1200 watts or 2400 watts???

blaine westropp Silver Member Username: Blainew Post Number: 560 Registered: Nov-05	Posted on Sunday, January 08, 2006 - 22:53 GMT is 1200 watts enough...or is it worth it to pay an extra 400 for the 2400 watts??? stupid question...i just cant decide..
Casey Wood Silver Member Username: Southern_bass Paris, Tennessee U.S. Post Number: 571 Registered: Dec-05	Posted on Sunday, January 08, 2006 - 22:56 GMT 1200 watt ? sub? amp? what ?
blaine westropp Silver Member Username: Blainew Post Number: 562 Registered: Nov-05	Posted on Sunday, January 08, 2006 - 22:57 GMT im gonna have two subs...probably type x's...and i cant decide to put one 1200 watt amp to both...or one to each..
Chauncey Brown Gold Member Username: Chaunb3400 Huntsville, Alabama U.S. Post Number: 3970 Registered: Jul-05	Posted on Sunday, January 08, 2006 - 22:58 GMT what subs are u getting, and 2400 watts is loudddd, u will have to do alot of upgrades to ur ride
blaine westropp Silver Member Username: Blainew Post Number: 564 Registered: Nov-05	Posted on Sunday, January 08, 2006 - 23:02 GMT well if i get the 2 amps (2400 RMS) then probably type x's but maybe ill just get one amp now...and if its not enough...i can always get another later i want alot of bass haha
ty mutlow Silver Member Username: Tjmutlow Post Number: 923 Registered: Sep-05	Posted on Sunday, January 08, 2006 - 23:03 GMT what are you gonig with, you post different stuff in different places, if your using the re 12.1 one type x will not work right, it is a dual 4ohm sub, you need a dual 2 ohm for max power. 1 1200 I do not think enough for those type x, your only going to send maybe 600wper sub..
Casey Wood Silver Member Username: Southern_bass Paris, Tennessee U.S. Post Number: 574 Registered: Dec-05	Posted on Sunday, January 08, 2006 - 23:04 GMT if you just want overpowering bass i would recommend type x's i dont think...
blaine westropp Silver Member Username: Blainew Post Number: 565 Registered: Nov-05	Posted on Sunday, January 08, 2006 - 23:06 GMT im not getting one sub...whatever i get it will be two.....but if i get two amps...i wont get two type x's..ill find something else.. and your right...600 watt per su wont be enough...once i decide to go with one 12.1 or 2....i will decide on the subs..
blaine westropp Silver Member Username: Blainew Post Number: 566 Registered: Nov-05	Posted on Sunday, January 08, 2006 - 23:08 GMT im not getting one sub...whatever i get it will be two.....but if i get two amps...i wont get two type x's..ill find something else.. and your right...600 watt per su wont be enough...once i decide to go with one 12.1 or 2....i will decide on the subs..
Chauncey Brown Gold Member Username: Chaunb3400 Huntsville, Alabama U.S. Post Number: 3972 Registered: Jul-05	Posted on Sunday, January 08, 2006 - 23:14 GMT Get some Ti pros then
Casey Wood Silver Member Username: Southern_bass Paris, Tennessee U.S. Post Number: 579 Registered: Dec-05	Posted on Sunday, January 08, 2006 - 23:25 GMT i want to see what price those cvrx's are going to be
Demon Pride Bronze Member Username: Demon_pride Crowder, Oklahoma USA Post Number: 36 Registered: Oct-05	Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 - 01:54 GMT Just realize that 2400 watts is going to take a bigger alternator. My Kicker KX2500.1 reccomends a 140 amp alternator.
blaine westropp Silver Member Username: Blainew Post Number: 570 Registered: Nov-05	Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 - 02:01 GMT anyone know what kind of alt. in a 2000 jeep cherokee
Chauncey Brown Gold Member Username: Chaunb3400 Huntsville, Alabama U.S. Post Number: 4007 Registered: Jul-05	Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 - 02:01 GMT To me the first step in getting ur system is 2, upgrade ur electrical system
Casey Wood Silver Member Username: Southern_bass Paris, Tennessee U.S. Post Number: 590 Registered: Dec-05	Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 - 02:21 GMT yep if your plannin on running over 1000 watts you going to have to get the elec. system upgraded...
Dustin Gold Member Username: Cenus Hicksville, Ohio Usa Post Number: 1025 Registered: Jan-05	Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 - 02:29 GMT demon pride, do you mean 240amps cause 1000watts=100amps so since your amps puts out close to 3000watts your going to need atleast a 250amp alt. and i think jeeps have 110alt.
blaine westropp Silver Member Username: Blainew Post Number: 571 Registered: Nov-05	Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 - 02:32 GMT ah sh!t
blaine westropp Silver Member Username: Blainew Post Number: 572 Registered: Nov-05	Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 - 02:34 GMT so for every 1000 watts you have in your sound system...you want 100 amps??? and lets just say you have 3000 watts on a 110 amp alt. what would happen?? and cant u just handle all that with a high power cap??
