Is It possible for an after-market amp(400w),enclosed box with 2 10inch sub-woofers kill a battery. I recently purchased a red top optima. Fried my Die hard gold. I was told that i needed to add some device from my amp to the battery for preventing battery drain. What is it?

 

ummm ... never heard of thing like this. If you install the wires correctly and dont run the system without the engine running, then the system shouldn't do any harm to your battery.

 

i think they're called farads...... try this link from crutchfield.com... http://crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/S-Qzl...LS05TB&o=M&a=0

 

Thanks, I spoke with a tech person and they recommended 1/2 farad. Thanks a whole lot!!!!!!

 

They are called capacitors, or caps, farad is the measurment of how much power they hold.

 

farad,capacitors its all the same. ha ha ha. how about farcap, yeah baby!!!! No, but really thanks all.....

 

The CAP is there to give the amp the power needed when a bass note is hit at high volumn. Therefore, it solves the problem with light dimming. I dont believe it has anything to do with the battery being drained.

CLUofI is right, it's called CAP, farad is the measurement unit.

 

i stand corrected! somehow, the word farad just kept coming to my head. i appreciate your correcting me! now i know! thanks!

 

IMO, fuck the 1/2 farad, just go with the 1 farad. At my store, it is only about 50-60 bucks more for the 1 farad, so be safe and go with a 1 farad cap, and go with a fosgate cap or a lighting audio cap, those are two of the best caps and don't worry about getting one with a digtial read out, unless you know what you are reading and why you need the digital read out, then fuck it. You only pay more for a digital read out!!

Dave