car sterio

[Exodus]

any one know how many amps a 800W car amp sucks up?

[Hemlock86]

Not sure....whats the problem???

[obsolete898]

^^^^^^^^
Look at this guy thinking he knows which way is up.

Edit: love goog old obsolete and wingman

[Exodus]

i have a 800w amp, 2 12 subs, and some wire. i would like to run the system with my comp before i install it into my truck.

[Hemlock86]

Run with your comp?!?! In your car? Or hook the system up to your comp? Couldnt tell ya...call them manufactor

peace

[Exodus]

i still need help with this!!!!

[subbeh]

OK...

Here's what you need.

First, Car amps take TONS of current. You can do one of two things...

First, you could hook up your whole system to a car battery by your computer, then hook up a 12 volt charger to the battery. The battery may run out after hours of playing, then the system wouldn't hit as hard on the basslines because it would be running strait from the charger. Car batteries have insane amounts of current, and what an amp needs is current.

Or, you could run it strait of the 12v charger. If you do this I would suggest hooking it up to a 1 farod capacitor (can get them at car audio shops).

You will need a mic jack to RCAs cord... get that from radio shack, and that goes into your amp.

!!DO NOT!! run your computer speakers off your amp, not even it is a 4 or 5 channel amp. You will need a splitter or something so you can hookup the rca cords AND your computer speakers to your soundcard.

Sound annoying? You're damn right it is. Really, really, REALLY loud inside a house? For sure!

Any questions, post in this thread... I'll keep an eye on it.

[subbeh]

BTW, 800 watts is way to much for a truck.

I am sick of you kids who are into everything really really loud and don't care about SQ.

But to each his own I guess

I don't know how the heck people can stand 800 watts right behind their butt.

Who makes the amp you have, BTW?

[Exodus]

I knew everything you just said. You didnt however answer my question. HOW MANY AMPS DOES A AMP SUCK UP!! Im not going to run the full 800w to my speakers. I would overload my amp. I dont have just any truck. I have a 92 fullsize bronco and my subs are going in the very back in a standard box. My amp is made by sony but im looking for a few old style RF punches. Im setting it up in my room to get the filters set up right before I get it in my truck.

[subbeh]

There is a current rating, somewhere in the documentation of the amp. Forgot where, but my friend has one of those Sony 780 w and it has it in there.

BTW, yeah with a bronco 800 ain't too much. I was thinking a regular mid-sized truck... I don't know how someone can take that much vibration in their ***.

Other than that, you could hook it up in a car and run an amp meter or simple multimeter in series with the battery so it would be like this...

[ BATTERY ] ---> { AMP METER POSTIVE } ---> {AMP METER NEGATIVE } ---> [ INPUT INTO AMP ]

Then just run it, as loud as you would in your room.

Don't forget that what it says in the documentation is just a peak figure... it will change with how hard you are running the amp.

Either way, I think it will be pretty high.

Can't really help you much if you already know everything I told you though.

[Exodus]

i have a sony 754. i have 2 transformers that i think should do a decent job of pushing out the current. they are 13.3v at 3.5 amps. having the subs right behind you is a good tactic for picking up chicks. imagine all that vibration umm... uhh.. right there.

[subbeh]

Dude if you use a transformer to boost the current, you will lose voltage...

[Exodus]

the rated output from the transformer is 13v at 3.5 amps.

[AutoMaggot]

Systems dont get you chicks dude... Beleive me, I've had the loudest system (and, *Ahem*, the one with the best SQ) at my school for the past 2 years...

In my Grand Cherokee im using two high-current amps off of my stock battery, a 4-Channel Infinity Kappa, and a bridged 2-Channel Eclipse 34230.

My lights used to dim quite a bit with the long bass hits, but I threw in a single farad capacitor (Rockford Fosgate), and it solved all my problems with drawing power off of the battery.

BTW, Im pushing 4 12" HED DVCs, 4 6.75" Infinity Kappa components, and 2 1.5" Infinity Gold tweeters in the dash... headed by a Pioneer DEH-6400 with an LCD Screen

[Exodus]

"In my Grand Cherokee" <--- theres your problem...