how many fared cap. would you need for a 10,000(RMS) watt (15,000 Peak) two channel amp, and how much would it run. and what gauge cable?
2006-08-18 14:04:31 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Audio
the rule in car audio is to provide one farad capacitor for each 1000 RMS watts, in your case you'll need a 10 farad cap.
2006-08-18 17:26:48 · answer #1 · answered by estuardo162002 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's recommended to use 0.5 Farad for every 500 watts max.
So, yours would be 15 Farads. Three 5 Farad caps would suffice.
I hope you know you'll also need three 250 amp alternators as well to power that amp and battery/battery isolator setup.
I work for an audio company and we just installed the sound system at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum in Bloomington, IL. with a 15,000 watt system. Of course we also have DSP's, Media Matrix Neon's and 6'H X 14'W X 2'D rack system to house it all.
2006-08-18 15:53:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lol! 15,000 watts?
A 1 farad cap will suffice for whatever it does.
2006-08-18 14:39:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Take the amp to the shop and have a technician do it. You can fry your a** if you don't know what you're doing.
Capacitors are rated by voltage, not watts.
2006-08-18 14:11:55 · answer #4 · answered by Albannach 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
with any amp that big dont even bother with a capacitor just get extra battries
2006-08-19 12:04:08 · answer #5 · answered by puresplprix 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can use any farad capacitor for any size system... just add more if you need more. id just go with 1 farad cause thats all around best for any kind of system. and WTF are you running with 10000rms?? a ****** mtx thunder!?
2006-08-18 15:20:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