help a bro out

[Empire_L]

I have a 15' MA Audio 800W subwoofer, and a 250W Kenwood KAC-529S 2 way bridge amplifier, and i am using a wall converter, to convert the 120v coming from the wall into a 12vDC current, like a car battery, i throw the RCA cables on, plug it into my Ipod, then hook the subwoofer up to the bridge output, then put the positive from the wall convertor on to the "batt" part, then the negative on the ground part, and no sound, so right now i have the sub hooked up to my computer with my speakers so i have limited bass, what im thinking is that the amplifier has to have ignition in order to run, so im thinking i might take that wall convertor to the p-remote, and the battery input, and have 2 grounding wires comin out of the 2 grounding outputs.. So in simpler words, i want my sub to pound with my Ipod, and does anyone know if i hook my amp up to my car, can i plus the RCA into my Ipod?

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[AcidicDreams 10+ year member]

I have a 15' MA Audio 800W subwoofer, and a 250W Kenwood KAC-529S 2 way bridge amplifier, and i am using a wall converter, to convert the 120v coming from the wall into a 12vDC current, like a car battery, i throw the RCA cables on, plug it into my Ipod, then hook the subwoofer up to the bridge output, then put the positive from the wall convertor on to the "batt" part, then the negative on the ground part, and no sound, so right now i have the sub hooked up to my computer with my speakers so i have limited bass, what im thinking is that the amplifier has to have ignition in order to run, so im thinking i might take that wall convertor to the p-remote, and the battery input, and have 2 grounding wires comin out of the 2 grounding outputs.. So in simpler words, i want my sub to pound with my Ipod, and does anyone know if i hook my amp up to my car, can i plus the RCA into my Ipod?
lol thanks

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I kind of get that... but what is your "wall converter", are you talking about a 12v wall wart thing, like what powers a router, or other computer equipment?

and why not spent a couple bucks and get a mono home amplifier...? I'm sure you can get one real cheap somewhere

 

[Empire_L]

yea well isnt a car battery outpur 12v , so i just found a POS one that has the right voltage, so i figured it would work.. but how cheap would that mono home amp be

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

yeah how about we just dont do this before you screw somthing up.

 

[Empire_L]

i dont see why not?

 

[Hintzyboy 5,000+ posts]

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=300-750

I'm thinking that's what they're talking about.

 

[Hintzyboy 5,000+ posts]

i dont see why not?

Because you obviously have no idea what you're doing.

 

[enzowho 10+ year member]

yea well isnt a car battery outpur 12v , so i just found a POS one that has the right voltage, so i figured it would work.. but how cheap would that mono home amp be

Wait, so are you using a power supply capable of supplying a large current (say 90 amps) or are you using like a 12v cell phone charger? If you are using the power supply, then yes you can hook the amp up just like in your car. If you are using a cell phone charger (or any low-power converter for that matter) then you really should stop what you are doing, cause it won't work and could easily cause a fire.

 

[Empire_L]

yea im only using the wall, low power convertor, where can i get a "power supply"

 

[Trey803 5,000+ posts]

For your own good the use of bro has been linked with a number or reported bro rapings. Find another term

 

[jmanjr]

go with the plate amp, before you ruin your ipod or anything else and end up spending more money in the long run

 

[Stroker_Man91 10+ year member]

I have mine hooked to a power converter in my room and mine works fine just make sure you hook it like you would in a car and wire your constant and power wire together the red and yellow to the positive on the converter and the ground to the ground on the converter and it should work fine just make sure you dont push your converter to hard they will burn up easy

 

[enzowho 10+ year member]

Just go with the plate amplifier on partsexpress, it will cost about the same as a power supply and work a whole lot better. Using your low-power converter really could burn your house down.