question concerning car audio capacators?

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jcro8829

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I added a 20V capacitor (can't remember how many farad) to my 250 watt amplifier. I was getting a check engine light before I added the capacitor, so i went to the dealership to have it checked out. For some reason the amp was pulling to much power from the battery.

a few weeks after I hooked up the amp, I noticed some strange sounds coming from it. At one point it started make a loud clicking sound about ever second.
Once I pinpointed the problem I unhooked the amps power wire from the battery. I then let it sit for a while unhooked. I then reattached the wire to the battery. The clicking had stopped at this point.


what exactly is causing this clicking sound. Is there something wrong with the capacitor? What should do if there is a problem?


I drive a 2008 Nissan frontier
the amp is a Sony Xplod 250 watt 2 channel

I have s sony xplod 800 watt 10" subwoofer attached ( the 250 watt amp surprisingly make this woofer sound really good)
 
o,k the noise could be comming from the capacitor because you might have hooked up the ground wire to the + and the power wire to the - so check that out because your capcactior could break and it wrill not be covered by the waranty because of reversed polatiy
 
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