Recent content by Plater

How many of you guys have ever blown up an amplifier and what were you doing with it when it blew up. I'll start with mine. I had just fixed an amp for a buddy and was taking out my amp to put his in to test. So like any good installer I pulled out the fuse from my distribution block so there...

Thanks for your input i will check out those decks

Well this is my first time back here since Aug. 28 last year (as per the last visited thing). I can't beleive its been that long anyways. I haven't done alot with my stereo since i was in high school almost four years ago. Now that i have finished college and have a good job i might be in the...

Sorry about the typo You are right about using voltage and impedance when measuring power to a speaker because it is easier. But if you have both those values current drawnin can be calculated. That sounds like a fairly nice little amp design. Did you have any problems with the fet outputs...

The original speakers used for the 200W per channel amp so really 400W was 2 ohm loads not 4 ohm So 200W=I^2*R 200/2=I^2 sqrt(100)=I which is 10amps A 2ohm stable 2channel 400W amp 200W per channel is not uncommon As the impedance of the speakers is dropped the less voltage gain is needed...

Hey buddy if read what i am saying you would fine that it is all factual. you can't send 20amps to a speaker at 5 volts DC The impedance of a speaker in usally higher in then the dc resistance but not by much if a speaker is 4 ohms then a typically dc resistance is 3.6ohms if i put 5 volts...

Houses are wired with many ccts. that are usually protected with a 15amp breaker. But the main current feed to the house is usually a 110amp service. I know that the line voltage is 120V RMS 170pk-pk. I was saying that the current draw of car amplifiers is fairly large compared to house cct...

You can't say that gains are voltage related. They are both that is why an audio amp is called a power amp POWER, voltage and current. The gain does set the voltage levels BUT voltage and current go hand in hand if resistance stays the same and voltage goes up so does current. Remeber that the...

I bought a scope from the US and got a lovely $60 brokerage fee charge. The fee was more the the scope. ****ing UPS At least it made it in one piece

I used a computer tone generator program to do frequency sweeps and other frequency things. You can save 16bit 44100Hz sample rate wave file and burn them to a disc. It gives you freedom to do what ever tone you want. Just remember you can only get 99 tracks on a cd Here's the link...

Nice ride LOL i have an '88 grand am ugly, loud piece of **** i have painted it half ass a few times but i can say i bought it for 1000cdn so 4 dollars US and have put 30000miles on it and it just runs and runs.

It is good to see people agreeing with me. If this post stops a few people from posting the question my lights dim so will a cap help. That will be good, it seems that type of question is asked every week. If anyone has any questions on where a cap can be used and if it is really needed they...

Ok everyone on hear thinks that a cap will reduce the load on and electrical system. Why is this true?? Wait it isn't A cap stores charge where does this charge come from the battery and ultimately the alternator. If a big bass hit occurs then the charge from the cap is drawn but then the cap...

Jayls5 I looked up your cars stock alt. it is any where between 100A to 1300A depeneding on the motor and acc. u have. I know if you plan on going to "1.3Kw of power" you are looking at a 1300/12= 108A draw . Now if you don't replace some part of your electrical system u will spend $50 -100...

everything works like normal but there is no sound right. The amp doesn't work and the RCA outputs don't work either right? This would mean that the amp is probally fine it sounds more like a preamp stage unless the radio still works. Need some more info. There is no sound at all form radio...