# Building a new system...have some questions **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [January 15, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-system-have-some-questions/241394 "2009-01-15T17:47:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 5:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-system-have-some-questions/241394/81 "2009-01-24T05:33:49Z")
right to a point i think, the cap is gettin power from the battery just like every other thing so im sure power loss is there i have disconnected car batterys before not knowin there is a cap in there and grounded them out so power can still get pulled from the m ---
**Author:** ![Auto0utcast](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/auto0utcast/32/6281_2.png) [@Auto0utcast](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Auto0utcast)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 5:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-system-have-some-questions/241394/82 "2009-01-24T05:51:15Z")
the cap derives its power from the battery… this i know… but it SHOULD only discharge in ONE direction… the output terminal side, UNLESS theres an internal short in the cap which would allow it to backfeed. ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 5:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-system-have-some-questions/241394/83 "2009-01-24T05:56:21Z")
i think a cap is a storage facility for power so it can go either way it wants ---
**Author:** ![Auto0utcast](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/auto0utcast/32/6281_2.png) [@Auto0utcast](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Auto0utcast)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 5:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-system-have-some-questions/241394/84 "2009-01-24T05:59:14Z")
> [@awww kittah..](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/awww-kittah/12220/54): > > i think a cap is a storage facility for power so it can go either way it wants you’re half right… if there is a designated output terminal the cap should ONLY discharge in that direction. ---
**Author:** ![JiM\_P\_2001](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jim_p_2001/32/6364_2.png) [@JiM\_P\_2001](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JiM_P_2001)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 7:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-system-have-some-questions/241394/85 "2009-01-24T07:30:03Z")
Next time you see a cap with an “input” and “output” buy it, take it apart, and then realize that it’s the same terminal internally. Capactiors to not have the ability to block the flow of electricityin a specific direction, doides do. This is about Ilya’s car and the $40 Tsunami Rice Cap. There is DEFINATELY no diode in that. ---
**Author:** ![Auto0utcast](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/auto0utcast/32/6281_2.png) [@Auto0utcast](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Auto0utcast)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 7:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-system-have-some-questions/241394/86 "2009-01-24T07:48:55Z")
look up the MA Audio SYC10Q capacitor… thats what i was running. ---
**Author:** ![JiM\_P\_2001](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jim_p_2001/32/6364_2.png) [@JiM\_P\_2001](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JiM_P_2001)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 9:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-system-have-some-questions/241394/87 "2009-01-24T09:52:43Z")
Caps are junk who cares -elliot on jim’s phone ---
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-system-have-some-questions/241394/88 "2009-01-24T11:14:51Z")
> [@Deers in Florida 1 Nissan Altima -129387](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/deers-in-florida-1-nissan-altima-129387/13007/13): > > close but not entirely correct…first off, I ground EVERYTHING separate. i do not share a common grounding point. and secondly… if the cap has a power INPUT post and a power OUTPUT post and ONLY the monoblock amp is hooked to the output post, how do you deduce that it is supplying power elsewhere? it doesn’t. the ONLY time the capacitor discharges is when the monoblock requires more electricity, OR if someone were to inadvertently ground it with say…a screwdriver… (which is fun… trust me…sarcasm). the electricity cant magically jump wires to power another amp if that other amp isnt hooked to the cap OUTPUT terminal. :wtf:bh: Wow dude you can’t be serious. Caps have a positive and negative post. Please draw or find a diagram on how you connect a capacitor. ---
**Author:** ![TurboTravis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbotravis/32/6406_2.png) [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 2:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-system-have-some-questions/241394/89 "2009-01-24T14:32:11Z")
> [@Deers in Florida 1 Nissan Altima -129387](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/deers-in-florida-1-nissan-altima-129387/13007/16): > > you’re half right… if there is a designated output terminal the cap should ONLY discharge in that direction. Thats where you are wrong man, it’ll discharge in any direction that there is an electrical load placed on it. ---
**Author:** ![94Gt5.0](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/94gt5.0/32/6377_2.png) [@94Gt5.0](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/94Gt5.0)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-system-have-some-questions/241394/90 "2009-01-24T14:52:04Z")
This is why i HATE sterio shit… ---
**Author:** ![97cavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/c5a1d2/32.png) [@97cavy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97cavy)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 3:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-system-have-some-questions/241394/91 "2009-01-24T15:02:31Z")
I use to be into ALOT more then I am now. Hell, I used to just drive around for hours and listen to music, but now I only bring the truck to sound-offs and I dont have anything besides a cd player in my daily driver ---
**Author:** ![TurboTravis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbotravis/32/6406_2.png) [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 6:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-system-have-some-questions/241394/92 "2009-01-24T18:30:54Z")
> [@6/7 - S&R Cruise Night (AKA THE FAST AND FURIOUS 4)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/6-7-s-r-cruise-night-aka-the-fast-and-furious-4/13018/15): > > This is why i HATE sterio shit… Nothing to argue about, Jim and I are right, and he’s wrong. ---
**Author:** ![rchiplock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecd19e/32.png) [@rchiplock](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rchiplock)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-system-have-some-questions/241394/93 "2009-01-24T18:43:26Z")
WHY do all of his posts in THIS thread have ATLEAST one word IN CAPS??? ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-system-have-some-questions/241394/94 "2009-01-24T19:29:35Z")
> [@6/7 - S&R Cruise Night (AKA THE FAST AND FURIOUS 4)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/6-7-s-r-cruise-night-aka-the-fast-and-furious-4/13018/27): > > Nothing to argue about, Jim and I are right, and he’s wrong. was i right to a extent thats all i wanna know:D ---
**Author:** ![97cavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/c5a1d2/32.png) [@97cavy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97cavy)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 8:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-system-have-some-questions/241394/95 "2009-01-24T20:13:32Z")
As long as you’ve never used a cap to try to make up for a lacking electrical system you’re right in my book. This reminds me I need to get my 2nd alt on the truck sometime this spring ---
**Author:** ![JiM\_P\_2001](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jim_p_2001/32/6364_2.png) [@JiM\_P\_2001](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JiM_P_2001)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 10:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-system-have-some-questions/241394/96 "2009-01-24T22:36:31Z")
> [@Auto0utcast"](#): > > look up the MA Audio SYC10Q capacitor… thats what i was running. Your MA Audio Cap is a standard cap with distribution blocks built into it. ---
**Author:** ![TurboTravis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbotravis/32/6406_2.png) [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 12:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-system-have-some-questions/241394/97 "2009-01-25T00:21:48Z")
The bet still stands…06 Z06 Vette vs. Travis’ logic. ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-system-have-some-questions/241394/98 "2009-01-29T13:07:08Z")
Holy crap. I started ignoring this thread but figured I’d check it. Looks like I missed out on a lot. I am doing balls to the wall on this project (in my opinion). This is how I plan on doing this setup: - Sound deaden doors, trunk, and car floor with FatMat. Then do as follows (power down left side rocker tunnel, everything else down the middle): ![http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/7731/speakerslf6.jpg](http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/7731/speakerslf6.jpg) Or should I ground each amp/sub separately? ---
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-system-have-some-questions/241394/99 "2009-01-29T16:28:41Z")
Ground them all at one common point. A very good ground point! ---
**Author:** ![JiM\_P\_2001](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jim_p_2001/32/6364_2.png) [@JiM\_P\_2001](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JiM_P_2001)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-system-have-some-questions/241394/100 "2009-01-29T16:50:33Z")
You should just bring it to my shop and have one of the guys do it. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-system-have-some-questions/241394.md?page=4) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-system-have-some-questions/241394.md?page=6)