cap locations?
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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Topic: cap locations?
Posted By: xTimx
Subject: cap locations?
Date Posted: January 14, 2004 at 2:01 AM
ok i have seen diff locations for installing caps. but really..where is the right place for installing them..
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Posted By: staudio
Date Posted: January 14, 2004 at 3:12 AM
really you can install them anywhere, but to get max performance its recommended that you install them within 2 feet of the amplifier. Any further away from the amp and you will, more than likely, lose voltage and not get max performance from the amp and cap.
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Posted By: forbidden
Date Posted: January 14, 2004 at 1:17 PM
Wherever it is safe from short circuiting, where it looks the best and where it can "dump" into an amp the best, usually as close to the amp as possible.
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Posted By: italnpimp59
Date Posted: January 14, 2004 at 1:40 PM
install it far from the amp and mount it to the metal of your vehicle! lol just kidding DO NOT DO THAT! hey has anyone here witnessed a cap explode? ive always wondered what it looks like. someone told me it smells like peanut butter when they explode
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Posted By: staudio
Date Posted: January 14, 2004 at 2:38 PM
"install it far from the amp and mount it to the metal of your vehicle"
hahahahahahaha, that would be funny, in a devious sort of way.
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Posted By: Teamrf
Date Posted: January 14, 2004 at 2:47 PM
Mount it close to the amp as possible. My first cap that I got I thought I could hook it up myself(When I first started out installing.) And I hooked the neg. up to the pos. side, and vice versa. On the RF caps there is like a little bump on it to keep it from blowing up I guess. Well anyway that poked a hole in the cap and discharged all over my car. It smelt REALLY bad, and the smell was hard to get out of there. So I suggest you be careful hooking it up.
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Posted By: xTimx
Date Posted: January 14, 2004 at 4:55 PM
ok i heard between the distrobution block and something else..?? (confused)
Posted By: italnpimp59
Date Posted: January 14, 2004 at 5:59 PM
between ur distro block and ur amp. thats the best place
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