What would I involve to power a coup¨¦ amp indoors?

Clarion 400 Watts Amplifier

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a power inverter from radio shack or old academy it car battery and charger.

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uhhh a battery or a 12 volt dc converter

why the heck would you want to do that?
a power inverter from radio shack or old academy it car battery and charger.

Can u run two 12's Speakers on...


WOW! No one get it.

Because you don't specify the RMS power, I can only give you this.

A 13.8 volt DC 25 ampere bench-top power supply will push a 350 watt RMS total system at the cost of $100.

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:EDIT:

Steve,

You be close with the exception that power supplies don't come in 12 volt ratings. They are 13.8.

Why would a panama even enter into the matter?

Automotive battery charger outputs are extremely ear-splitting.

Addendum:

Why choose a power supply with a voltage not even seen within a vehicle? The voltage of a car is 13.8 volts at least when running (14.4 typical). Show me a big current power supply with 12 volts and I'll show you one better. This is why I said you won't find a 12 volt supply (automotive application was implied).

The benign of cap you are talking nearly (high Farad) does not do a good job at filter noise. This is best done with tons smaller caps, but then you've merely raised the price considerably and complicated matters.

Followup:

Perhaps you obligation to do more research on automotive electrical systems before answering.

Suggestion:

Have contact information to debate in a more judicious way.

Speaker problem!!?

a 12 volt, 400 watt power supply.
WOW! No one get it.

Because you don't specify the RMS power, I can only give you this.

A 13.8 volt DC 25 ampere bench-top power supply will push a 350 watt RMS total system at the cost of $100.

_____________

:EDIT:

Steve,

You be close with the exception that power supplies don't come in 12 volt ratings. They are 13.8.

Why would a panama even enter into the matter?

Automotive battery charger outputs are extremely ear-splitting.

Addendum:

Why choose a power supply with a voltage not even seen within a vehicle? The voltage of a car is 13.8 volts at least when running (14.4 typical). Show me a big current power supply with 12 volts and I'll show you one better. This is why I said you won't find a 12 volt supply (automotive application was implied).

The benign of cap you are talking nearly (high Farad) does not do a good job at filter noise. This is best done with tons smaller caps, but then you've merely raised the price considerably and complicated matters.

Followup:

Perhaps you obligation to do more research on automotive electrical systems before answering.

Suggestion:

Have contact information to debate in a more judicious way.

Is JL as apt as everybody say?



Answers:    Yes, you would need an AC/DC converter. The simplest thing to use would probably be a 12V automotive mobile charger capable of at least 10 amps continuous. This will individual allow you to get about 1/3 power from the amp, so don't expect to be capable of turn up the volume very high.

I'm guessing that you merely want to be able to use a car amp to power some speakers within your room or garage, right? Well, there's a small problem with this. Car amps like that draw an awful lot of current because they are relatively inefficient.

The typical AC/DC converters that you use to charge phones and other electronic devices typically hold an output from around 0.1 to 1.0 amps. Even with laptops chargers (although these are usually slightly higher voltages, from around 14-19V), the output is never more than roughly speaking 2 amps.

Unfortunately, I think that amp requires about 26 amps for music playback at full output, but 26amps (a) 12Vdc is a hefty power supply that would cost as much or more than a 120V amplifier.

I dislike to say it, but your time would probably be better spent by selling that amp and buying an amp that was designed for 120VAC. I've done exactly what you are trying to do, and it can work, but it's really not highly good.

Depending on your level of consciousness electronics, it would also be possible to borrow the rectification stage of an old power amplifier, bass amp, etc. However, this is an advanced solution and would require help from an experienced technician.


EDIT:
Sparky, please explain to me how my answer is wrong when I have virtually the same end result as you

I said something like 26A (a) 12V, you said 25A (a) 13.8V. Considering that these answers are BOTH only estimations due to the lack of specific information given, they are essentially transposable.

The only difference I see is that I assumed a 12V source - that was to allow for a slight voltage drop at full output since I didn't devise he would be using a capacitor.

Automotive battery charger outputs can vary like mad depending on the loading. They're designed to be connected to a battery, which handles much greater electrical tolerances than a typical DC electrical device.

So sparky, please complicated.


Addendum:
Sparky, I was clearly referring to the output of a battery charger underneath load. And making statements like "power supplies don't come contained by 12 volt ratings" just makes you oblivious.

A cap could easily enter into the thing since, as we both agree, battery charger outputs are noisy.the unbroken point of a cap would be to filter that noise.


Sparky:
Check my profile for my final response. I'm done near this. You can continue to play guru with the impulsive folk of Yahoo and nobody will make you look foolish. I started doing this yesterday thinking I could help culture, but I realize that this doesn't really do anyone a favor. Again, you can see my profile for my final thoughts on this.

My apologies to 'Someone' for getting caught up in an argument contained by your thread.
uhhh a battery or a 12 volt dc converter

why the heck would you want to do that?
a power inverter from radio shack or old academy it car battery and charger.

Problem near my amp?


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