Is it possible to run my subs on my house?

[mattf 5,000+ posts]

This may be a dumb question, but I don't know the answer.

Is there a way to use my subs from my car in my house? If I can do that, how easy/hard/expensive would it be?

I'm running 2 Kicker Comps and a Power Acoutik 620w amp if that makes a difference.

Matt

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[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

Yes, it's possible.

But, you'd need to either 1) run a car battery in your house to power the amp (which would leave you with limited play time), 2) hook a charger up to that battery and charge it constantly (which would very well lead to induced noise/poor sound), 3) buy an AC-DC high amperage power supply (expensive).

All in all, your best option is to go to http://www.partsexpress.com and find an appropriate home audio plate amplifier to power the subs if you want to use them in your house.

 

[Bartak1 10+ year member]

What he said.

Parts Express even has big power converter (60 amp) for 170ish bucks. Not to bad actually.

Might cost less than buying a new sub plate amp.

 

[93 saturn sl2 10+ year member]

or use a pc power supply? but you would have to open it up which is very dangerous.

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

or use a pc power supply?

Most are in the 8-10A output range at most. Figure that's only 120w of input into the amp. If the amp's only, say, 60% efficient, it'd have a maximum output of 72w. Not really going to do much damage with 36w/sub.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

What he said.
Parts Express even has big power converter (60 amp) for 170ish bucks. Not to bad actually.

Might cost less than buying a new sub plate amp.

Not that great of a deal when you can buy new-in-box plates from PE in the $100 range...

 

[mattf 5,000+ posts]

Does anyone have a link to something that would work, I'm looking around PE but I can't find what I'm looking for.

Thanks

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

We need to know the impedance configuration of your subs, first.

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

******* people, it isnt hard to search, let alone a forum with like 4 pages. this has been asked AT LEAST 8 times.

 

[Bartak1 10+ year member]

Not that great of a deal when you can buy new-in-box plates from PE in the $100 range...

lol, true true.

 

[Xekutr 10+ year member]

or use a pc power supply? but you would have to open it up which is very dangerous.

not true, you just have to bridge a ground and the power on wire

 

[bimma85 5,000+ posts]

I dont recommend it, I think you'd have much better results if ya put the in your house instead of on it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

But seriously if they match up with your amp and you build a proper box, I dunno why not //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif