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capacitor(s) for my LED accent lights?
I have some LED strip lights installed on my boat for some accent lighting. They're powered through my stereo head unit so I can turn them on/off with the remote. Problem is when the stereo's turned up the lights dim when the bass hits. I've got a 1.2 farad cap for the amp, but would adding a small capacitor for each of the LED strip lights help? Or maybe a bigger cap for the amp? I can't add any more batteries.
I should've said the LED lights are controlled by the head unit, but they actually get power from the batteries. The head unit just has a rmote controlled circuit I use to turn the lights on/off, it doesn't actually provide the 12v to power them.
As for an alternator, I'm limited to what's on the outboards. I have twin motors and no way to upgrade the alternator, plus they're still under warranty anyway. Not to mention 3/4 of the time I'm at anchor and the motors are off. I do have two large batteries (Odyssey pc 2150's, reserve capacity of 205 minutes each).
Answer:
I would try running relays to the led strips. This way you can run the power wires directly from the battery and the stereo is only required to put enough power to trip the relays, which is next to nothing in the ways of amperage. I wouldn;t think the LED's would actually require a capacitor, as the leds do not pull much in the way of power, but if the power going to them was being used by another source such as the headunit, that would cause the dimming.
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