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capacitor wiring and adjusting?

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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Printed Date: July 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM


Topic: capacitor wiring and adjusting?

Posted By: acme
Subject: capacitor wiring and adjusting?
Date Posted: January 09, 2004 at 9:43 PM

How should the cap be wired- inbetween the battery and distribution block  to the amps? Or with dist block (to amps) inbetween the cap and battery? The cap is an spl 2.4f its a cheapo and I don't really trust the info they give e.g.  no real instructions,no explanation of adj. on cap(any ideas?) and their website is up for sale. So hopefully they just marketed the thing. Anyways they recommend the latter wiring scenario. Was wondering if anyone else did. I thought current flowed one way (DC) and wiring on a T would require two way flow, wouldn't it?

The adjustment on the cap is a very small blue square w/ a yellow circle in the middle. circle has shallow phillips type head. I figure its brightness of readout or leds.

Thanks, Acme




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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: January 09, 2004 at 9:49 PM

Courtesy of the Basic Car Audio Electonics web site at https://www.bcae1.com/, here's a proper stiffening capacitor wiring diagram:

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Posted By: Ketel22
Date Posted: January 10, 2004 at 10:20 PM
the cap should be between the battery and distro. blocks.

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Posted By: acme
Date Posted: January 10, 2004 at 10:43 PM

Thats how I was planning on wiring it. Any idea about the adjustment on top of the cap?


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