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Jun 8, 2004

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Question about Cap.

I have a Phoenix Gold Octane 800W mono blasting 2 12" Cerwin Vega V-MAX at 2 ohms.

My question is, what farad do I want my capacitor to be? 1, 1.5, 2??

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Jun 8, 2004

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My general rule of thumb (which is the same as a lot of people's rule of thumb) is 1 farad for every 1000 watts RMS.

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okay, but will it be performance hindering if the farad is higher then your rule of thumb?

I wouldn't mind having something big enough to consider future plans, but at the same time i don't want to lose performance.

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It won't hurt it to have extra, there won't be a problem with it. The number I supplied is generally all that is necessary, but more won't hurt it. It's not going to contribute to the operation of the amp/speakers either, and generally people get what they need cause it's easier on the wallet. You could always buy another cap, and run two/multiple caps, but it's really up to you as to how you go about it.