this is not specifically related to the cobalt but i figured i would ask. i know the emporer usually has some good knowledge..

equipment:
13w7
xtant x1001

I want to hook this up in my house and was wondering the best and safest way to do this.
xtant puts out 500@ 4 ohm 1000@ 2ohm and 1000@ 1 ohm.
The amp is severly underated and i think requires 120 amp fuse.
i was wondering what i need to do to power this up in my house.
i think this will work but is it overkill?
http://cgi.ebay.com/PYRAMID-PS52KX-4...1%7C240%3A1318

pyramid ps52kx

it may not work but i think this is what i need. any advice would be greatly appreciated.
thanks in advance

i just dont have the heart to put my 13 in my cobalt. i dont want to make the car slow and heavy so id like to use this for my home setup. so it kinda relates to the balt.. also anyone seen any custom 13w7 installs in a cobalt hit me up i would like to see also

 

What your thinking I guess is possible but I would have to question the fact that the Xtant needs a 120 amp fuse and the Power source your looking at puts out 46-52 amps.
That and the fact that you have a mess of wires running, it would not look very clean in your living room.
My old room mate did something like this, he used 2 10w3's in a band pass box and ran them off a power amp (home). The one he used was a NAD
I looked and you can get one for around the same price as the power source you were looking at.
This should run your 13w7 and still look clean
http://cgi.ebay.com/NAD-C272-2-Chann...1%7C240%3A1318

 

Get an optima yellow top battery and a battery charger.....problem solved.

 

there arn't too many DC power supplies that can drive an amp of any real size.

they do exhist, but that's a lot of current

that supply should do it, but what is the point of all this? you could almost buy a home sub for that much money.

 

If you want to die. That could lead to explosions or poisonous gasses.

 

optimas are sealed.

 

^^ Ouch!!!! that had to hurt

 

PWND

 

Dumbasses.

 

Guy
When did running an amp in your living room become charging at high voltage and running in extreme high temperature conditions.
Sure maybe it suits your theory, if you have certain conditions, and maybe if he jumps up and down on one foot and barks like a dog he'll get more power out of the amp, but it wasn't what you stated in the post and sure as hell isn't relevant to the thread unless of course he lives in a power station in the desert. In that case I'll be the first one to say your right.

Whatever the case I do agree with the fact that a battery in the home is just not a good idea, however your flare for the dramitic was unwarranted, and a bit remenisant of a high school gossip queen, so hike up your skirt and take it like a man

 

Well we seem to both agree here so I won't go overboard. When a system hits, it could cause the charging system to produce voltage spike.

When did I draw drama towards myself? I posted some correct information. I wouldn't have called them dumb asses if it wasn't for the pwned remarks when they don't know what they're talking about.

 

all sealed batteries have a safety release, but it won't gas off inside of the home.

regardless, thats not the point, the point is that there isn't a good reason to use a car amp inside of the house.

 

Agreed
Thats what Power amps and self powered subs were made for.


As for the drama part....."If you want to die"
You could die on the ******* tomorrow, it does not mean you have to stress out about it,

 

Oh my god people.......a yellow top optima will power that system for 3-4 hours without even needing a charger on it.......use it till it dies and charge it up overnight and use it again the next day......there wont be fires or explosions or any of that **** .....If it was ever a problem to run a battery charger indoors then there are 50,000,000 shops in north america that are going to be screwed....

 

dont know about 3-4 hours. that xtant at full tilt will drain the optima in 1 or less

 

You only think it would last 1 hour?......maybe, ive never dealt with that amp before but the 13W7 is a 3 ohm sub so that is going suck about 750 watts from that amp.....if its rated at RMS......My 500/1 and 300/4 will run off a yellowtop for approx. 3 hours at full tilt in the summer weather that is.....hahaha......no need to run it like that in the winter so i dont know how long it would last......but hopefully his house isnt that cold....LOL...Later

 

sorta depends but the answer is yes. Amp needs a 120a fuse according to you so listing to music at full volume is about half that 60a of draw. Optima is a 55ah battery meaning it can give out 55amps for 1 hour before being fully drained. Obviously if its drawing 60a it wont last 1 hour but that doesn't mean it will draw 60a thats just a general rule of thumb.... how long it lasts is up to you but you know the answer looking at the specs.

 

exactly. plus, generally speaking, home theatre subs are more active than car ones.

that may seem odd, but ever actually sit near most peoples home theatre sub? it's constantly working. trust me on this, i install 5 of them a day.

 

I've got a DC power supply that will easily handle that kind of current.

 

prolly makes the power meter for the electric company spin so fast it strips out the gears, too.

 

Ya, basically, but it gets the job done.

 

Whats the power rating on each of those/all of them combined.
Do you have any pics of the other side, I 'm guessing you wired the 5's, the 12's, and the grounds alltogether, or is there a seperate gound for the 5 volts.

I'm impressed, or I was until I saw that damn Sony in the background, tisk, tisk.

 

lol does that mean i should post pics of the power supplies at the shop?

 

if you have a nice badass (home built) theater system with all seperate componants, you can have an external amp that recieves a signal coming from an output on your reciever that goes to the input on your amp, amp must be home amp of course, and then it will just plug into a wall socket. but uh, i wouldn't go that route unless you have some seious money to drop

 

wow what did this turn into...