how do power car amp in a house

[rustycar 10+ year member]

dose anyone know a eazy power supply to run a profile 400xl in a 120v plug scocket? i have a 12v 6amp batt recharger would this wrk?

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[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

If you sporadically used them, then the battery charger would work...

The better way would be to either buy an external 12VDC supply (look on Ebay for Astron or other supplies) or kludge together something with a computer PSU...

 

[bcarpenterfhl 10+ year member]

thats a good question about the recharger...i cant think of a reason it cant work. try it out and post your results.

 

[bcarpenterfhl 10+ year member]

If you sporadically used them, then the battery charger would work...

whats wrong with doing it if you use them often?

 

[rustycar 10+ year member]

??? iwill try the charger and see if it humms or gets hot....would there be any possable damage to the amp?

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Because if you used it often, you might not be able to charge the batteries fast enough to keep up.

What kind of batteries are we talking about here? They had better be gel cells or SLA (sealed lead acids)...

 

[rustycar 10+ year member]

umm well i only have a diehard reg car batt

 

[ThumpMyHonda 10+ year member]

****...i never thought of a battery charger!

 

[Diplexers 10+ year member]

Like Frost said, go with a 12 vdc power supply.

 

[ANeonRider 10+ year member]

Battery chargers supply some dirty dirty voltage. 12VDC power supply is much better.

 

[Raven 10+ year member]

This is a bi-amped sound system involving two 100 watt amps powered by a modified AT PSU I bought for $10. Req's site (forget the link) has a tutorial to modify them into workable 12v power supplies. This would probably be the best / cheapest way to create power for car amps

And it sounds surprisingly good, too!

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

To the original poster - don't use a regular car battery in home, unless you like holes in your carpet or flooring...also the hydrogen that's vented by the battery into your house probably isn't such a good thing to have.

Use a SLA, or don't use one at all.

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

or kludge together something with a computer PSU...

kludge eh? so what are you trying to say? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crying.gif.ec0ebefe590df0251476573bc49e46d8.gif

This is a bi-amped sound system involving two 100 watt amps powered by a modified AT PSU I bought for $10. Req's site (forget the link) has a tutorial to modify them into workable 12v power supplies. This would probably be the best / cheapest way to create power for car amps
And it sounds surprisingly good, too!

glad im helping people with my 'adventures'

http://www.r3q.net

the tutorial is under the 'project logs' section, and "can car audio go home?" but again im not liable if you kill\hurt\touch yourself - and you can only use a few hundred watts from EACH powersupply (only ~15 amp draw)

real 12vDC powersupplies (like jack listed) are mad expensive. and so are battery chargers+batteries.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

kludge eh? so what are you trying to say?

You weren't the first to come up with that idea, you know //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif The way I saw it done involved putting power resistors on the +5V regulated circuit, so that the voltage would stay more or less constant...gives the regulator something to, well, regulate.

And dedicated 12VDC bench supplies aren't that expensive as long as you stay under 30 amps. Even decent 50A used supplies can be had for a deal from time to time.

 

[goodstuff 10+ year member]

Yeah I know the thread is three years old...just looking for the tutorial req made on converting computer PSU's to power stuff inside the house...but the link is dead...do you still have this available req?