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Hey everyone i put in a capacitor yesterday and my car died completely later that day.. Is it possible for the capacitor to drain the power completely?
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nope but its possible that you hooked it up totally wrong!
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Originally posted by PowdercoatedSteedaXL:
nope but its possible that you hooked it up totally wrong!
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ouch, that's harsh, but I can't help but laugh at it...
you probably have a remote wire tapped into a wire that's hot even when the car's off.
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Originally posted by platinum_drew:
ouch, that's harsh, but I can't help but laugh at it...
you probably have a remote wire tapped into a wire that's hot even when the car's off.
It would take a long time for a Display to drain your battery dead. Assuming:
A - it is a digital cap and
B - it has a remote lead, today most display circuits are current sensing and do not need a remote lead.
Anything is possible though
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I posted a diagram of cap installation in your troubleshooting CROSS post.
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Originally posted by KnuKonceptz:
Originally posted by platinum_drew:
ouch, that's harsh, but I can't help but laugh at it...
you probably have a remote wire tapped into a wire that's hot even when the car's off.
It would take a long time for a Display to drain your battery dead. Assuming:
A - it is a digital cap and
B - it has a remote lead, today most display circuits are current sensing and do not need a remote lead.
Anything is possible though
if he has the cap wired up through/connected to the amp as well though, and the amp is staying on too, that'd drain it. my first stereo install, I accidently spliced the remote (just for an amp though) into a 12V antennae wires (it was blue  ) and her batter died within 2 days. I think she drove it around a lot the first day though...
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man i dont want to pay money to get this fixed, but i think im gonna have to.
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no way it could be the alternator if i put in a cap right?
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from what i hear most of the alternaters on the contiqs go bad if you look at them wrong
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