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Thread: 3x.5 Farad or 1.5 Farad?

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    somebody told me to use one capacitor on each amplifiers instead of one big one for all the amplifiers. What is better? Does it make a difference?

    If it can help you, I have 3x400 watts rms for my 3 subwoofers (3 amps).

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    You won't see any difference either way, because if you use three they will all be in parallel and be effectively one 1.5 F. This only thing I can think of would be that it would be easier to get the three caps closer to each amp. I would say go with whatever is cheapest and/or easiest to install for you.

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