Amp/Speaker question!!

[RXPike 10+ year member]

In the near future, I will be adding a sound system.. to my jetski. I realize and respect that this is a caraudio forum, I just had no where else to turn, and the systems are pretty similiar.. I just had a few questions.

I want to run some small full range speakers mounted in the mirror casing on my jetski, as you might have guessed, not leaving me much space. There is room for either One 3" 60peak/30rms 4 OHM on each side, or Two maybe Three 2" 30peak/15 rms 8 OHM. Which do you think would be best??

For a marine amplifier, if I had the Two 2" on each side, should I get a 120 watt dual channel (60 watts per channel) or 60 watt dual channel (30 each channel) ??

Also, how much time would a system like this run for on a stand-alone 12v??

Don't be afraid to offer a differnet idea!

Thanks a lot.

--Pike

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[CrazedCat 10+ year member]

Lol

 

[RXPike 10+ year member]

Lol

Thank you for your help.

 

[starkfu 10+ year member]

do the one three inch, are these just going to run off of the head unit's power, or are you amplifying them?

believe it or not, this is becoming quite common.

With a small 15 or 20 watt 2 channel you can expect an hour or so, depending on battery size. without a generator.

 

[spoonraker 10+ year member]

Jetskis don't have any kind of charging system?

 

[starkfu 10+ year member]

they do, but most don't handle big loads..... no pun intended

 

[RXPike 10+ year member]

As far as I know, The jetski has barely enough recharging power to keep it running. If there was someway to improve this recharging power, then I would have enough power to add a 10" sub.

As of now, this is the setup I want. Small 3 channel 90 watt amp powering 6x 2" 30watt/15rms all running off a standalone 12v connected straight to a mp3 player, with no head

 

[spoonraker 10+ year member]

Bring an iPod with you and don't fall off.

 

[RXPike 10+ year member]

I have one last question...

If I mounted Two 30 watt speakers in each mirror ( 4 speakers total), Would I need a Amp that had two channel's, 60 watts each, or 30 watts each?