low voltage

[mxboy77 10+ year member]

sometimes when im at sonic or whatever i play my system (aq2200, fi btl15) with the car off just running off of my kinetic battery. What i was wondering is if it is bad to run the amp at lower voltage like 12v, 11.8v?

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[bgowdy 5,000+ posts]

idk... i mean i do this sometimes time but i dont run it wide open or nothing. mine stays about 12.4 or more. seeing you are dropping to 11.8 id watch it on that amp. for a short period it may not hurt.

 

[jolly_26 10+ year member]

just don't run it full tilt and it should be fine

 

[Kangaroux 5,000+ posts]

Try to keep your voltage at the very least above 12.0v...12.3-12.5v is ideal

 

[mxboy77 10+ year member]

okay thanks guys

 

[CAT MAN 5,000+ posts]

12.5+ anything below 12.5 can cause damage. i know from experience. skool of hard knocks

 

[RangerDangerV2 5,000+ posts]

i keep my voltage at 24.

 

[kr15 5,000+ posts]

11v in of itself is not going to harm the amp...the amp draw needed to fullfill the amp at 11v is whats going to kill the amp. AQ amps are stable down to 9.5v, but the amperage draw would be so huge at 9.5v that for alot of people, it wouldnt be able to be provided. Most likely, if your voltage is dropping, you dont have the amperage to provide in the first place

 

[quackhead 10+ year member]

I won't play more than a few minutes on just batt at low volumes, but i am ocd like that.... I used only the HC2400 up front and the AQ2200 up until a week ago.

 

[04murdalanche]

I won't play more than a few minutes on just batt at low volumes, but i am ocd like that.... I used only the HC2400 up front and the AQ2200 up until a week ago.

and how was your voltage?

 

[quackhead 10+ year member]

damn if know...it would fluctuate between 12.5 to 13...14 w/engine running(dash guage lol). I just pulled everything..trying to decide what I want to do right now. I rarely pushed my system to it's limits though, I guess it is not a fair comparison, but I bought that amp in like the end of '07 and it ran like a champ....it is decent and it works.