Stiffening Capactiors

Hi All,

I had a question about wiring a stiffening capacitor up to two amps.  One of my amps is a 300WRMS 4 channel, and the other is an 80W RMS 2 Ch.  I have a Lightning Strike 1Farad cap.

Is it possible to wire both amps up to the Capacitor, and if so how?  Do i just wire the battery to the cap, and the cap to a distribution block?  And then, obviously, the block to the amps?  Or can I just run two power cables from the cap to the amps?

Any help greatly appreciated.

Well i don't know, the lights dim at the moment without subs connected, so it'd probably be alot if i could run both from the cap.

I read that some places sell capacitor through passes for doing this kinda thing, but they're hard to find and they dont seem to be common enough to be any kind of general conceses.

You can split the power after the cap to two amps, but like supradude said, the sub amp is the only one pulling the big peaks that are causing you problems.....so there's no reason to put the 4-channel amp into the loop.  But if you are having power problems without subs connected, you need to get that part of it squared away before you hook up more loads on that car system.  You need some things replaced:  upgrade battery and wiring (Big 3) to start.  A rebuilt alternator (the power source) may be next in your future.

But to answer you more precisely, the reason for using a fused distro block is so that you have fuseholders for the wiring that goes out to the amps when the main power wire is reduced in gauge into two or more wires.  And it's neater and more organized.  Each wire needs a fuse.  You will accomplish the same thing by splitting off two separate wires, one to each amp, with a fuseholder inline on each wire.  It's parallel-wiring either way...that is to say, it's the same electrical connection.

OK, thanks.  I'm just trying to avoid the alternator change.  According to the maths, my alternator should be able to handle the system.  Besides that, the cost of a new alternator is rather hefty.

But if it needs to be done, it needs to be done I guess.

Thanks again