Pyramid Car Audio RDCAP15 User Manual

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RDCAP15
CAPseries
lowestE.S.R.(
Strongfinishingforabetterinstallationresult
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Thiscompletesthewiring.
todayscaraudioamplifiersneed 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%offullcap­acity.Whenabigbassnotehits,or youconditionerrunning,thefactory chargingsystemmayalreadybe vehicleselectricalsystemisunable toprovideit.withyourcarsair
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Capacitorsaremosteffective
whenthereisa18(0.5m)or lessofwirebetweenthecap andtheamplifier(s).
Makesureyourascaraudiosystem isproperlyfused.Youshouldhavea systemfuseforallcomponents,the fuseshouldbeinstalledwithin18 inchesofthebattery.Connectthis fusedpowerwiretothepositive terminal. Useanotherwirefromthepositive terminaltoyouramplifier(s)positive supplyterminal. Thegroundwirefromtheamplifier(s) shouldbeconnectedtothecapacitors negativeterminal. Asinglewirefromthecapacitor s negativeterminalshouldbeconnected toyourvehicle’schassisground.
Largeelectrolyticcapacitorsdonot likeheat,oil,grease,water,ormis­treatment.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.
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Thesuppliedchargingbulb(included inthepackage)isusedwheninitially chargingtheCap.thechargingprocess isaccomplishedbyconnectingthe chargingbulbinseriesbetweenthe batteryspositivepostandthe
capacitor spositiveterminal.(plese
refertothediagrambelow).itisvery importanttofollowthisprocessto
eliminatethepossibilityofdamaging
thecap/battery,andotheraudio devices.Thechargingprocessis completewhenthevoltageofthe capacitorreachesthesamevoltage
asyourvehiclesbattery.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
bulbgoingout.Itisnowsafeto storeyouracapacitor.
1year(exceptintheeventthevent isblownorleakingduetoreversed polarityorthecaphasstripped
screwsorterminals)
MODEL CAPACITANCE VOLTAGE DIMENSION RDCAP15 CAP160DBL CAP300DBL CAP500DBL
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1.6Farad
5.0Farad 16~20V
Dia.3.0xh.10.21.5Farad 20~24V Dia.3.0xh.10.216~20V Dia.3.0xh.11.53.0Farad 16~20V Dia.3.0xh.11.5
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