A/C Power into Subwoofers

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Forum Name: Car Audio
Forum Discription: Car Stereos, Amplifiers, Crossovers, Processors, Speakers, Subwoofers, etc.
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Printed Date: June 05, 2024 at 11:03 PM

Topic: A/C Power into Subwoofers

Posted By: exdox77
Subject: A/C Power into Subwoofers
Date Posted: September 11, 2005 at 11:17 PM

How can i feed A/C power into my subwoofers. I was at a car show this weekend and they was doing it at a spl comp and it hit high dp and i was wondering how they was doing this and if there was problems do this.

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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: September 11, 2005 at 11:22 PM

What are you talking about? Connecting your subwoofer to an AC outlet or using AC power for your amps?

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Posted By: exdox77
Date Posted: September 11, 2005 at 11:25 PM

A/C power oulet. sorry i didnt state that!

Posted By: Hornshockey
Date Posted: September 12, 2005 at 1:35 PM

take any household plug and strip back the wires and connect it to the terminals on your sub then just plug it in; household AC power runs ~120V at 60Hz. For a 4 ohm woofer this would be equal to roughly 3600 watts; if my math holds correct. We do this at the shop with old subs; it's great fun and we usually take wagers on how long they can last; most don't make it past 10 seconds.

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Posted By: exdox77
Date Posted: September 12, 2005 at 4:35 PM

i thought it was really cool what they did at the car show with two mtx subs. i wanted to try it on some old subs that i had lying around! actually i just wants to destroy something. lol

Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: September 12, 2005 at 6:05 PM

gaaaa.

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