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arcangel9

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Posted: June 21, 2006 at 1:21 PM / IP Logged

Alright I got a cap. yesterday and I hooked it up it does noticabley hit harder but, my friend says his is different. Heres a pic:

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He says the - of my amp should be ran to the - of the cap.

so instead of having seperate grounds for my am and my cap, i should only have one.

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h2oskierfl

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Posted: June 21, 2006 at 1:37 PM / IP Logged

As long as they are grounded to the same spot on the chasis you have no probelm. If not, you may be introducing noise into the system. Most people run it through the cap just for the more uniform look.

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arcangel9

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Posted: June 21, 2006 at 1:43 PM / IP Logged

alright i think ill run it to the top of the cap, I didnt know it didnt matter, thanks for the explaination.

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Posted: June 21, 2006 at 4:20 PM / IP Logged

Tell your friend that if it is grounded and it is grounded...Like h2 said...the ground from amp to cap is just for a smooth look rather than a cluttered look.

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Remind your friend that unlike water, electricity flows in both direction, thus there is no need for an in and an out. This is one of the reasons that amplifiers have dual power and ground terminals on them. Main power wires into the amp, secondary power wires out of amp and to cap. No other wires are attached to the cap.

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outtaluck72

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Posted: June 22, 2006 at 7:40 AM / IP Logged

looks good to me. good choice, Raptor cap.

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arcangel9

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Posted: June 22, 2006 at 12:32 PM / IP Logged

outtaluck72 wrote:

looks good to me. good choice, Raptor cap.

Yeah its working pretty good for me, It was regular 99.99 but im in the audio shop a lot so he gave it to me for 69.99

Ans thanks for all the replies guys

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