today’scaraudioamplifiersneed
hugeamountsofcurrent.oftenthe
soundpossiblefromyoursystem!As
quickitdischarges,itwillrecharge,
readyforhebighit!Getallamplifier
needscurrent,aLEGACYcapacitor
canprovideit.plus,allowsittogive
upthatcurrentextremelyfast.As
quickasyourupshort.Acapacitor
storescurrent.Itssuperlowinternal
resistancetoreproduceallofthe
musicmakingittoyoursysteman
youcomingareplayingyoursystem
veryloud,theremaynotbeenough
energyoperatingat70%offullcap-
acity.Whenabigbassnotehits,or
youconditionerrunning,thefactory
chargingsystemmayalreadybe
vehicle’selectricalsystemisunable
toprovideit.withyourcar’sair
.SEEINSTALLATIONDIAGRAM
Makesureyourascaraudiosystem
isproperlyfused.Youshouldhavea
systemfuseforallcomponents,the
fuseshouldbeinstalledwithin18
inchesofthebattery.Connectthis
fusedpowerwiretothepositive
terminal.
Useanotherwirefromthepositive
terminaltoyouramplifier(s)positive
supplyterminal.
Thegroundwirefromtheamplifier(s)
shouldbeconnectedtothecapacitor’s
negativeterminal.
Asinglewirefromthecapacitor’s
negativeterminalshouldbeconnected
toyourvehicle’schassisground.
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Capacitorsaremosteffective
whenthereisa18” (0.5m)or
lessofwirebetweenthecap
andtheamplifier(s).
Largeelectrolyticcapacitorsdonot
likeheat,oil,grease,water,ormis-
treatment.Ifthecapacitorhousing
isdeformedduringinstallation,
manylayersoffoilmaterialmaybe
damagedinsidethecapacitorandit
shouldnotbeinstalled.Installina
safe,drylocationwithin18” (0.5m)
oftheamplifier.Observecorrect
polarity:positiveterminalismarked
witha(+)symbol,negativeterminal
isnotmarked.Donotblockthevent
plugontopofcap.Ifthecapacitor
iswiredinreverseofmarkingonthe
captoptheelectrolyticfluidinside
thecapacitorwillvent,possibly
causingdamagetotheinteriorof
yourvehicle.
Thiscompletesthewiring.
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Thesuppliedchargingbulb(included
inthepackage)isusedwheninitially
chargingtheCap.thechargingprocess
isaccomplishedbyconnectingthe
chargingbulbinseriesbetweenthe
battery’spositivepostandthe
capacitor’spositiveterminal.(plese
refertothediagrambelow).itisvery
importanttofollowthisprocessto
eliminatethepossibilityofdamaging
thecap/battery,andotheraudio
devices.Thechargingprocessis
completewhenthevoltageofthe
capacitorreachesthesamevoltage
asyourvehicle’sbattery.Thisprocess
willtakeamatterofsecondsto
complete.Youcanuseavoltagemeter
tocheckthevoltageacrossyour
batteryandcup.whenthevoltages
arethesameonboth(capandbattery),
thecaphasbeenfullycharged.The
chargingbulbactuallyeliminatesthe
needforthevoltmeter,whenthecap
isfullycharged(capandbatteryhave
samevoltage)thebulbwillgoeither
dimorfullyout.
thecapacitormustbidischarged
whenthecapacitorisremovedform
thesystem.placethesamebulb
whichwasusedinchargingacross
theterminalsofthecapacitorto
eliminatethestoredpower.The
capacitorwillbifullydischarged
withinafewsecondsnotedbythe
1year(exceptintheeventthevent
isblownorleakingduetoreversed
polarityorthecaphasstripped
screwsorterminals)
bulbgoingout.Itisnowsafeto
storeyouracapacitor.
RDCAP15
CAP160DBL
CAP300DBL
CAP500DBL
MODEL CAPACITANCE VOLTAGE DIMENSION
Dia.3.0xh.10.21.5Farad 20~24V
1.6Farad
Dia.3.0xh.11.53.0Farad 16~20V
5.0Farad 16~20V
Dia.3.0xh.10.216~20V
Dia.3.0xh.11.5
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