To keep them from dimming.
If my headlights are dimming it's telling me I have a larger problem.
Your really just fixing the only problem you can see. Most likely you couldnt
actually HEAR a difference, but you can see one with the headlights. If you put
small caps up there then you would NEVER know. As a side note the caps to
install up there are cheap, a couple of dollars a peice. Not the $80 dollar
giant ones you see in the installs.
I would know when I see my volt meter drop, as well as my dash lights
dim. I'm not going to mask the fact that my whole electrical system is
having a large voltage drop.
You want the caps to take care of the highest fluctuating load, which in
almost all aftermarket stereo situations is going to be your amp
Says who?
Me. Can you tell me a load in your system which is going to fluctuate
more than the amp??? The headlights are constant, your ignition coil is
pretty constant, head unit may fluctuate a few amps but not if your
running everything on preouts. The amp may fluctuate from 10 amps up to
70 amps and back again. The only other thing that will draw that much is
the starter and I don't tend to use that while I'm driving.
And unless its a signifigant voltage drop they likely wont care. AND if you are
having that large of a voltage drop then a cap or 2 is NOT the solution.
Instead of telling me I'm wrong, tell me what your solution would be. I
have a very good battery, and a strong alternator, and good wires and
grounds. What should I do next?
I know I am not "flaming" you. BUT it is not an opinion it is PHYSICS. You came
in on SEVERAL posts boasting the need for caps and how they helped your system
so much, when they likely did little, and they did that for short transients.
There are great discussions on here all the time, but the sales myths will get
you busted everytime.
How can you assume whether they did or didn't help my system??? Next
time, just for you guys, I'll get before and after SPL numbers just to
see. I don't imagine it'd be worth much at full tilt, maybe .5 Db if
that on the sustained bass, and nothing for the initial hit. I did
however notice a SQ difference, and my personal taste liked it.
Aaron