i'm thinking of buying one.
i hear since it stores energy the subs hit cleaner and what not,
what are the advatages?
also plan on going ahead with the big 3
It does just that....it charges up and dumps energy to the amps quicker (typically) than just a battery. It can "react" quicker than your battery in a sense.
Now if your system drains the capacitor too quickly and it can't recover before the next big drain is placed upon it, you're in the same boat as not having one.
Do you need one, depends on a lot of other factors including amperage draw of your amplifiers, wiring, battery and alternator capacity.
When we first started playing with them in 1988 it was out of necessity, we used commercial grade capacitors in banks. Without them, alternators/batteries of the day would simply....fail. Driving at night on the freeway, put in something like Pink Floyd "Run Like Hell" and you'd watch your headlights dim, dim, dim, and then effectively go out..and warning lights come on everywhere.
