Car audio in home hook up

 

Bronze Member
Username: Quirky

SA, Texas

Post Number: 70
Registered: Feb-07
my friend has a 15" sub and a 1000.1 kicker amplifier. he took it out of his car because it is currently in the shop and was wondering if he could hook it up in his house by directly connecting it to a 12v motorcycle battery. is this possible to work or am i just trying to fry something here?
 

Gold Member
Username: Nd4spd18

Southeast PA

Post Number: 1008
Registered: Jul-06
In order to do that you would need a large 12 volt regulated DC power supply (they are expensive).

DO NOT use that battery indoors unless it is a sealed battery. Regular batteries produce hydrogen gas.
 

Gold Member
Username: Nd4spd18

Southeast PA

Post Number: 1009
Registered: Jul-06
didn't bump
 

Bronze Member
Username: Quirky

SA, Texas

Post Number: 71
Registered: Feb-07
so the only thing i should be worried about is the battery exploding, but my amp and sub should be ok? or is this all just one bad idea looking to blow up my house haha?
 

Gold Member
Username: Nd4spd18

Southeast PA

Post Number: 1013
Registered: Jul-06
A non-sealed battery can't be used indoors. That's all there is to it.
 

Bronze Member
Username: Quirky

SA, Texas

Post Number: 72
Registered: Feb-07
what if i open a window? =)
 

Gold Member
Username: Wingmanalive

A pic is worth 1000 words

Post Number: 4852
Registered: Jun-06
Motorcycle battery? That would last about 1/2 a second for power supply. Opening a window won't help you if you short the bat out and it explodes. Just don't do it.
 

Bronze Member
Username: Quirky

SA, Texas

Post Number: 73
Registered: Feb-07
haha ok ok =( it would be cool to get it to work though. alright thanks guys this is bens FRIEND not him he wanted me to say that.
 

Bronze Member
Username: Quirky

SA, Texas

Post Number: 74
Registered: Feb-07
haha ok ok =( it would be cool to get it to work though. alright thanks guys this is bens friend
 

Bronze Member
Username: Quirky

SA, Texas

Post Number: 76
Registered: Feb-07
just a few pics. not hooked up. just what i was planning. thats a 1.25amp battery charger and the battery is a 12volt, 20amp hours @ 10hr rate.
http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/3651/0320071916ef2.jpg
http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/4177/0320071917lz3.jpg
 

Silver Member
Username: Hgihkcin

Lincoln, NE

Post Number: 110
Registered: Sep-05
you wouldnt get that much use outa that, and its dangerous. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/RV-trailer-Inteli-POWER-CONVERTER-12-volt-NEW-60- amp_W0QQitemZ280093686480QQcategoryZ50070QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
the thing above is a converter from 120v to 12v with 60 amps, you could hook that upto ur amp, but you wouldnt get full power. and then buy a sealed battery and you could charge it up when ur not using it.
 

New member
Username: Imi4tth3w

Texas

Post Number: 1
Registered: Feb-07
haha yeah i figured. btw this is the friend that used bens account. but that thing looks pretty cool i may look into one of those sometime. thanks for the help
 

Silver Member
Username: Jesse59672

OK

Post Number: 142
Registered: Feb-07
my house system hits harder than yours :-)
 

Bronze Member
Username: Jtown

Post Number: 26
Registered: Mar-07
yeah def buy a converter, thats the way you need to go
 

Gold Member
Username: Arande2

Extreme SQ FTW

Post Number: 2014
Registered: Dec-06
My house system hits pretty hard when I want it to. But then again I get said when I have all the 12s at Xmax and I want more
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