New Equipment =) and I have some BIG questions about my new design.

[l_spade 10+ year member]

Alright, I thought I would be a pioneer and try out some new amps from Ultimate //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif . I bought a T3-1000D. Here are the specs for this amp:

12.5v and 210amps it does 2000watt rms into a 2 ohm load

13.8v and 105amps it does 2700watt rms into a 2 ohm load

Now I don't think it will do 2700watt rms but I am hoping it does over 2k. I will be pushing an orion h2 with this amp. I am talkin on a few forums and I have been told that this amp is not logical for the 10" orion h2 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif. Something about current draw but it confused me. Does anyone have any problems with this install that I have planned?????

Oh and the picture is what the install will look like. The sub and amp face the back seat in my blazer. The smaller picture is a view from the back of the blazer. I want them both hidden so they don't get scratched or dented from my mountian board gear. The box will be .75 and the port will have a 3" diameter and 25 inches long like suggested in the manual. This should supposedly get me 28 hz?????

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[wlmrs 10+ year member]

.75 cubic ft.??That seems a little on the small side.Is that box sealed?

 

[l_spade 10+ year member]

.75 cubic ft.??That seems a little on the small side.Is that box sealed?

nope, that is ported. It is to the exact demensions in the manual.

 

[l_spade 10+ year member]

Ok, I used a few calculators and got the box out of the way. I need a port length of 30.2 inches and a diameter of 3 inches to get me a .75 inch box that is tuned to 28 hz. Now moving on to the new amp question. I will admit (and I am sure that this is obvious) that I do not get amperes and volts and all that stuff. I am trying to learn and I want to learn it but it is not clicking at the moment. Some one told me that they agree with the higher voltage and less amps to bring up the watts but they said it wouldn't be 700 extra watts. But I will have 12.6 volts and I don't know how I will change the amount of amperes or what ever but I am shooting for using the 2000watts. Some one told me this was illogical. I don't get why he said this //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/uhoh.gif.c07307dd22ee7e63e22fc8e9c614d1fd.gif ????

 

[slc72005 10+ year member]

the reason that you want to keep the voltage up is to keep the amperage down. the higher the voltage is the lower the current draw that will be needed (less amperage)

amps are rated at 12 volt and 14.4, why because with the car off the typical car is at 12 volts with it running its at about 14.4, thats why yu get 2 rattings. dont know about 700 watts difference thou.

take this example

amp out put is 2000 watts @12 volts equals X amperage

amp out put is 2000 watts @14.4 volts equals less then X amperage

same out put but different current draw, the current draw is directly related to the voltage.

thats a big reason why you see big setups with loads of batterys, so it can maintan about 12 volts (i know also so it has a ton of reserve there for amp draw too) but you want to keep it above 12 volts for as long of the pass as you can

 

[BassAddictJ 5,000+ posts]

what kind of amp is this? i missed something lol

 

[6spdcoupe 5,000+ posts]

what kind of amp is this? i missed something lol

Its an Ultimate, really big in the Canadian territories as thats where its distributed from..

 

[skadude016 5,000+ posts]

nope, that is ported. It is to the exact demensions in the manual.

way way way to small

 

[djman37 5,000+ posts]

where you from? Glenwood...Arkansas?

 

[mazdakid 5,000+ posts]

orion does reccomend really small boxes, but id atleast double it, i thought they reccomended 1.25 or somethin like that

 

[l_spade 10+ year member]

Wuww!! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif I thought this thread died and sunk into the ground! I haven't had any luck on the other forum I am on so FINALLY MY QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif! Haha, the stuff I read makes me very excited to get this all installed. And thank you for this post:

the reason that you want to keep the voltage up is to keep the amperage down. the higher the voltage is the lower the current draw that will be needed (less amperage)
amps are rated at 12 volt and 14.4, why because with the car off the typical car is at 12 volts with it running its at about 14.4, thats why yu get 2 rattings. dont know about 700 watts difference thou.

take this example

amp out put is 2000 watts @12 volts equals X amperage

amp out put is 2000 watts @14.4 volts equals less then X amperage

same out put but different current draw, the current draw is directly related to the voltage.

thats a big reason why you see big setups with loads of batterys, so it can maintan about 12 volts (i know also so it has a ton of reserve there for amp draw too) but you want to keep it above 12 volts for as long of the pass as you can

I have been trying to figure out what the deal with all that was. THanks VERY much guys. I can not wait to get all this running //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif.

 

[l_spade 10+ year member]

where you from? Glenwood...Arkansas?

Glenwood MN (MN=cars nightmare, my baby had no rust on it and it was in such great condition but after 2 years in MN rust is already forming under the rear quarters //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crying.gif.ec0ebefe590df0251476573bc49e46d8.gif )

orion does reccomend really small boxes, but id atleast double it, i thought they reccomended 1.25 or somethin like that

Hey thankx. I guess since you are like the 100th person that has said that I better take your advice and up to 1.25 cubic feet. Even though it means TOTALLY FRIGGEN READOING MY WHOLE PLANS, haha. But its cool, i need something to do //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif.