If i charge the cap and then hook it up to the amps and power wires, will it lose its charge? Once i charge it do i then have to hook the power up THEN the amps to it?

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Also, can i charge it while its hooked up to the amps? (with the power off to the amps of course)

[This message has been edited by Omega (edited October 26, 2001).]

 

dry cell batteries are better than a cap and can easily find them for about the same price unless u got it for free.

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If its not a camaro or corvette then what is it really?

 

here is a reply i got asking pretty much the same question.


***Why spend 200 dollars for a cap thats going to discharge itself in the first 10 minutes of play, and then put twice the load on your alt. trying to recharge itself? When you can buy a tsunami battery for 100 dollars and save your batt. Also no light dimming at all,
and as long as your alt. is 70 amps or higher
you will have no prob charging it...Just run 2 gauge wire from the main batt. back to the spare batt. and your done,, no more power issues.....
just my 2 cents, hope it helps

ok,,,,,the tsunami battery is 14.5 volts anyway,,,plus it is a drycell battery,which means it discharges slowly and recharges quickly,,,,as for the alt issues,when the car is running,the alt supplies the power for it,,the battery is used primarily for starting the car.Now,when the lights dim the amp is pulling too much power from the car battery,making the alt.charge the car battery.But with another drycell battery(discharge slow and recharge qiuck)the amps actually pull power from the drycell,the drycell gets its power from the car batt.the car batt gets power from the alt. The drycell will never drop below 14.5 because the acid plate car battery has way more than enough amps to charge the dry cell easily.plus the drycell batt never loses its complete charge,unlike the cap which does so
many times a second.NO EXTRA STRAIN ON THE ALT.A 70 amp alt can charge 10 drycells easily...The point is the difference between drycell and acid plate batteries,They are different from each other.Now get yourself a spare diehard,and see ya later alternater.
also run your system with the car off,with a
cap and your going to need another battery,or at least a jump!!!! I was just stating that for the money,the battery is a much better idea than a cap....and besides with the power he stated he had,he would need at least 2 farad...
Check the sig,,,,,2200 watts and not one bit of problem,,even with the stock 90 amp alt.
All of the comps. i go to everyone has extra batts. not caps,,,this is dbdrag,,the most proffesonal comp there is,,,,So the pros know better,Right?***

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If its not a camaro or corvette then what is it really?

 

I'm still curious about this battery. The only thing I found on Tsunami's web was a rebadged optima yellow top.

mike

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