Power Caps and Power supply
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Power Caps and Power supply
Hi guys,
I've got an audioleads 1.5 farad powercap which has done me proud.
I'm in the process of doing a diffent ICE install, and in taking all my equipment out of the boot I made a big mistake.
I was undoing the nut on the top of the power cap and I accidentally touched the spanner between the two terminals, bang!!!! Bugger.
Guess what?! Now the power cap doesn't work. Anyone know a way of fixing it? I was told them was as internal fuse but I've no idea.
I thinking I'm gonna have to buy a new one, what sort Farad should I get. When got mine before 1.5 was about the biggest you could get. Now I see they go upto 10 farads.
I'm getting a yellow top battery, so I was thinking a 1.5 to 2 farad would be more than enough, as I don't see that I would suffer verymuch power drain.
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I've got an audioleads 1.5 farad powercap which has done me proud.
I'm in the process of doing a diffent ICE install, and in taking all my equipment out of the boot I made a big mistake.
I was undoing the nut on the top of the power cap and I accidentally touched the spanner between the two terminals, bang!!!! Bugger.
Guess what?! Now the power cap doesn't work. Anyone know a way of fixing it? I was told them was as internal fuse but I've no idea.
I thinking I'm gonna have to buy a new one, what sort Farad should I get. When got mine before 1.5 was about the biggest you could get. Now I see they go upto 10 farads.
I'm getting a yellow top battery, so I was thinking a 1.5 to 2 farad would be more than enough, as I don't see that I would suffer verymuch power drain.
Opinons?
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I'll wire it back in and see if the remote wire turns it on and it starts charging up again. It may still be working I guess, I just presumed.
I'm running two Cerwin Vega 12'' 400watt subs.
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But it turned up and ran up to14 volts in an instance.
I've had it checked out on a volt and amp meter and there is no damage at all.
I went down to my local stereo shop and they advised me that the Power cap I have, has built in protection for such an occurance.
Thanks god for that, did fancy spending out on another power cap.
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