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Overpowering my Amp?
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<blockquote data-quote="macq32" data-source="post: 5072958" data-attributes="member: 599367"><p><span style="font-size: 10px">I finally had a box built for my JL 13tw5-3 today. (pre-owned for a month) already broken in as far as I can tell. My amp is a Fosgate power 1000 25 to life 5channel, the sub channel is rated at </span><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>909 total rms watts @ 1ohm, and 682 total rms watts @ 2ohms. The sub is rated at 2.8ohm</strong></span><span style="font-size: 10px">, would it be relatively safe to assume the amp would put out </span><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>ROUGHLY 475 watts to the woofer?</strong></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">The sub seems to handle anything the amp throws at it wonderfully as it is rated at 600rms at the most and JL recommends closer to 500 it looks like.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">The amp has an LED display rating output level from each channel. My sub level hits the top (red led) earlier than I feel it should, but I'm really not sure. The Red LED indicates "the channel is clipping". I'm playing it safe and staying away from the Red but I am certain the sub is not clipping from an audio standpoint, does this mean the Amp is being overpowered???</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 8px"> </span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 8px">On a side note, I'm 100% stock and the 250a amp seems to be running great off my electrical!! (Does anyone know where I can get a Digital Voltmeter thats mountable on my dash ??</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="macq32, post: 5072958, member: 599367"] [SIZE=10px]I finally had a box built for my JL 13tw5-3 today. (pre-owned for a month) already broken in as far as I can tell. My amp is a Fosgate power 1000 25 to life 5channel, the sub channel is rated at [/SIZE][SIZE=10px][B]909 total rms watts @ 1ohm, and 682 total rms watts @ 2ohms. The sub is rated at 2.8ohm[/B][/SIZE][SIZE=10px], would it be relatively safe to assume the amp would put out [/SIZE][SIZE=10px][B]ROUGHLY 475 watts to the woofer?[/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=10px] [/SIZE] [SIZE=10px]The sub seems to handle anything the amp throws at it wonderfully as it is rated at 600rms at the most and JL recommends closer to 500 it looks like.[/SIZE] [SIZE=10px]The amp has an LED display rating output level from each channel. My sub level hits the top (red led) earlier than I feel it should, but I'm really not sure. The Red LED indicates "the channel is clipping". I'm playing it safe and staying away from the Red but I am certain the sub is not clipping from an audio standpoint, does this mean the Amp is being overpowered???[/SIZE] [SIZE=8px] [/SIZE] [SIZE=8px]On a side note, I'm 100% stock and the 250a amp seems to be running great off my electrical!! (Does anyone know where I can get a Digital Voltmeter thats mountable on my dash ??[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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