i'm thinking about getting capacitor cap and which brand or kind makes good capactitor. Price and performance.

does this thing will last forever? or it will die in like 3/5/10 years?

 

um, its a capacitor, or a cap for short, you will see them as stiffening capacitors.

it wont last forever, its not like a battery though, so i would guess 10 yars is a possibility

go with one that has a digital display

and one that suits your needs, how many watts are you planning on running?

 

my car has 1 MTX 310 watt amp and 2 12" polk 600 or 900 watt subs.

 

I have this



http://www.crutchfield.com/S-8jYns1l...&display=L#Tab

on two amps running 2200 watts total

works great.


you could proabably get away with a .5 for 300 watts.

 

I got a 1 farad cap, i think its by lightning audio, no lcd readout as I cant even see the cap anyways

 

the display helps when charging it and acts as avolt meter for your car... it can be enormously helpful and is something i couldnt live without.

well you need 1 Farad of capacitance for each 1000 watts of rms power usually, so a 1F cap would be plenty for you

 

that great. is there any brand that you guys recommand?

 

i have some power acoustik, i have 2 of their 2.4 farads, acutually i just sold one.

any of the bigger name companies make em, dont spend over 100 for a 1 farad cap though...

 

http://www.cardiscountstereos.com/ca...uct+%23=ACAP3Q

would work perfectly

 

I'm pretty sure that you do need to discharge when removing from your car if you plan on storing it or working on your system. Is there any truth to this?

 

a cap of any decent quality should discharge by itselfin 30-60 secs after being diconnected