After you have discharged the capacitor due to heavy power draw, the capacitor will need to recharge. How does it recharge? Well, the capacitor sits in between your battery and your amplifier. Once the capacitor is discharged, it will attempt to charge itself by drawing power from your battery. Then

I've heard the question asked many times before, 'Do I really need a capacitor?' Before answering that question I ask, 'Do you have a high powered system?' 'Does it require sudden power bursts?' 'Is your amplifier being robbed of power?' If the answers to my questions are yes, make every effort to c

If your lights dim with every drum beat, or your CD skips a beat, your amplifier might be trying to use more energy than the electrical system can supply. Unfortunately, your car battery is not primarily concerned with the requirements of your amplifier.Power is being robbed your car audio system by

Capacitors are very common components in electronic circuits and are second only to resistors as a circuit element in electronics and a large assortment is usually found in every electronics workshop. They are used in filters, both in power-supply filters and in signal filters, often in connection w

The audio system in our cars is an assortment of different parts. Each and every part in the system performs a specific function. It is with the co-ordination of all the parts, that you can hear the system play those fantastic tracks as you drive along. In the entire system, car audio capacitors hav

As I was sitting there in the K&N info session, listening to a bald man with a raspy voice throwing me his best pitch on air filters, I thought to myself, "K&N really does care for their customers."This guy wasn't just some salesman. Heck, he was as nervous as 6th grader giving a b

Without powerful electronic management systems, we might as well be back in the performance equivalent of the Stone Age, rubbing sticks together trying to make fire and belting things with rocks.As a general rule, most electronic components fitted to the Subaru WRX have proved to be extremely reliab

So what on earth is a gear tooth hall effect speed sensor anyway and do you really need to know? The fact is that if you drive a car with anti-lock brakes then you make use of them each and every time you drive your car. This is because they are the very latest technology in electronic speed sensors

Oxygen sensors are found in the exhaust system of cars, where they're exposed to fuel and other toxic gases such as HC, CO and NO2. These substances can pollute the sensor and hinder its capacity to work efficiently. Oil, fuel and coolant contamination can cause damage as well. Excessive soot buildu

For centuries speed sensors have been used to determine the speed of moving objects. In fact, the very first primitive speed sensors were lengths of rope with a knots tied in them that were tossed over the sides of moving ships to determine how many "knots" the ship was traveling at. Howev