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high amp alternator or capacitor?

I got infinity kappa 6.5 Components and infinity 6x9 kappa both are 2 ohm speakers, dual 7 inch touch screen tv radio has a 15 amp fuse, mtx jack hammer 4 channel amp which is rated at 400 watts rms x 4 @ 2 ohms birth sheet states 480 rms @ 2 ohms x 4, 800 max birth sheet states 895 max @ 2 ohms x 4 and has 2 35 amp fuse, and rockford fosgate tweeters ran of the radio 22 rms. just bought a die hard platinum battery and upgraded my ground and power cables under the hood with 4 awg cable. two 4 awg cables to the alternator and 2 to the ground and engine block one to the fuse box all 4 awg. my lights dim as the bass hits in idle should i get a capacitor or high output alternator?????????

Answer:

both thats alot of stuff
Not familiar with that brand of battery but deffo go with the alternator, capacitors are little bit of a gimmick in my opinion. they do help to an extent they prevent surges of power being taken from the battery on each note but if your alternator cant keep up the battery it going to get drained and have a shorter life anyway
Get an alternator b/c your battery is being drained faster than it should. If u can upgrade to 140-160 amps that should do it. A small cap just to the bass amps might be a benefit as well.

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