wall socket thought

[orphe 10+ year member]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif Someone please teach the noobs a little something about AC and DC current before they set their car/house on fire

 

[T3mpest 10+ year member]

That depends on the car, sub, and enclosure used.

Who the hell, what the ****? First off, wall sockets are AC, not DC. Second, clipping an AC wave signal has NOTHING at all to do with a DC signal... A heavily clipped AC signal is still alternating current and is NOT direct current. Clipping is bad because of the excess power that it creates, not because it looks square.

I never said a word about DC being home current, it's 60hz ac. However someone mentioned DC in regards to speakers. The more a wave is clipped, the more it resembles a DC current. You're getting less excursion from the driver, just as the cone would only move out once with a dc current applied. DC=continous power no cooling. heavly clipped signal=less movement/watt vs an unclipped signal. that's where I was going with that.

 

[AudioXtremes 10+ year member]

Get a 100 amp breaker and throw it in your panel and run some 4awg to your subs at 1ohm. Then post results.

 

[BassAddictJ 5,000+ posts]

lol.......you guys are halarious....

didnt knwo that about DC power and what it would do to a speaker, good to know.............even though it has NOTHING to do with what this thread is originally about lol....

i still think a 4ohm load onto a capable woofer in a good setup would be fun for shits and giggles....

 

[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

The more a wave is clipped, the more it resembles a DC current. You're getting less excursion from the driver, just as the cone would only move out once with a dc current applied. DC=continous power no cooling. heavly clipped signal=less movement/watt vs an unclipped signal. that's where I was going with that.

No. AC never resembles DC no matter how clipped it is. The current is still alernating and the sub is still moving. A sub will thermally fail at the same power rating whether it be from a clipped signal or a pure sine wave.

 

[creyc 10+ year member]

Get a 100 amp breaker and throw it in your panel and run some 4awg to your subs at 1ohm. Then post results.

You got it.

The problem with this idea is the current consumption and a nice little thing called circuit breakers. Most houses are wired with 15 or 20 amp breakers in most of the house. The most you're gonna see is maybe 2000 watts. Convenient, cheap, yes. But most if not all SPL purpose amps can outdo a wall outlet for pure power.

And remember the outlets in your house are 12-14ga wire back to the box. This idea is NOT gonna work. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

 

[AudioXtremes 10+ year member]

You got it.
The problem with this idea is the current consumption and a nice little thing called circuit breakers. Most houses are wired with 15 or 20 amp breakers in most of the house. The most you're gonna see is maybe 2000 watts. Convenient, cheap, yes. But most if not all SPL purpose amps can outdo a wall outlet for pure power.

And remember the outlets in your house are 12-14ga wire back to the box. This idea is NOT gonna work. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

My idea won't work? I fail to see why.

 

[creyc 10+ year member]

lol no your idea is the only idea that WILL work.

The explanation is for everyone else thinking a normal wall outlet is gonna cut it.

 

[AudioXtremes 10+ year member]

True, most homes come with 15a receptacles which are only rated for 1800 watts so much more than that and the outlet itself will burn up. But if properly protected your right the breaker will trip.

also, I don't advise anyone to just open their breaker panel and start playing around if you've never been in one before.

 

[CBFryman2 5,000+ posts]

480v 100a FTW?

Though I dont know if you can get 480v to your house in single phase.

 

[CBFryman2 5,000+ posts]

noobs

x2...This idea is as bad as the idea to use power inverters instead of amps. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[BassAddictJ 5,000+ posts]

x2...This idea is as bad as the idea to use power inverters instead of amps. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

lol....this is all hypotethical.....i wish i had the motivation to beef up the wires coimign off the power lines to the amp so that maxiumim power could be achieved with a bigger circuit breaker......i unfortunirly not only am not motivated enough to do this, but would probly **** something up and fry myself to death....lol

 

[TrlcKed_OuT 10+ year member]

f*ck it just go out to the main power box on ur street rip it open and bump away!?!

 

[djman37 5,000+ posts]

Get a 100 amp breaker and throw it in your panel and run some 4awg to your subs at 1ohm. Then post results.

result video of Alpineinstaller RIDING an MT box in Tha build 2 thread. It was a dual .7, I don't remember the DCR, but I THINK it was wired in series.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif

 

[Death By Bass 10+ year member]

we have 240volts at 10amps here, so 2400watts, but 15amp power outlets are also a common thing, so 3600watts //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

you could also probably draw twice that much for a few seconds anyway... long enough to get a TL reading, and not do any perminant damage to the wiring //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif