cap wiring

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Topic: cap wiring

Posted By: 1nicemustang
Subject: cap wiring
Date Posted: April 02, 2003 at 10:53 AM

hey there everyone----when wiring a cap do i want--

A: the 4 ga wire to go to the cap then D-Block then split to the amps.

or

B: the 4 ga wire to go to the D-Block then split to a cap and the amps

if i remember correctly its choice A:

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Posted By: dragonrage
Date Posted: April 02, 2003 at 11:02 AM

A is usually the better choice

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Posted By: thepencil
Date Posted: April 02, 2003 at 12:00 PM

Just keep the cap as close as possible to the amp. I have not notice any significant sound difference that was audible between your two choices.

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Posted By: x6369x
Date Posted: April 02, 2003 at 10:10 PM

A if your running multiple sub amps.
B if your running only 1 sub amp.

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Posted By: esmith69
Date Posted: April 02, 2003 at 10:12 PM

I'd go for choice A--it seems the most logical way in my opinion--power source before the splitting point. lol and besides I don't really understand what you meant about "splitting it to a cap" so that ruled out choice B for me posted_image

Posted By: x6369x
Date Posted: April 02, 2003 at 10:43 PM

If your using only 1 bass amp, I would go from the dist block to the cap, then to the bass amp. Wiring it this way will deliver all of the cap's energy to the bass amp. Highs amps don't really benefit from a cap, since a caps attempt to keep battery voltage constant during deep/long bass notes. Try to keep the distance from the cap to the amp to less than 18".

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Posted By: 1nicemustang
Date Posted: April 03, 2003 at 2:26 PM

ok well i meant taking the wire from the cap to the d block....then 4 outputs from the block to the components.
i usually wire it wire cap dblock then to the amps. i figure the power would be equal throughout the whole range of the system and all could benifit from it.