guitar amp with subs

[maddog4696 10+ year member]

Hello again,

I'am working on a car for a project I'm doing in my spare time, and I would like to know if any of you, know how to I could possiablly install a guitar amp into 2 subs in the car. It is a 1200 watt amp and 2 1000 watt subs. This project is completly from scratch, I tried to take out the 2 back stock speakers in the car and power it from the power from them, I don't know if I should wire them to the battery or not, or a fuse. I have took the amp out of the guitar amp box and seperated it from the speaker on it. I have striped the wires from the AC plug-in and hooked my subs up to the output, I just need help powering it and getting sound to it, it is a Vemon amp, with 117 volts of power on AC. This is a completly unique project I'm guessing for most people, and probably think it is werid, but I would like to know if it is possible to do, and if so how would I go by doing it.

Thank you for the help

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[bean-a-reano 10+ year member]

That is a REALLY BAD idea. Your car runs on 12 volts DC. Not 120V AC. They are completley different and will NOT work. You are better off getting an amp for car audio.

Also do not wire them off the barttery or the head unit. Keep reading around here and good luck.

 

[johnecon2001 5,000+ posts]

Holy Balls. Someone should rescind you the privilege of touching anything electronic.

 

[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

what about an ac to dc converter? you coulda plugged the guitar amp in like you do at your house, but you tore it apart. integrating that into the car audio system is unreallistic and will f**k up your stereo and probably your entire electrical system. i have an ac to dc converter that i haven't installed yet to run a fan and some smaller 120 volt stuff in the cap of my truck. won't go in until i get a bad ass alternator and batt. though. i have a coleman 3000 watt converter.

 

[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

additionally to what i said above. i will also do a whole lot of research, and get alot of advice from the guys around here BEFORE even thinking about starting that project. you should have done the same before taking anything apart. good thing you asked before wiring that to your battery. magic smoke smells like ass.

 

[bean-a-reano 10+ year member]

what about an ac to dc converter? you coulda plugged the guitar amp in like you do at your house, but you tore it apart. integrating that into the car audio system is unreallistic and will f**k up your stereo and probably your entire electrical system. i have an ac to dc converter that i haven't installed yet to run a fan and some smaller 120 volt stuff in the cap of my truck. won't go in until i get a bad ass alternator and batt. though. i have a coleman 3000 watt converter.

Do you mean a DC to AC? And no that wouldn't work, the reason you couldn't run an amp like that is called ohms law. Look it up.