Friday, April 19, 2013

Installing a Car Audio Capacitor

This post will explain how I installed my Maxxlink 1.5 farad capacitor into my car's stereo system.
The capacitor:
http://www.amazon.com/Maxxlink-VDC1-5V1-HYPERcharge-Value-Capacitor/dp/B008PM5WM6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1366054717&sr=8-1&keywords=maxxlink+capacitor

To start off you have to charge the capacitor. In order to do this you have to remove the fuse in your power wire. This ensures that the fuse doesn't blow while charging. The capacitor should come with a resistor, attach that onto the positive terminal of your capacitor (set up in the picture above). Make sure to charge the capacitor in the location that you want it, because as soon as you disconnect the ground it starts to drain it's charge. Ground the capacitor to it's own location (not the same as your amp). If your capacitor has a digital display, as soon as you touch your main battery lead to the positive terminal, it will begin to charge. It will digitally display the capacity of the unit. Once it gets up to around 12 volts (if not higher), you can reconnect the fuse and it will start to do its thing! Your main battery lead should go strait to the capacitor, then have a shorter power wire(no longer than 18 inches) going from the capacitor into the amp.

Here's a diagram from Sonic Electronix showing how the installed capacitor should be wired:

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