What Is A Capacitor And Do You Need One For Your Car?

Car lovers would usually ask this question, Do I need an audio capacitor for car? To answer this question you need to know the kind of car audio system you have in your vehicle.  If you are the type who regularly upgrades your car stereo system but have no idea whether you current car electronics system can handle the power requirements chances are you are in need of one, since some cars are not capable of handling high power car stereo systems.

 

The Tsunami HCAP-5 Car Capacitor is a logical addition to your vehicle electrical system simply because not all cars are equipped to power high power car audio systems. You will notice fluctuation in power when your headlights dim at peak energy consumption during a bass drum strike coming out from your car speakers . It can also filter the AC voltage from the amplifier power which can produce disturbing noise.

 

A car audio capacitor like the Tsunami HCAP-5 Audio Capacitor basically stores power for your cars electric consumption. It provides the additionally required energy to power the amplifier for it to produce the awesome sound especially when your speakers are producing the bombastic bass sound.

 

Only one Farad of capacitance is recommended per 500 watts of amplifier power however, you can never have too much capacitance for your cars electric system. The Tsunami HCAP 5 is a 5.0 Farad high-powered hybrid capacitor that comes with a digital volt meter. It has two 1/0 or 4-gauge inputs and four 1/0 or 4-guage outputs for a multi-amp system of up to 3 amps.  The Tsunami capacitor can provide a total of 5,000 watts RMS. This is more than enough power to feed your car amplifier.

 

The Tsunami HCAP-5 digital hybrid capacitor comes in aluminium casing with a chrome plastic accent. It consists of a hinge cover to hide its terminal connections.  Its display is a blue digital LCD volt meter. A flashing red LEDs implies Hi or Low voltage.  The working voltage of Tsunami capacitors  are 20 volt and at 24 volt surge. Its terminal blocks have a 1/10-gauge nickel plated, high current terminal blocks with 4-gauge reducers. The HCAP-5 consists of one positive, one negative input, and 2 positive, 2 negative outputs.

 

In conclusion, whether you need a car capacitor or not, is answered by how much power you car audio system is using. If its using allot, it will be starving your cars other electrics and which will in turn struggle to perform how they should. If this sounds like your car audio system, then its time to get the Tsunami HCAP-5 capacitor to power your amplifier.