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Hey i installed a stinger cap 1 farad digital one. I charged it and everything properly and its hooked to my amp the amp turns on fine but when i turn up the volume past like 2 my amp gives me a error for current now i dont have a clue what this means and what i can do to fix it i dunno if its amp or cap. but when i just had power and ground straight to amp it worked... (yes i did chrage it right) i took pics for you guys to see my connections just incase i did something wrong there kinda big so they might scale huge lol

http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/8...itor0019no.jpg - full shot
http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/3...itor0064ek.jpg - close up of cap
http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/3...itor0072py.jpg - ground connections
http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/5...itor0083jw.jpg - amp power and ground connections
http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/3...itor0092re.jpg - Dark lit up
http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/7...itor0103zz.jpg - Light lit up

 
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its called an "capacitor".

i didnt bother looking at the pics, but when hooking up a capacitor, the power wire first goes to the + post of the cap then to the amp. the grounding point on the chassis first goes to the - post of the cap then to the amp.


like this

 
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so the ground for the amp has to go to the cap
then from the cap to actual ground?

 
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http://www.caraudiohelp.com/car_audi...stallation.htm

it looks like it asks to have 2 grounding points, one for amp and one for cap, on that installation link. but when i had a capacitor in my car, i had only one grounding point and ran it like shown on the masterpiece i drew above

 
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Back of my capacitor packaging....

 
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Did you charge the cap first???

I know I had to charge mine first.

Looks like your connections are correct from you pics above. My cap is connected the same way (except in my car, it looks cleaner...lol), and it works fine.

Distribution blocks are not required to hook up a capacitor.

 
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I don't think its necessary. I didn't have to do it with my cap. I have seperate ground wires for the amp, and cap, just like you do.

 
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doesnt matter where the caps grounded as long as its grounded. Charging it really isnt a big deal either, just avoids a big spark. I would redo your grounds, make sure the ring terminal is sitting on bare metal, no paint whatsoever. If that doesnt do it remove the cap from the picture and try to use your amp. If it works, somethings wrong with the cap itself.

 
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faulty cap would be my guess....

 
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Make sure it's wired properly. Power wire goes from battery to cap +, then from cap + to your amp. Cap - gets grounded. Does not have to be grounded to the same location as the amp.

As grenloch said, charging just avoids a huge ****ing spark when you connect a drained cap. Every time I work on my electrical in my trunk I disconnect power and drain the cap, then when I go to put the fuse back in, BOOM huge spark that scares the **** out of you. The charging dealie just puts a load inbetween the battery and cap so that you don't get the spark.