I know you run the power from your battery into the cap then out of the cap into your amp. and I know you gotta ground the cap to a ground (not the same as the ground your amp is hooked up to..)

Is that all i gotta do? Why is there two positive terminals and two negative terminals? Thanks for any info...


here's a pic..

 

so wait you understand how to hook this up but you do not see why there are 4 holes? 2 wires in, 2 wires out

 

so two positive, one from battery > cap then from cap >amp

but the negative? both to negative on the chassis?

 

im not positive, but i think a ground also goes from the amp to the cap... someone more knowledgeable needs to help

 

yeah thats the only part really confusing me. i dont wanna screw anything up. you know?

hopefully Emp or someone can chime in.

 

i have the sam cap, ill post a pic tomorrow of it. 1positive goes from battery to cap 1 goes from cap to amp. that covers the two positive.

then one negative from the amp to the cap,and one negative from the cap to ground.

 

there you go

 

hey thanks for the reply. that picture would be great!!

how do u like the cap?

you were right

 

honestly i bought the cap because i got it used for 25$ from a friend. i liked the way it looked. it lights up bluejsut like the rest of my car. im planning a custom trunk setup with fiberglass and what not, so this was really for the cosmetics not for the real need for a cap.

I have an L7 pushing running of a 1000watt kicker rms amp. the cap does NOTHING!
lol it really doesnt do anything, your better off getting an upgraded battery. AnOptima Yellow Top battery will do wonders. tey are ****** sick. you should really look into getting that if the dimming lights is really getting on your nerves.

i mean if you have the sub down real low, yes it willstop the dimming lights, but once it gets pumping, it does squat.

 

well im only running a pioneer 760 watt amp. along with two jl w3's. so my system doesn't require as much power as yours. hopefully this cap will be all i need for now.

 

Capacitor bad not worth the trouble hooking up!!!!!!!!
Better off getting a small battery

 

lol id hook up that cap if i had it

 

Come on Emperor you wouldnt!!!!!

 

i have a similar cap, only without the LED's. it helped the lights.

 

You can get more useful Joules out of a battery than a Capacitor. There is so much stored energy that you lose and can not use in a capacitor. Capacitor full drained will go to 0 volts. But your car audio dont go that low. A 12volt battery will go down to 10volts drained. You also have to consider the ESR (a resistance) causing (heat) the voltage drop you get out of a capacitor. If you are at 14 volts at cap and you draw 100 amps with a ESR of .017 (about normal) you have a voltage drop of 1.7volts.

 

well at night my headlights still dim a little but not as bad. i have my amp turned all the way down. no bass boost, no nothing. my system hits hard too. during the day, i can pound the **** outta my speakers with this new cap and i dont have to worry about my gauges cutting off then coming back on anymore lol. next step is a yellow top or something of that nature.

ill take a pic of my set up later today

 

^ you will be really happy with an extra battery. yellow tops are good. It would be better than the Cap.

 

x2 look at carqest ngt extreme batts

ya i would but it wouldnt be like anone would expect. no where near my sub amp/ electrical but alot closer to my highs amp

 

the red cobalt is groos honestly

 

the best place for that cap is the trash those are junk

 

what?

 

lol right wtf?

 

gotta ignore noobs...

on a side note.. my capacitor helped a pretty good bit... that, along with my new kenwood double din.

 

i was told by the guy at advance auto parts that the optima yellow tops wouldnt fit where the stock battery goes, do u guys change out the battery, or just hook up the yellow top straight to the amp and keep the stock batt.

 

ya its too tall. i relocated it and added 2 batts in the wheel well. others have jsut thrown in in there and had an inclining floor