In this edition of HowStuffWorks, you'll learn exactly what a capacitor is and how it's used in electronics.
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/capacitor.htm |
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| Posted on Friday, April 08, 2005 - 08:24 pm: |
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ok...thanx man |
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| Posted on Friday, April 08, 2005 - 08:25 pm: |
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In a way, a capacitor is a little like a battery. Although they work in completely different ways, capacitors and batteries both store electrical energy. If you have read How Batteries Work, then you know that a battery has two terminals. Inside the battery, chemical reactions produce electrons on one terminal and absorb electrons at the other terminal.
A capacitor is a much simpler device, and it cannot produce new electrons -- it only stores them. In this edition of HowStuffWorks, you'll learn exactly what a capacitor is and how it's used in electronics.
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/capacitor.htm |
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