capacitot question?

[whitefox6969]

i recently put in a 1farad cap. in my car. my question is how long is the life spand of the cap. and if the amps are not atleast 8" to the cap. is it gonna work. im asking this b/c when i first put it in my trunk i saw and heard the difference but recently it looks like my lights are dying down & the sound is lowering a bit. what do you guys think it is?

[Swonder67]

How many watts are you running? Cuz sometimes even if you have a cap, if your wattage is too high, your lights could still dim a little, just not as much if you didn't have the cap.

[whitefox6969]

im only running 880watts the 1 farad cap. should be fine. right?

[lloyd_nickens]

Check your battery. Make sure it is reading over 12 volts with the car off. Because I could be dying (ie not able to keep a charge)

[ronnie_g]

I had my 1 Farad Monster Cap for more than 2 1/2 yrs. now and still working. I thought it died already when I put my stuff's together again last week, because it was hooked-up just for my sub amp only, then I didn't here any bass??? Without the cap..., the bass was fine. So, I let it charged for 1 1/2 days with the resistor on. Then, today..., I tried to hook it up again to my sub amp, didn't work at first with the resistor on. So, I freakin' removed the resistor and connected the + wire directly to the capacitor, then, shoot yeah! The capacitor still alive!!! Thank God!
How long would it last? Go to Google and you'll probably find the answer
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Oh for the light problem you have, yeah lloyd_nickens is probably right.
The Caps suppose to help you to avoid the light problem especially when your sub is hitting hard. What kind of sub/subs do you have? I have 3x10's MTX using Kenwood PS300 and even w/o the caps, my lights were fine. I just put the caps because, I wanted more punch and to make sure my battery get's help from the caps for reserved power.