300w vs 1500w
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Forum Name: Car Audio
Forum Discription: Car Stereos, Amplifiers, Crossovers, Processors, Speakers, Subwoofers, etc.
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Printed Date: July 07, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Topic: 300w vs 1500w
Posted By: Ketel22
Subject: 300w vs 1500w
Date Posted: November 10, 2003 at 5:55 PM
how many think that running an 18" woofer that has an rms reccomendation of 300w will be blown by powering it at 1500w?
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Posted By: forbidden
Date Posted: November 10, 2003 at 6:33 PM
Feed it distortion, it will blow Feed it too much power for prolonged periods so that the voice coil cannot dissipate the heat, it will blow What do you think? ------------- Top Secret, I can tell you but then my wife will kill me.
Posted By: Steven Kephart
Date Posted: November 10, 2003 at 8:08 PM
I know a guy that supplies 9 kilowatts to subs that are rated at 1,600 watts rms. Richard Clark of Car Sound magazine put 32 kilowatts to the same subwoofer and it didn't blow. But what both of them did was apply that power for a VERY short time. If you are smart about it, you shouldn't have a problem.
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Posted By: Ketel22
Date Posted: November 10, 2003 at 8:31 PM
thing is im trying to blwo it but i dont want to do it through distortion. i want to have some fun with it first! may i add the speaker is about 30yrs old. its cv ------------- Quad L Handyman services
Posted By: forbidden
Date Posted: November 10, 2003 at 10:13 PM
Turn it up , keep it clean, watch it smoke, make sure your friends and camera are there, it is damn funny, stinks up the car though.
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Top Secret, I can tell you but then my wife will kill me.
Posted By: Ketel22
Date Posted: November 11, 2003 at 3:07 AM
should i set it in the bed of the truck in that case? what do you reccomend to get the full effect of the coils burning?
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Posted By: Alpine Guy
Date Posted: November 11, 2003 at 8:29 PM
put it in a box that is way overly ported, and feed it the juice, hehehe. i put an alpine mrd-m1000 up to my factory 6x9's in my pathfinder, lol they lasted 12.5 seconds before the cone turned inside out and and blew straight out. Stunk like heck for a hour or so. Smells like when you turn your electric heater on for the first time in a few months.
Posted By: Ketel22
Date Posted: November 11, 2003 at 9:55 PM
overly ported. would taking the top of the enclosure count?
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Posted By: flashalexb
Date Posted: November 12, 2003 at 8:47 AM
SS Joe film it and send it to me talk to you lata
Hey tell me when ur selling ur kappa perfect cause i will prolly need new subs soon
Posted By: Ketel22
Date Posted: November 12, 2003 at 12:31 PM
tim, you should be there when i do it
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Posted By: Ketel22
Date Posted: November 16, 2003 at 6:28 PM
does anybody else have any ideas on how to make this as much fun as possible? it should be snowing when i do this and i will have about ft of speaker wire that i can move the sub around out of the vehicle from. i just want to have fun with this as much as i can before i send it to the grave yard!
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Posted By: speedwayaudio1
Date Posted: November 18, 2003 at 2:59 AM
yes, hook it up to 220vac. it will smoke it. or better still hook it up to a arc welder and turn the amps up to 225 that will start a fire.
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Posted By: Ketel22
Date Posted: November 18, 2003 at 3:44 AM
na i dont want it to be instant. i wanna listen to it burn and die! and get some heavy bass while doing it ------------- Quad L Handyman services
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