Recent content by Atimm693

I'm gonna change up the setup in my car. The two little Powerbass 10s have served their purpose but I'm looking for a little more. I've had a DD 3512C sitting around for awhile now, might as well do something with it. I want to make a ported box with the baffle angled at 45*, sub pointed to...

Yep. Unless you can beat 23 dollars shipped, I'll grab the one on Ebay. Thanks for the help everyone. Been out of the loop for awhile, but I want to make a monster 10 out of this motor.

This may be a long shot, but I'm looking for a 10" basket for an older Orion HCCA TC9 motor. Twin slug motor, it has a 4 spoke 15" basket right now that I would trade.

If funds are a little tight you could use one of the small 12v batteries, and run a wire with a diode in it to the car battery. You could also use a relay triggered by the ignition to complete the circuit.

You may have a bad RCA cable that is only working half the time. Play some music, unplug them one at a time while it is playing. If the sound does not change when one is unplugged one of them isn't working. Sometimes bass is mono and this won't apply.. I prefer to run my sub amp off front or...

The subs are a little cheaper on Amazon. Amazon.com: Alpine SWR-12D4 Type-R 12" Subwoofer with Dual 4-ohm Voice Coils: Car Electronics I wouldn't expect much from that box. That's not much port area for 2 12's.. It'll probably work okay but a custom will sound much better. What are you gonna...

If you have the space you might consider going with 10's.. You will have a greater range of options and they might handle the power a little better. Either way, I got great output from an L5 and Comp 8 in around .8 cubes ported, on 250-400 watts. I didn't notice a huge difference when I...

They do make coil spreaders that go between the coils on the spring and spread them out a little. Might give 1-2" of ride height. If they make bags that fit your car easily, you don't have to install a compressor and tank. Just run a line with a shrader valve on the end of it from the bags to...

Not spontaneously, but it will shorten it's lifespan and it's hard on the electrical systems in the car. Producing that voltage draws huge current from alternator. They are cause and effect.

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Yes that is the what the amplifier is producing. But indirectly it's also what the alternator is producing since it's fueling the amplifier.

That's what amplifiers do and why they require so much current. Vehicles make low voltage with high amperage, the amp will convert that into a variable music signal that is higher in voltage usually but lower in amperage. Volts*Amps=Watts. 14v at 100 amps is 1400 watts, and 100v and 14 amps is...

Check the ground for the amp. Has to be clean metal right to the body of the car... You might have to experiment if your car is a unibody. If you were running the sub hard enough to tear the surround, I would suspect that the coil may be burned also. I had a Diamond D3 that was on it's way out...

Four 4 ohm subs in series is a 1 ohm load... Unless they are dual voice coil. Voltage is calculated with the resistance that the amp sees. Which in your case is .5 ohm.

Sounds to me that you had a sub wired opposite of the other. When they are backwards they fight each other and the result is little or no output. I've done it a couple of times.