Originally Posted by
NoTLaDStyle
A capacitor's measly 1/4th of a second of maintained power is more than enough to cove the supply delay and since the battery has no problem maintaining that current spike for a few extra milliseconds while the capacitor recharges, it causes no loss in power.
In order to understand the value of a capacitor you have to understand how short a bass punch really is - maybe a half a second at most. So half of that note isnt getting full potential from your amplifier every time the bass hits.
Capacitor = HIGHER PEAK POWER
BIG THREE = HIGHER MAINTAINED POWER
Does the recharge of the cap somehow come into play in all this as well?
When I listen to anything that would be considered 'urban' music, I go for the low, long notes. Yeah, triple 6 is sometimes on the list. Or alot of the time I will play old booty shake stuff like Uncle Al, Dynamixx, or 95 South.
By the big three, you mean alternator/batts and caps?
Right now I have about 12 foot of 4 or 2 ga running to the the cap, same size running about 2' to the PDB, then 8ga running about 2' to one amp, about 6" to the other. Groud is the same 8 ga to a ground PDB then the 4 or 2 ga to large surface of bare body on at one of the cab mount bolts.
Considering how dim my lights go, Im thinkin I probably have enough supply cable. The factory alternator is already 170-190A, and its because of the towing pack. Other than that, nothing really loading the charge system down other than the engines ECU, A/C and fuel pump. It doesnt even have an electric fan.
Think one or two extra batts will help out with the demand for these 2-3 second long notes?