will adding a dist block from the cap to amp help..

[cjj2d 10+ year member]

on alt noise/whine noies? I just recently added a PG Powergrid. It is a 10 Farad Cap/Dist block. But should I still use dist blocks from it to the amps?

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[worm 10+ year member]

are you using fused distribution blocks after the cap, if you are they should not be there. only unfused.

 

[Mind_nl 10+ year member]

10 Farad Cap, WTF! why?

 

[cjj2d 10+ year member]

currently I am not running any dist blocks. This Powergrid is a dist block/10 Farad cap.

 

[Strecker25 10+ year member]

is that a 1.0 cap, or an actual 10?

 

[cjj2d 10+ year member]

10.0 cap.

check it out.....

http://www.sonicelectronix.com/viewitem.php?id=2003

 

[Mind_nl 10+ year member]

WTF! Didn't know they made them that big...

 

[tplaya07 10+ year member]

Im gonna have to agree with mind_nl's original post on this one.. From the looks of the system you posted, you only need about a 1.5-2farad cap. A 10 is extreme overkill. And you generally do not need to use caps for your mids/highs. Just stick the cap on your sub amp, as that is what will draw the most power from your ride.

...But since you do have 10farad, may as well go ahead and use it for everything...and maybe add some LCD screens, DVD player, PS2,a few more subs, and youll still prob have some room to work with..

As for your question about alt noise, that generally comes from RCA's, or speaker wires being run too closely to power wires.

 

[supraman1379 10+ year member]

yer cap is too **** big

 

[supraman1379 10+ year member]

No you dont want a distribution box because its better to have a direct wire from the cap to the amp(s).

 

[cjj2d 10+ year member]

I am adding to my system that is why I got this cap. When i am complete in a few weeks or a month or two I will have 2 15 D2s, 2 PG Tantrum 1200.1s, my PPI PC2150, and a PG Tantrum 500.2. So the cap should come in handy then. as for my noise I took it by my friends shop and it was a bad HU ground. Got it fixed in minutes and all is well.

 

[tplaya07 10+ year member]

ok..I retract my joking statement above^^.