sporcanm

This review is from: Boss CAP35 Farad Digital Hybrid Capacitor with Blue Illumination (Electronics) The following was sent by me to the Boss Audio company about their CAP-35 product:

I just purchased your CAP35 from Amazon.com. S/N 10044600198. Upon receipt, I decided to check the capacitor on the bench before actually installing in a vehicle. I am baffled by the results when charging the capacitor. With the included 50 ohm resistor it only took a few minutes to get to the supply’s 12v output. With a 35 Farad capacitor I expected the classic capacitor charge curve to hold true – T(sec)=C(35)xR(50) equaling 1750 seconds to get to 1TC of 7.584 volts – 29 MINUTES! It only took a couple minutes, telling me that I have only maybe a 3-5 Farad capacitor! Please explain. What is wrong? How do I really get 35 Farad?
Please explain!

Their lame response was simply “We have tested a couple of CAP35 and it does take a couple of minutes to fully charge.”.

This is NOT a true 35 Farad capacitor unit that would operate at the rated 16 volts, as per my above description. In my opinion the Car Audio Industry is a very dishonest industry in this regard. Buyer beware!