Running Subs higher than rating?

[75MonteCarlo 10+ year member]

Say I want to run 2 Kicker L7 12's at much more rms than they are rated for.. lets say 1000 rms each on the light side.. maybe 1500. If this is in a daily driver, what are the chances i'm going to be buying new subs soon?//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/up2something.gif.dd110ecf3ae4b76050d87598f2f8de7c.gif

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[Jdizzle 10+ year member]

okay are you running that much to each of them are both?

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Re-read it...he said each.

Whether or not you could safely overpower them is most dependent on the enclosure size/alignment...if it's larger than recommended, power handling is going to be decreased.

 

[Jdizzle 10+ year member]

sorry i was half asleep reading that

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

You'll probably need to set the gains on the conservative side aswell.

 

[75MonteCarlo 10+ year member]

So im going with a box that is slightly larger than recommended, I'd probly be better off saving money and buying a 1500 Watt rms amp instead of something in the 2000 range, or an orion 2500d?

 

[TheVanMan 10+ year member]

There is nothing wrong with overhead but you might be asking for trouble doing that. I would find something that matches the subs a little more. You could run with you gains run low but eventually you will want to try to increase the gain to get more output and could possibly blow you subs.

 

[tRiGgEr 5,000+ posts]

You can purchase the 2500d and just set the gains to the required voltage. But you would be wasting potential power output that way.