Using a car amplifier at home ?

[ani 10+ year member]

Have any of you succesfully managed to do this/?

Iv got a 2 channel amp lying around gathering dust and also a pair of full range speakers, got to see if they got matching impedence etc.

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[hardhitta47 10+ year member]

Uhh...your amp is for car audio, which is 12V. Home audio amplifiers are made for a 120Vac outlet.

There are power supplies you can buy though that you plug into the wall, and can be set to 12 or 14 V or whatever, but I'm not sure if you'd want to be playing daily off that. I'd only use them to test an amp personally.

Why not sell your amp and buy a decent ht amp?

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

A power supply needed to run anything over like 100w is gonna cost some dough. For the price of it, it isnt worth the money

 

[s0uljah]

I was curious to do this too bu tits just not worth it is guess

 

[J31Rob 5,000+ posts]

A power supply needed to run anything over like 100w is gonna cost some dough. For the price of it, it isnt worth the money

Sure it is.. if it works & such, it's a life long keep. Worth spending tha money, IMO.

IIRC, most high wattage home amplifiers = lots o' money. I'd rather spend a little bit of dough on a power supply, one time.. vs. maybe a couple of HT amplifiers..

That's just me.

 

[xtremebassjunky 10+ year member]

radioshack has some power inverters that convert 120v AC to 12/14v DC....

the price you pay for should be more along of the lines of how much amperage the inverter has... and you obviously need enough amps to power the amp with the amps efficiency and power draw in mind...

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

The power supply will be more than a home audio amp with considerably more power than an amp the power supply could support. A basic home amp is cheap and gives you preamp functions like volume control and input selection and a tuner. You can get a basic home receiver for $100. A 10A power supply will cost about 50% more.

 

[jmoreno150 10+ year member]

can be done i did one set up on a tri cycle. battery ground to the bike amp and sub and speakers. or u can use a power inverter and lug a house amp and itll woork.

 

[jmoreno150 10+ year member]

forgot to add hooked up with a cd player portable. same set up for a cart or wateva or even head unit can be done.

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

That's great until you have to charge the battery. You'd also better have a sealed battery of some type because lead acid battery fumes will ruin your day.

 

[jmoreno150 10+ year member]

but ofcourse. i buy a battery at auot zone with the warranty and kill te battery wair and return for a newone evertime its riding time.

 

[stopdrpnro 10+ year member]

or you could find a newer atx computer power supply. most of the newer power supply will pump out 35+amps on the 12v rails , just clip off the connectors run power and ground. somehting like this one will give you 30amps @ 12 v not bad for 50$

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182044

 

[ani 10+ year member]

Wow lots of replies and opinions on this one...

If I dont find a buyer for the amp I might give it a shot to test the bugger

 

[xtremebassjunky 10+ year member]

I heard about a guy hooking a battery up in his room and then hooked a battery charger to it as the amp connected to it....

I believe he was missing chromosomes...

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/IOTA-DLS-Power-Supply-Converter-Battery-Charger-New_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ50073QQitemZ320098391448QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

those are under $100 usually.

and from the reviews i read are quality power supplies that are made for 12v and high amperage.

hope that helps.