Is my capacitor hooked up right

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Topic: Is my capacitor hooked up right

Posted By: arcangel9
Subject: Is my capacitor hooked up right
Date Posted: June 21, 2006 at 1:21 PM

Alright I got a cap. yesterday and I hooked it up it does noticabley hit harder but, my friend says his is different. Heres a pic:

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He says the - of my amp should be ran to the - of the cap.

so instead of having seperate grounds for my am and my cap, i should only have one.

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Posted By: h2oskierfl
Date Posted: June 21, 2006 at 1:37 PM

As long as they are grounded to the same spot on the chasis you have no probelm. If not, you may be introducing noise into the system. Most people run it through the cap just for the more uniform look.

Posted By: arcangel9
Date Posted: June 21, 2006 at 1:43 PM

alright i think ill run it to the top of the cap, I didnt know it didnt matter, thanks for the explaination.

Posted By: aznboi3644
Date Posted: June 21, 2006 at 4:20 PM

Tell your friend that if it is grounded and it is grounded...Like h2 said...the ground from amp to cap is just for a smooth look rather than a cluttered look.

Posted By: forbidden
Date Posted: June 22, 2006 at 12:26 AM

Remind your friend that unlike water, electricity flows in both direction, thus there is no need for an in and an out. This is one of the reasons that amplifiers have dual power and ground terminals on them. Main power wires into the amp, secondary power wires out of amp and to cap. No other wires are attached to the cap.

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Posted By: outtaluck72
Date Posted: June 22, 2006 at 7:40 AM

looks good to me. good choice, Raptor cap.

Posted By: arcangel9
Date Posted: June 22, 2006 at 12:32 PM

outtaluck72 wrote:

looks good to me. good choice, Raptor cap.

Yeah its working pretty good for me, It was regular 99.99 but im in the audio shop a lot so he gave it to me for 69.99

Ans thanks for all the replies guys

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