Hey All,

I found this capacitor on ebay and was wondering if this thing would actually do what it says. I am thinking of running one of these for teh simple reason that I will be running 3 1000 watt subwoofers. 1 for each sub and 1 for the front speakers...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...category=14932

 

I highly doubt it. It says it's a 100 farad cap... meaning 1 farad = 1000 watts. So their stating it makes 100,000 watts off one cap!! They compare it to a battery but if you look at the cca (cold cranking amps) it only makes 300 cca. Normal Optimas make well over 600 easy and their deep cycles. Most over the counter conventionals are 800+ cca.

The main thing to remember with caps is they aren't going to do crap for you if you don't have the power (batteries) to supply them. There made to store up energy then release it in one swift bang then they have to recharge. Most people say there a bandaid for electrical problems.

I'd get a regular 1 farad cap for each sub and make sure you got the extra batteries to back them up. I'm running 1 farad cap on each of my 18s. I have 2 JBL 1200.1 amps to supply the juice. Then for power I'm running a conventional battery under the hood with Yellow top in the car and I'm still running short on power I need another Yellow top.

 

Weird... looks like it's homemade... looks like an old 6-cell rechargable battery casing from a robot, with a sticker on top, and two big terminals coming out where the battery connections would be.

[edit] But holy crap- I really like that company's "lineup"!! See http://www.batcap.net/nashville_2003.htm to see what I mean...

 

bat caps are different than normal caps. its not homemade, thats for sure. i forgot exactly how they work, but you're best bet is do a search on Carsound.com's or termpro's boards. it doesnt quite work the same way as a regular cap does if i remember correctly, so saying its 100 farad is not quite right.

***i take that back. just looked on termpro. this model of the batcap is very close to a true cap. all the other models are some type of battery. they are pretty highly recommended (cept for the occassional problem).

make sure, before anything else, you upgrade the "magic 3" wires under the hood first. most important step in upgrading electrical system