How to wire a 10 farad power acoustik capaciter

It is a capacitor. Please read up on how capacitors work and it will explain itself.

The capacitor is holding a charge, just like it was designed to do.

it's like a battery. you run it in parallel (run power from battery + to capacitor + then from capacitor + to ampplifier +) battery, capacitor, and amp each has its own ground (black or -). you don't need a remote wire. it only stores electricity until the amplifier needs extra juice (so your headlights won't dim).

i think it will read anywhere Between 12 and 14 Farad.. not Positive but hope this helps ;-)

Cap is hooked up wrong, should shut off after a certain amount of time and reactivate with the ignition hot wire. If it's draining your battery continuously then you should look at the wiring.

You hook it up in parallel with your amp. You'll see a and - on the clear plastic cover.
Hook a wire from your amp or positive to the capacitor
Hook another wire from your amp - or negative to the - on the capacitor.

That's it, you're done.

If the plastic cover is missing, or painted over, with the neon tubes at the top, and the connector/display end facing you, the right side is the left side is -.

Hello tommysgirl,

Here's a link to Car Audio Help's cap wiring diagram.

Hope this helps.

For that amplifier you need to be running 0 gauge wire . Also check your ground to make sure you have the best connection possible.

Your lights are dimming because your system is pulling too much current from your car. Your battery provides long-term sustained power, but your system wants to draw power faster than your alternator and battery can provide it. When the amp attempts to draw more amperage than the battery and alternator can produce, it creates a voltage differential in your system, which attempts to steal electricity from the rest of your system (like your lights). The most common solution for lights dimming is to add some level of adequate capacitance to your car. Capacitors store electricity and deliver it quickly to your amps as needed. Capacitors resist voltage changes by producing large amounts of amperage. This means that the capacitor(s) will provide the electrical bursts that your amps want so that it doesn't have to steal it from your lights. You can start out with 1.0 Farad, if the problem doesn't go away, add another one, and so on until the problem is gone. You cannot have too much capacitance, it's just an electrical buffer for your audio system.

Use to independent grounds always better that way. Better full field for power and less distortion. I like to use 4 guage or lower like 0 guage for high powered systems. Good luck, thanks for using FIX YA