Power Acoustik A3000DB?

[Anonymous 10+ year member]

What size power and ground do these amps accept? And i noticed they are not externally fused so how much current do these pull, because i have heard that they do 2kw+ and was thinking about getting a few.

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[Anonymous 10+ year member]

anyone? I know a lot of people are or have ran these amps so u have to know something.

 

[oxsign 5,000+ posts]

They can take a 4awg wire to the +/-. Unsell you use a reducer, then you can use a 0 awg wire.

 

[mikey060 10+ year member]

last time i checked they accpet 1/0? am i wrong

 

[oxsign 5,000+ posts]

last time i checked they accpet 1/0? am i wrong

Nope, i'm running one now, and it's 4awg. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[dennisthamenace 10+ year member]

i stuffed my rockford fosgate 2 gauge in my a3000db, i dunno if rockford wires are smaller than standard 2 gauge though...

 

[Anonymous 10+ year member]

Alright so it takes 4awg, 2awg if i stuff it in there, but does anyone know the current draw of these amps. How efficient they are because i have heard a number of times they will do 2kw's i was wondering how much of a strain they are on electrical.

 

[Ali1 10+ year member]

i didn't think those amps do rated power.... as far as how many amps they pull, i have no clue

 

[orioles26 10+ year member]

I don't know how much current they actually pull but i had mine wired at 1 ohm on a stock 130 amp alternator and voltage never dropped below 11.8. I also could only get 4 gauge to fit in the terminals.

 

[Anonymous 10+ year member]

from what i hear they are a little overrated but they will still do around 2kw's

 

[bryce-man 10+ year member]

i want one of these

i have everythign but the amp right now

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[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

Alright so it takes 4awg, 2awg if i stuff it in there, but does anyone know the current draw of these amps. How efficient they are because i have heard a number of times they will do 2kw's i was wondering how much of a strain they are on electrical.

I can't tell you exactly, but I can tell you if you're looking for 2000w there aren't many more efficient than the PA design.

The Lanzar Optidrive 2000D isn't identical, but it's real close. One of the car audio mags ran it through their tech. dept and if I remember right it was ~85% doing 1900w+ at 1/2 ohm.

I would think the PA is a slight step down from the Opti, but thier eff. #'s ought to be comparable.

 

[Goldtaz1 10+ year member]

Once upon a time when I actually asked Power Acoustik tech support, they told me with an input voltage of 13.8 the amplifier will pull 180 amps of current. I have also owned numerous A3000's and done numerous installs with them. For the money, you can't buy anything better IMHO.