capacitor

How did you hook it up?  Directly to the battery?Kevin Pierson

From the battery with fuseable link to the compacitor then to the ampNewfie

what kind of systen do you have?? amps?? speaker?? wire gauge??

Hey i don't think the compacitor was fully charged when i checked the compacitor the power was offNewfie

some capacitors have a turn on lead which is only used to trigger the LCD display readout. but the cap is still functional. Some that dont have it rely on voltage sensing. When the voltage is 12.6volts or below, the cap will automatically turn off. When the car has started and the voltage is spiked to 14.4 on average, the cap is now turned back on. Remember, the display is just there, it doesnt control the cap. the good thing about the caps without turn on leads, when the battery is low in power, and the amp draws too much, the cap will turn on and supply the power needed for the amp.

tedmond wrote: some capacitors have a turn on lead which is only used to trigger the LCD display readout. but the cap is still functional. Some that dont have it rely on voltage sensing. When the voltage is 12.6volts or below, the cap will automatically turn off. When the car has started and the voltage is spiked to 14.4 on average, the cap is now turned back on. Remember, the display is just there, it doesnt control the cap. the good thing about the caps without turn on leads, when the battery is low in power, and the amp draws too much, the cap will turn on and supply the power needed for the amp.

Forgive me for my ignorance, but how is a capacitor going to "supply" an amp with anything if the battery (which is ultimately where that awsome cap gets it power from when the car's engine is not running) is low? The capacitor can't give power if it can't get any...

tedmond wrote: some capacitors have a turn on lead which is only used to trigger the LCD display readout. but the cap is still functional. Some that dont have it rely on voltage sensing. When the voltage is 12.6volts or below, the cap will automatically turn off. When the car has started and the voltage is spiked to 14.4 on average, the cap is now turned back on. Remember, the display is just there, it doesnt control the cap. the good thing about the caps without turn on leads, when the battery is low in power, and the amp draws too much, the cap will turn on and supply the power needed for the amp.

In the year since you joined, tedmond, I am CERTAIN we have had at least ONE knock-down, drag-out argument/discussion regarding the "functionality" of capacitors. Where have you been, or did you think you already knew everything there was to know about caps, so you didn't read it? Whether there is a remote lead or not, all cRapacitors will function IDENTICALLY. The remote is to simply turn the display on, and nothing more. Generally, though, your post is completely FALSE information. The cap's voltage will be at whatever the battery's voltage is. So, if the battery is low on power, so is the cap. Go read some of the threads and stickies regarding capacitors before spreading stuff like that. (BTW, LCD stands for "Liquid Crystal Display", so when you write LCD display, you are writing "liquid crystal display display"... Same thing applies to ATM (Automated Teller Machine) and ATM Machine, PIN (Personal Identification Number) and PIN Number. SSN, VIN... There are more, but you get the idea, whether you have used them here or not... It's redundant, so stop doing it, EVERYBODY!!! ) TO THE OP: acer4, does the cap have a display? If not, the cap will "work" without a remote lead. If it does, and you installed the remote lead, and the display stays on even with the car off, you might have a bad display board. You can try to exchange the cap, or remove the display completely, it'll work just the same - i.e. it won't. Did you address your charging system first? If not, then the cap will fix nothing, and you'll be back here, and soon, asking how to do that. If the cap is attached to the battery, it is "fully charged", whether the display is on or off.It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."