new addition to the trunk family! pic
11-13-2010, 04:00 PM
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^^^^^my trunk carries air and thats it^^^^^ 
wow, the dick factor again 
It fixed the instantaneous voltage drop from
the bass hits, thats all. The problem indicator
is gone but the original problem still exists.
Not a heavier ground lead or tightening of
the battery posts will it fix.
Its not a voltage problem but an amperage problem.
The battery/cap are just storage devices.
The 14.4V is way too high. Not good.
The alternator is the pump.
The battery is the 1st bucket.
The cap is the 2nd bucket closer to the fire.
The hose from bucket 1 to bucket 2 is
the battery to amp power wires.
The hole in bucket 1 is too small as
is the hose to bucket #2.
Bucket 2 has an instant drop out bottom
to dump the water asap.
Not enough water from the pump and
the whole system suffers.
Sorry, but wasted $$ on the 3.5 FARAD cap.
Shoulda got a bigger amperage alternator...
It fixed the instantaneous voltage drop from
the bass hits, thats all. The problem indicator
is gone but the original problem still exists.
Not a heavier ground lead or tightening of
the battery posts will it fix.
Its not a voltage problem but an amperage problem.
The battery/cap are just storage devices.
The 14.4V is way too high. Not good.
The alternator is the pump.
The battery is the 1st bucket.
The cap is the 2nd bucket closer to the fire.
The hose from bucket 1 to bucket 2 is
the battery to amp power wires.
The hole in bucket 1 is too small as
is the hose to bucket #2.
Bucket 2 has an instant drop out bottom
to dump the water asap.
Not enough water from the pump and
the whole system suffers.
Sorry, but wasted $$ on the 3.5 FARAD cap.
Shoulda got a bigger amperage alternator...
Last edited by 157dB; 11-13-2010 at 04:07 PM.
11-13-2010, 07:08 PM
#12
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i get it! haha. Get a bigger amperage alternator and problem fixed!
And i dont see it as money wasted... cause i was gonna put one on regardless.. i like the way they look. But i will leave it and get a bigger alternator...
And i dont see it as money wasted... cause i was gonna put one on regardless.. i like the way they look. But i will leave it and get a bigger alternator...
11-14-2010, 02:30 AM
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haha
11-14-2010, 09:24 AM
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3.5 Farad? Gawddamn that is alot of storage! I remember in my freshman year physics class when we were studying electronics, our professor, who actually began his life as a licensed electrician, showed us what a 500,000 MICRO-Farad (that is only 1/2 of a whole Farad) could do. He took a screwdriver while wearing insulated gloves and discharged the fully charged capacitor. It made a tremendous pop like a small pole-hung transformer sounds like when it explodes from a lightning strike.
Where the screwdriver touched the capacitor's contact points, the metal was clearly melted. The Phillips head, one of the places he touched to a contact point, was so melted from the discharge that the screwdriver was ruined.
I guess my point is are you sure you need 3.5 Farads? That is a whole lot of capacitance.
Where the screwdriver touched the capacitor's contact points, the metal was clearly melted. The Phillips head, one of the places he touched to a contact point, was so melted from the discharge that the screwdriver was ruined.
I guess my point is are you sure you need 3.5 Farads? That is a whole lot of capacitance.
11-14-2010, 10:27 AM
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3.5 Farad? Gawddamn that is alot of storage! I remember in my freshman year physics class when we were studying electronics, our professor, who actually began his life as a licensed electrician, showed us what a 500,000 MICRO-Farad (that is only 1/2 of a whole Farad) could do. He took a screwdriver while wearing insulated gloves and discharged the fully charged capacitor. It made a tremendous pop like a small pole-hung transformer sounds like when it explodes from a lightning strike.
Where the screwdriver touched the capacitor's contact points, the metal was clearly melted. The Phillips head, one of the places he touched to a contact point, was so melted from the discharge that the screwdriver was ruined.
I guess my point is are you sure you need 3.5 Farads? That is a whole lot of capacitance.
Where the screwdriver touched the capacitor's contact points, the metal was clearly melted. The Phillips head, one of the places he touched to a contact point, was so melted from the discharge that the screwdriver was ruined.
I guess my point is are you sure you need 3.5 Farads? That is a whole lot of capacitance.
11-14-2010, 10:34 AM
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That is what I was thinking. But of course, when the radio puts a draw surge, that is where a capacitor can fill in to smooth out the AMP curve over time so that there is no dips in the AMP curve. This way there is no dimming of the lights when the radio kicks in as the capacitor fills in those "holes" of power draw.
And even with a capacitor to smooth out that curve, why would he need such a large capacitor?
And even with a capacitor to smooth out that curve, why would he need such a large capacitor?
11-14-2010, 11:32 AM
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3.5 Farad? Gawddamn that is alot of storage! I remember in my freshman year physics class when we were studying electronics, our professor, who actually began his life as a licensed electrician, showed us what a 500,000 MICRO-Farad (that is only 1/2 of a whole Farad) could do. He took a screwdriver while wearing insulated gloves and discharged the fully charged capacitor. It made a tremendous pop like a small pole-hung transformer sounds like when it explodes from a lightning strike.
Where the screwdriver touched the capacitor's contact points, the metal was clearly melted. The Phillips head, one of the places he touched to a contact point, was so melted from the discharge that the screwdriver was ruined.
I guess my point is are you sure you need 3.5 Farads? That is a whole lot of capacitance.
Where the screwdriver touched the capacitor's contact points, the metal was clearly melted. The Phillips head, one of the places he touched to a contact point, was so melted from the discharge that the screwdriver was ruined.
I guess my point is are you sure you need 3.5 Farads? That is a whole lot of capacitance.