Need Some Cap Help
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Forum Name: Car Audio
Forum Discription: Car Stereos, Amplifiers, Crossovers, Processors, Speakers, Subwoofers, etc.
URL: https://www.the12volt.com/installbay/forum_posts.asp?tid=27278
Printed Date: May 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Topic: Need Some Cap Help
Posted By: 00neon
Subject: Need Some Cap Help
Date Posted: February 26, 2004 at 9:56 AM
Ok heres my issue, i bought a cap off of Ebay, i know probally the wrong mistake, anyway it was brand new. its a lightning audio strike ls-10. however i charged it and installed it. the thing is, theres on remote turn on screw :(. i emailed lightning audio and from there respose, the cap is supposed to be signal sensing . my problem is, that the light on the cap is not turning on, i drive about 20 min to school and work and it never turns on. anyone have this issue or am i screwed?
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1 JL 12 w3 D4
1 MTX 421 D Monoblock
1 Sony Xplod 75x4
Front: Alpine SPX-177A
Rear: JL audio VR690-CXI
Replies:
Posted By: customsuburb
Date Posted: February 26, 2004 at 2:29 PM
It sounds like you got screwed. Can you tell if there is a difference in sound with it installed? If so then maybe the little light on top is burnt out. Who knows.
Posted By: markcars
Date Posted: February 26, 2004 at 2:39 PM
how did you connect the cap? You don't charge and connect a cap, but it has to be continously connected in order to do its job. can you draw how you connected. Sounds like you just didn't wire it right. You are still in luck, which we can find out after your drawing/description on how you wired it.
Posted By: markcars
Date Posted: February 26, 2004 at 2:46 PM
did you connect the battery's+ to the cap's+ and the cap's- to ground? (with a fuse between the cap's+ to the battery's+ for safety).
if not then thats the reason it ain't working. If yes then as customsuburb said, you got a bad cap. can you exchange it from whoever you bought it on ebay? most users are honest and nice. (i've gotten 1 bad one in 120.)
also if you can tell there is a difference in sound, then as customsuburn says, your light may be burnt out.
and lastly, as you said it is signal sensing, you might be having a third wire to the cap that senses the signal, and maybe you didn't connect it. or do you have only 2 wires to the cap?
Posted By: speedwayaudio1
Date Posted: February 26, 2004 at 4:03 PM
if the cap has no voltage meter there is no need for a remote turn on screw. it might be a bad cap. take the cap off line and put a meter on it. does it have voltage? if it does than its working, light or no light. caps are great they help alot if you already have a good alt. at least 200 amps. you need that to feed your car and your system. BE CAREFULL NOT GROUND THE HOT POST ON THE CAP. YOU'LL HAVE A FIREWORKS SHOW!!!
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Big Dave
Posted By: markcars
Date Posted: February 27, 2004 at 9:11 AM
yes he's absolutely right. don't short the two connections on the cap or even the hot / (+) to the ground/metal. You could either start a fire or get injured yourself too.
Posted By: 00neon
Date Posted: February 27, 2004 at 8:04 PM
ok guys sorry for taking for ever to reply. i do have it hooked up right. i have the fused lead off the battery to the + and then the jump down to the amp, then a jump from the - on the amp to the cap and then from the cap to ground. i dont notice a sound difference, mainly because its just on my sub.......i havent checked the voltage because i dont know how, i have a the thing needed, but what do i do just put it on the + and then ground it? or do i put it on the + and then the -?????? just lemme know. its not a digital read out cap, but my cousin has the same cap just an older model, and it has a remote turn on screw, and the package shows needing one............ ------------- 1 JL 12 w3 D4
1 MTX 421 D Monoblock
1 Sony Xplod 75x4
Front: Alpine SPX-177A
Rear: JL audio VR690-CXI
Posted By: 00neon
Date Posted: February 28, 2004 at 1:23 PM
bump
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1 JL 12 w3 D4
1 MTX 421 D Monoblock
1 Sony Xplod 75x4
Front: Alpine SPX-177A
Rear: JL audio VR690-CXI
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