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Oct 27 2011 02:44pm
Was thinking about getting a an 8" or 10" sub because the one i have seems to have little life left
i was wonder about powering a car amp using a computer power supply
roughly a 400~1000 watt amp
ive got two power supples, but i doubt they will be enough
~what would be a sufficient power supply to power a 400~1000 watt amp
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Oct 27 2011 03:49pm
Quote (SKYE12977 @ Oct 27 2011 01:44pm)
Was thinking about getting a an 8" or 10" sub because the one i have seems to have little life left
i was wonder about powering a car amp using a computer power supply
roughly a 400~1000 watt amp
ive got two power supples, but i doubt they will be enough
~what would be a sufficient power supply to power a 400~1000 watt amp


What iv found works REALLY well is finding those self powered boxes, and putting car woofers in them ;)
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Oct 27 2011 05:21pm
Quote (Slayer_slays_motley @ 27 Oct 2011 17:49)
What iv found works REALLY well is finding those self powered boxes, and putting car woofers in them ;)


well the old sub woofer box is a 135 watt one...
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Oct 27 2011 09:09pm
I had. Cap, 500 watt psu with a 800 watt amp pushing two 12's. If you need any help with any of this pm me lol. I got pretty pro at nigger rigging stuff like that.
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Oct 27 2011 10:24pm
Ive got 2 12" pioneers abd a 500w rms amp . i had it powered using just a 450 w psu. worked awesome.
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Oct 27 2011 10:32pm
PSU wattage should be near the amp rms draw
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Oct 28 2011 08:59am
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PSU wattage should be near the amp rms draw


That's not true, I had a 800 watt max amp so maybe like 400 rms with a 500 watt psu and it would drop to 10 volts on hard hits. The capacitor helped a hole lot and helped it stay steady at 12.3 volts
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Oct 28 2011 07:10pm
Quote (Patrick @ Oct 28 2011 07:59am)
That's not true, I had a 800 watt max amp so maybe like 400 rms with a 500 watt psu and it would drop to 10 volts on hard hits. The capacitor helped a hole lot and helped it stay steady at 12.3 volts


all u need to look at is the amps.
get at least a PSU with 25 Amps and u should be fine.
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