output of an orion at .5ohms

[InhumanAcura 5,000+ posts]

Why do people hear this once and latch on to it?? He's asking the power that he'll get FROM THE AMP! He doesn't care about box rise and all that crap. STOP OVER ANALYZING!!! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/mad.gif.c18f003ab0ef8a0d9c27ca78d77a6392.gif

so i shouldnt tell him a ball-park figure of the power his amp puts out?..ill give the next person a figure they'll never come close to seeing...like ~2600-3000 which was most-likely the answer he was expecting.

its just like asking how many db's you'll hit...impossible to tell.

 

[LuNaTiC 10+ year member]

Ok then, Why would anyone EVER bench an amp? For shits and giggles?

 

[sanmarcosZfreak 10+ year member]

so i shouldnt tell him a ball-park figure of the power his amp puts out?..ill give the next person a figure they'll never come close to seeing...like ~2600-3000 which was most-likely the answer he was expecting.
its just like asking how many db's you'll hit...impossible to tell.

actaully that was wat i looking for //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

i guess people see a fairly new member and try to give answers to make them look dumb or some shit like that. basically playing music your amp will not do 2500 watts at 1 ohm. at 0.5 ohms the amp should bench around 2700-3000 watts rms

 

[maxxguy1 10+ year member]

i guess people see a fairly new member and try to give answers to make them look dumb or some shit like that. basically playing music your amp will not do 2500 watts at 1 ohm. at 0.5 ohms the amp should bench around 2700-3000 watts rms

Thats what I was talking about with box rise and everything i think it might do 2000. My buddy has a 2500d and at 1.5 it is doing 1500 at 50htz on two jlw7 13's, and he is runnig 15volts to it.

 

[PhatTonyDeMarco 5,000+ posts]

i guess people see a fairly new member and try to give answers to make them look dumb or some shit like that. basically playing music your amp will not do 2500 watts at 1 ohm. at 0.5 ohms the amp should bench around 2700-3000 watts rms

I wasnt doing that at all... Inhuman just started with box rise, which the thread starter didnt understand I guess, so I ran with it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif

 

[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

hey sanmarcos, what there all saying is that if u wire it at .5 ohms, in a perfect world with no physics the amp would STAY at .5 ohm. but with that not being how it truly is, u have something called impedence rise. your amp would be lucky to ever SEE that .5 ohm load your speaking of. you more or less would see 2 or more usually. at some frequencies u may see .5 ohms, but it would be wrong to say its a continuous ohm load through the frequencies u play. understand? if not hit me up on aim and i can show u.

and with the impedence rise taking effect, your amp will not produce the 3000 its capable of at .5 ohm, cuz it wont be at .5 ohm. but u still have more power from the orion than a amp that is 1500 at 1 ohm, because impedence rise again would knock that down to prolly half or so.

 

[Bumpin' Yota 10+ year member]

Ok then, Why would anyone EVER bench an amp? For shits and giggles?

For comparision. Other than that, yes, shits and giggles.

 

[Bumpin' Yota 10+ year member]

hey sanmarcos, what there all saying is that if u wire it at .5 ohms, in a perfect world with no physics the amp would STAY at .5 ohm. but with that not being how it truly is, u have something called impedence rise. your amp would be lucky to ever SEE that .5 ohm load your speaking of. you more or less would see 2 or more usually. at some frequencies u may see .5 ohms, but it would be wrong to say its a continuous ohm load through the frequencies u play. understand? if not hit me up on aim and i can show u.

and with the impedence rise taking effect, your amp will not produce the 3000 its capable of at .5 ohm, cuz it wont be at .5 ohm. but u still have more power from the orion than a amp that is 1500 at 1 ohm, because impedence rise again would knock that down to prolly half or so.

Lets not also forget about how voltage leads current in an inductive load. Thereby the angle with which the voltage and the amperage are out of phase is also reducing the power the sub sees.

 

[sanmarcosZfreak 10+ year member]

hey sanmarcos, what there all saying is that if u wire it at .5 ohms, in a perfect world with no physics the amp would STAY at .5 ohm. but with that not being how it truly is, u have something called impedence rise. your amp would be lucky to ever SEE that .5 ohm load your speaking of. you more or less would see 2 or more usually. at some frequencies u may see .5 ohms, but it would be wrong to say its a continuous ohm load through the frequencies u play. understand? if not hit me up on aim and i can show u.

and with the impedence rise taking effect, your amp will not produce the 3000 its capable of at .5 ohm, cuz it wont be at .5 ohm. but u still have more power from the orion than a amp that is 1500 at 1 ohm, because impedence rise again would knock that down to prolly half or so.

much clearer, thanks grant

 

[denim 5,000+ posts]

make sure you have the current to back up that amp @.5

 

[sanmarcosZfreak 10+ year member]

make sure you have the current to back up that amp @.5

im gonna run it at 2ohms till i finsih my electrical system upgrades

 

[denim 5,000+ posts]

im gonna run it at 2ohms till i finsih my electrical system upgrades

thats fine then

 

[sanmarcosZfreak 10+ year member]

thats fine then

yeah planning on HO alt, kinetik 2400, and possible a 1400 in back

 

[kuijo 10+ year member]

That wish list sounds like a good system, make sure you get a good pair of components and amp so your music isn't drowned out.