Pulsing Power wire.. Holy Cow!

[bigblank69 10+ year member]

Well chalk this one up to something I had never seen before. I took my Orion XTR1500.1D out of my truck to give it a run on my AMM-1 and my bench power supply. I didn't do a full throttle test as I knew my power supply wouldn't be able to handle it (At least not until tomorrow when my second power supply shows up and I can run them in parallel), so I'd say I was at about 88-90% of the amps capability and that's when I got kind of a "surprise".

When doing the dynamic test at this level with every bass note the power wire pulsed like water going thru a hose. The wire didn't get warm, but it really shocked me as I had never experienced a wire moving on its own before. So I will be upgrading the wiring on my test bench now, I currently have 2 gauge running about 5 feet to a distribution block and a 5 foot run of 4 gauge. I thought 4 gauge for a short run on 150amp max capacity would be fine... but time to go bigger.

BTW, incase anyone is wondering.. The Orion XTR1500.1D did 784Wrms certified (rated at 600Wrms) at 4ohm and 1787 Wrms @ 1ohm at about 88% max volume on dynamic bass hits (Not at clipping). I'm predicting it will do close to 2K certified.

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[Mayhem]

I'd like to see a video of this

 

[bigblank69 10+ year member]

I'm thinking about it.. but kind of afraid to repeat this. Kind of freaked me out when it was happening... I'm not exactly dying to have a fire in my house.

 

[Popwarhomie 5,000+ posts]

Ive seen a video a long time ago of power wire moving from amperage. Cant find it now though...

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

Yup seen it too. It's just a lot of current going thru the wiring, making it "jump".

 

[The_Quiet_One 10+ year member]

Was the wire coiled on itself or close to any metal or magnets?

 

[bigblank69 10+ year member]

Here is a video I just took, I turned it down a little bit, so it's not as prominent as before, but you can see the wire moving.

And yes, my test area is a mess right now.. lol

 

[Mayhem]

dang that is crazy

 

[bigblank69 10+ year member]

if it seems there is a strobe effect in the video, that's due to the lights in the room dimming on each bass hit.

 

[Hertz Mafia]

My power wire pulses when the bass drops. It’s pretty cool to see in person

 

[bigblank69 10+ year member]

Was the wire coiled on itself or close to any metal or magnets?

No, it was hanging just hanging between the distro block and the amp

 

[Papermaker85 5,000+ posts]

Was the wire coiled on itself or close to any metal or magnets?

KMSL. this **** is hilarious. let it go man..

 

[los33 10+ year member]

KMSL. this **** is hilarious. let it go man..

Before i give the reason why it jumps or "pulses", care to elaborate on "why" it pulses?

Just asking since you are a self proclaimed electrician!! I am no way even near an electrician lol so i would like to hear what you have to say.

 

[Papermaker85 5,000+ posts]

Before i give the reason why it jumps or "pulses", care to elaborate on "why" it pulses?
Just asking since you are a self proclaimed electrician!! I am no way even near an electrician lol so i would like to hear what you have to say.

go and look at your powerlines above your head. do they pulse?

 

[los33 10+ year member]

go and look at your powerlines above your head. do they pulse?

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