Can anyone Easily explain how to charge a capacitor?, I need to charge my capacitor and all i read i do ot quite understand Options

[vincecs64]

I need to charge my capacitor and all i read i do ot quite understand do i jump the fuse?? thanks Chris

[D-Man]

I need to charge my capacitor and all i read i do ot quite understand do i jump the fuse?? thanks Chris

Ground the Neg on the cap, then bring up a positive line off your battery (with the car running.) use the included resistor to make this line:

Cap-->Resistor--> positive line off battery (with car running)

if it has a digital display then wait till it hits 12-13 Volts. Otherwise, multimeter.

Should take about 5-10 min. Good Luck!

[DEATH]

Side note - does anyone know where to buy the digital meter that goes on the top of a R-F capacitor by itself? My GF cheaped out and bought me the one without it but I really want the one with it - just because.

[D-Man]

Side note - does anyone know where to buy the digital meter that goes on the top of a R-F capacitor by itself? My GF cheaped out and bought me the one without it but I really want the one with it - just because.

nope, my cap is automatic w/ built in display.

[DEATH]

Side note - does anyone know where to buy the digital meter that goes on the top of a R-F capacitor by itself? My GF cheaped out and bought me the one without it but I really want the one with it - just because.

nope, my cap is automatic w/ built in display.

Is it an R-F one? if so then it's detachable - that's the one I'm looking for loose.

Holy crap - check this out:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Rockford-Fosgate-CPCC2...1QQcmdZViewItem

This post has been edited by DEATH: Mar 27, 2008 - 4:27 PM

[vincecs64]

I do not have the resistor i got the cap from my cousin. what else can i use?

[monkey]

hmm if uve ever made a disposeable camera into a tazer than u know how all that stuff works!
lmao..... sheyit u learn in boarding school.....

This post has been edited by monkey: Mar 27, 2008 - 10:08 PM

[vincecs64]

ya i go to a tech school and we get pretty creative with air cannons lol.

[monkey]

dayum... i need me one of those!
u should put one in ur celi

[addictions]

u need a resistor go to radio shak get one for like 30 cents lol i think the one i had was a brown black brown silver so like a 200 ohm's and post a pic of your cap i have a digital meter but its not one thats goes on a R-F cap its just a digital volt read out so u could hook it the the + and - of the cap and run the wires to the front so u can see it with out leaving your drivers seat! lol ...or just run it off your battery witch in theroy is the same voltage as your cap

This post has been edited by addictions: Mar 28, 2008 - 11:16 AM

[D-Man]

u need a resistor go to radio shak get one for like 30 cents lol i think the one i had was a brown black brown silver so like a 200 ohm's and post a pic of your cap i have a digital meter but its not one thats goes on a R-F cap its just a digital volt read out so u could hook it the the + and - of the cap and run the wires to the front so u can see it with out leaving your drivers seat! lol ...or just run it off your battery witch in theroy is the same voltage as your cap

okay, YES you can get one from radio shack, vincecs64 PM me and remind me to take a pic for you, because each line represents something...

a resistor with 200ohm's, lol.

DO NOT HOOK UP YOUR CAP DIRECTLY TO THE BATTERY WITH NO CHARGE IN THE CAP!! YOU WILL KILL YOUR BATTERY (rechargeable) AND YOUR CAPACITOR (kiss it good-bye).


You want the cap to fork parallel with the amp from the battery with a shorter wire, and as (wire-wise) close to the amp as possible, therefore it reduces the risk of backup & surge, plus ensures that your draw comes from the cap and not the battery.

A cap can send out electricity WAY faster than a battery, thats why you damage you battery when your not using a cap with your system. All an amp does is charge smaller capicitors and relese the juice all at once, that's how it "amplifies" the sound. It dosnt make more, it just holds it and releases it all at once.

Therefore, when you have a song with alot of heavy bass, the amp is constantly draining and has to draw quickly to get more power into its "holding cells" for the next *boom*

the cap gives a faster charge, so you want the amp to draw from the cap. By putting them closer (wire-wise) than the amp will take from the cap first. The cap however, has plenty of power to share, so it can take a slow draw off the battery to keep from damaging it.

Not a difficult system to understand. but if you want it to work right, you need to wire it right.

the cap and battery also have different voltage during usage. It stabilizes into a similar voltage at rest.

This post has been edited by D-Man: Mar 28, 2008 - 11:35 AM