2 amps and capacitater?

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Topic: 2 amps and capacitater?

Posted By: jaydubbz1019
Subject: 2 amps and capacitater?
Date Posted: September 05, 2008 at 9:34 PM

i have 3 rockford fosgate subs and a capacitater 1 farad. i'm trying to hook up 2 amps. the problem i'm having is it sounds louder with only one of the amps connected. why? can anyone tell me the correct way to hook this up?

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jaydubbz1019

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Posted By: still_walkin
Date Posted: September 05, 2008 at 10:32 PM

On the amps do you want the amps plugged to the three subs or one to the interior speakers and the subs explain on the cap it must be wired before the amp best done wit a distro block

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Posted By: KarTuneMan
Date Posted: September 05, 2008 at 11:59 PM

Please list EXACT part's to your system

2 amps.....? what amps?

3 subs.....what subs?

The cap..... it doesn't really matter, this is a waste of money!

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Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: September 06, 2008 at 6:42 AM

But ALWAYS be on the lookout for a GOOD mashed capacitater. With lots of homemade chicken gravy!

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Posted By: jaydubbz1019
Date Posted: September 07, 2008 at 12:13 AM

the amps are a 760 pioneer and a 1200 watt sony xplod. the subs are 2 rockford fosgate p3d412s and a ti 12 4ohm. i want to hook up the 2 p3s to one and the t1 to the other

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jaydubbz1019

Posted By: jaydubbz1019
Date Posted: September 07, 2008 at 12:14 AM

oh the cap is a rockford fosgate too

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jaydubbz1019

Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: September 07, 2008 at 12:42 AM

It's capacitor, not "capacitator." Dump it, you don't need it. If you lose apparent SPL by adding power and or speakers, you most likely have a phase mismatch in either the amplifier setups or the loudspeaker connections.

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