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i have a lightling strike 1.0f cap, got it used, no other hardware accessory, just want to make sure i do everything right before i shock myself or damage my system, i have only 1 amp, so i just connect the battery wire to the positive of cap and than negative of cap to the car chassis?do i need extra hardware to connect the wire to amp or i can use the same point that connect battery to cap to wire up the amp?

it would help alot if anybody have a pic of a single cap and a single amp wired up

thanx[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG]

 
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battery connects to top of cap, as does a wire that goes to your amp, on that plus terminal. and yes you ground the - end of the cap to the chassis. be sure to ground it first, btw. also put a resistor of some sort in between the battery wire and the + of the cap when you first charge it. a DC light works good, since the light will get dim as the cap charges. when the light gets fairly dim, or after about a minute, you can connect the battery wire directly to the cap. it should only take a few seconds to charge the cap, but a minute is a saftey measure.

 
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okie, thanx, but how about hte remote control wire from the headunit? do i still connect the remote control wire to the amp or i have to connect to the cap?

 
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yes the remote still goes to the amp

 
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no remote to cap, technically a cap is always on, but there is very little internal resistance so hardly any power is used by it, don't worry about it draining your battery.

 
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Then why are there connectors for the remote turn on lead on caps? [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/IMG]

 
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at least for mine, it has a rem terminal to know when to turn on the indicator lights and the voltage readout

 
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i have the lightning strike 1 farad digital cap, how can i wire the remote turn on?what does the remote turn on wire do?and do i connect this wire from cap to headunit OR from cap to amp?anybody have any installation manual?thanx, i installed the cap but no digital display guess its because im missing the remote wire[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG]

and is it ok to ground the cap AND amp at same ground point?

 
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your cap should have a little screw that says remote or rem. you can terminate the remote wire with a spade connector and slip it under that screw. the remote turn on wire sends +12 volts when the car is switched on. all devices in your system that have a REM connection need to be connected to either the headunit or the cigarette lighter. i choose the lighter because its easy to fry your headunit when you connect too many devices to the REM wire of your headunit.

 
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can i connect the rem terminal on cap to the powercontrol wire on the amp?and is it OK to use same ground point for the cap and the amp?[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG]

 
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Yes, use the same ground point for sure. For the remote wire, I just split mine right before the amp and butt connected/E-taped two additional wires on too it(one to go to the cap, and one to go to the second amp...so three wires total). [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG]

 
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umm, i use the power control slot on the amp and wire it to the rem of cap, but the digital doesnt work, pls help, thanx[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG]

 
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check that all connections are tight and secure, espeically ground. and then bust out your DMM and make sure the wire connected to REM is showing +12 volts when the car is on

 
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dmm?i tired to connet the power control wire from the head unit directly ot the rem on cap but no display

 
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dmm=digital mutlimeter it measures amps, volts, and ohms, its a great tool to have.

 
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in theory if i connect the power control wire from head unit to the rem on cap, the display should work?

 
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i mean if i dont connect the power control wire to amp, but intead i wire it to cap directly(amp no power), the display on the cap should work?

 
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yeah it should

 
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umm...display borken than, thanx for your help!![IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG]