Car Stereo at home

[manny1337 10+ year member]

what would you recommend to run to power an amp off a normal wall socket. without costing crazy monies =P

 

[quins90lac 10+ year member]

sealed agm bat and a agm charger

 

[Chrispy 10+ year member]

what would you recommend to run to power an amp off a normal wall socket. without costing crazy monies =P

Depending on power might be better off getting a plate amp from PartsExpress. They also have power supplies that could work with a car amp.

 

[Suicide Bobb 5,000+ posts]

Here is the simplest way to run a car audio amp in your house for dirt cheap: Use a 12 volt battery charger (for a car). Grab 3 sets of wires, preferably black, yellow, and red. Clamp the ground onto the black wire, and clamp the power onto the yellow and red wire. Run the black wire to the ground on the amp, and the yellow and red wire to the power and remote on the amp. Plug it in, and wallah! I used this method to test out 50+ amps that I bought that were supposedly broken, and it worked like magic. If you would rather use a push button to turn the amp on and off, then buy an "on/off" push button at radioshack for a couple bucks, and run it in between the remote wire.

You're welcome //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[BrownVanMan 10+ year member]

i have used the computer thing before and mine was rated 16A on the 12v rail. i used it on a small 80X2 amp and it worked ok, just i need bass and it wasnt giving it to me and when i would hook a sub up and actually get some boom the supply would cut out at the hits.

find a regular power supply, i once found a guy local that had a 45A 14.4v DC power supply for 50 bucks. then and dont flame me on this but a decent CAP would be put to good use to help smooth the draw out.

 

[BassMechkanic 10+ year member]

you need one of these //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

yep, i have its bigger brother

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

you need one of these //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

What's the rating on that beast and how much did it run you?

 

[Sharronholloran]

First off, take out your current stereo in your car and connect your new head unit in its place.Then connected the ground wire from the stereo to a ground wire on a connector. you have new speakers as well? just replace your current 6x9's with your new ones, careful the wires stay positive to positive and the negative goes to the negative.

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

First off, take out your current stereo in your car and connect your new head unit in its place.Then connected the ground wire from the stereo to a ground wire on a connector. you have new speakers as well? just replace your current 6x9's with your new ones, careful the wires stay positive to positive and the negative goes to the negative.

wtf?