Adding a subwoofer

Mystake · Jun 14, 2009

jimthedman said:
slamming sub. get a lightning cap or you're lights will flash.

hahaha i know. i have a capacitor it just needs to get checked by an electrician because its faulty atm.

AudioNutz · Jun 14, 2009

:forehead: Caps don't actually do anything.

IowaSQ · Jun 14, 2009

a faulty cap?...

funny story....way back when at my first shop(like 99-00ish) someone dropped off this BIG box(maybe it was some sort of trade/deal?), like 2-18s, with amps flushed into the back, plexi, hell probably even had some speckled paint on it.....very chic back in the day....anyway, there was a cap on it, and it sat in front of our 4 big ass windows all day....about 4pm, we heard this giant "CRACK!"...sounded exactly like someone just lit a 12ga in the middle of the showroom...we hit the floor....lol!........anyway, turns out the cap got hot enough to explode...lolz...

x1le · Jun 14, 2009

AudioNutz said:
:forehead: Caps don't actually do anything.

you're kidding right? caps automatically add about a decibel per farad to ANY sound system. duh...

jimthedman · Jun 14, 2009

ya you have to have one .

AudioNutz · Jun 14, 2009

x1le said:
you're kidding right? caps automatically add about a decibel per farad to ANY sound system. duh...

That was once thought to be true, but has been proven incorrect again and again.

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Question For The Audio Guru's RE: Capacitors

Josh_101 · Jun 14, 2009

Ditto. All you need is a good battery and the big 3 wiring upgrades to support it. Capacitors are junk IMO, if you need more than what a single car battery can deliver, wire up a second one!

jimthedman · Jun 14, 2009

ok so im wrong.that's. what i did to my rango. just my input

x1le · Jun 14, 2009

AudioNutz said:
That was once thought to be true, but has been proven incorrect again and again.

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Question For The Audio Guru's RE: Capacitors

I must be bad at humor, cuz I was attempting sarcasm :nana:

Mystake · Jun 14, 2009

Josh_101 said:
Ditto. All you need is a good battery and the big 3 wiring upgrades to support it. Capacitors are junk IMO, if you need more than what a single car battery can deliver, wire up a second one!

I haven't had any problems with lights dimming in the Durango so no problems yet!

Josh_101 · Jun 15, 2009

Well two 8's and a 400 watt amp is making my lights dim slightly. I'd really suggest the big 3 upgrade. I'm doing the same the very chance I get.

AudioNutz · Jun 15, 2009

x1le said:
I must be bad at humor, cuz I was attempting sarcasm :nana:

Ha! I get it now...

MrMcQ · Jun 15, 2009

Josh_101 said:
Well two 8's and a 400 watt amp is making my lights dim slightly. I'd really suggest the big 3 upgrade. I'm doing the same the very chance I get.

Ha got that beat... Just putting up the windows in my daily my headlights dim...

Mystake · Jun 15, 2009

MrMcQ said:
Ha got that beat... Just putting up the windows in my daily my headlights dim...

really?!

now THATS brutal.

Like I said, I've got nothing of that sort going on in the Durango and I've tried to get them to dim.

AudioNutz · Jun 15, 2009

Mystake said:
...Like I said, I've got nothing of that sort going on in the Durango and I've tried to get them to dim.

We all believe you. Your lack of proper ground prevents you from drawing enough current to make this happen.

Plus, dimming lights really isn't a measure of proper installation. It merely means that there's something else drawing more current than the lights...

Mystake · Jun 15, 2009

AudioNutz said:
We all believe you. Your lack of proper ground prevents you from drawing enough current to make this happen.

Plus, dimming lights really isn't a measure of proper installation. It merely means that there's something else drawing more current than the lights...

But then again, because the amp is more powerful than the sub, isn't that not a bad thing?

x1le · Jun 15, 2009

AudioNutz said:
We all believe you. Your lack of proper ground prevents you from drawing enough current to make this happen.

Any way you could explain this? I don't get it...

If he were to ground everything directly to the battery instead of the chassis, you're saying he would be providing a greater strain on the electrical system?

IowaSQ · Jun 15, 2009

x1le said:
Any way you could explain this? I don't get it...

If he were to ground everything directly to the battery instead of the chassis, you're saying he would be providing a greater strain on the electrical system?

no. the frame can only flow so much current. he's going to draw(or attempt to anyway) more than the frame can handle. the frame is the limiting factor in the circuit.

Mystake · Jun 16, 2009

IowaSQ said:
no. the frame can only flow so much current. he's going to draw(or attempt to anyway) more than the frame can handle. the frame is the limiting factor in the circuit.

Considering the amp is much more powerful than my sub, isn't this not a bad thing in this scenario?

AudioNutz · Jun 16, 2009

Mystake said:
Considering the amp is much more powerful than my sub, isn't this not a bad thing in this scenario?

No. Cheap amps usually produce higher distortion at lesser voltage/current. This distortion usually leads to cone break-up, which usually leads to speaker failure.

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