Chad Lee Gold Member Username: Bestmankind Los Angeles, CA USA Post Number: 1749 Registered: Oct-05	Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 - 02:37 GMT yea my voltage is dropping blaine. i need a ho alt. i asked a couple of places and the best they can do is 200a for my car. i am just waiting to hear from nate to see how big of an alt he can build for me. if i have to settle for 200a alt then i am also getting another yellow top.
Dustin Gold Member Username: Cenus Hicksville, Ohio Usa Post Number: 1029 Registered: Jan-05	Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 - 02:39 GMT what would happen? LOL well you would lucky if you car even runs more than 5sec, then you would be lucky if it started agian with out recharging the battery.
blaine westropp Silver Member Username: Blainew Post Number: 574 Registered: Nov-05	Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 - 02:40 GMT so...adding another battery would help...wouldnt that just drain the alt. more and do u have a cap? cant you just get an extremely god cap....i mean theres no way im gonna be playing my system at 3000 watts all the time hahah
Chauncey Brown Gold Member Username: Chaunb3400 Huntsville, Alabama U.S. Post Number: 4010 Registered: Jul-05	Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 - 02:48 GMT 200amps is enough for most of u guys systems, "1000watts=100amps" ^^That is a good rule of thumb, but remember no amp is 100% efficient. Also ur not gonna be bumpin ur music full blast at all times, therefore the draw from the alternator will not be that great
Dustin Gold Member Username: Cenus Hicksville, Ohio Usa Post Number: 1031 Registered: Jan-05	Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 - 02:49 GMT "i mean theres no way im gonna be playing my system at 3000 watts all the time hahah" What does that mean, are you sayin that your not going to have the volume up all the time?
blaine westropp Silver Member Username: Blainew Post Number: 575 Registered: Nov-05	Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 - 02:50 GMT not to 3000 watts....i dont want to go deaf
blaine westropp Silver Member Username: Blainew Post Number: 576 Registered: Nov-05	Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 - 02:51 GMT not to 3000 watts....i dont want to go deaf
Dustin Gold Member Username: Cenus Hicksville, Ohio Usa Post Number: 1032 Registered: Jan-05	Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 - 02:54 GMT good point chauncey, but i would be on the safe side and use the 1000watts=100amps rule just to be on the safe side.
Chad Lee Gold Member Username: Bestmankind Los Angeles, CA USA Post Number: 1750 Registered: Oct-05	Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 - 02:56 GMT well only reason i would add another battery is if i get the 200a alt. i just don't want my voltage to drop below 11v since my amps perform their rated power at 11.5v-14v. i would think a 200a wouldn't have a hard time charging both batteries.
J-Dub Bronze Member Username: John_wash Nashville, Tennessee Post Number: 94 Registered: Dec-05	Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 - 02:59 GMT is this 1000watts=100amps referring to rms wattage or max
blaine westropp Silver Member Username: Blainew Post Number: 577 Registered: Nov-05	Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 - 03:02 GMT RMS and chad...why get two batteries?? wont that just give the alt. more work...all ur system needs it 14.4 volts..even 12.6 bc they are JL...so with one battery..and an alternator that is more than enough...why have two....??
Jake Hill Gold Member Username: Kd7nfr Montpelier, ID United States Post Number: 1360 Registered: Apr-05	Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 - 05:19 GMT Try 4,000 watts RMS (plus components, HU, etc)... Second alternator here... And amps found is car voltage/watts. So my system is 4,000 watts divided by 14.4 = 278 amps...
Casey Wood Silver Member Username: Southern_bass Paris, Tennessee U.S. Post Number: 627 Registered: Dec-05	Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 - 05:23 GMT danggggg! too much trouble for me
Optidriven Silver Member Username: N2audio Lawrence, Ks USA Post Number: 215 Registered: Mar-04	Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 - 05:32 GMT Do you guys realize that power requirements for music are at most 1/3 that of test tones. If your 1000w sub amp will draw 100A on a test bench playing low frequency test tones it's only going to require 30-40A rms to play music a FULL VOLUME. Probably about half that at every day type volumes.
Demon Pride Bronze Member Username: Demon_pride Crowder, Oklahoma USA Post Number: 40 Registered: Oct-05	Posted on Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 00:35 GMT I am planning on getting a 250 AMP Alt anyways, but in the manual, it says: This amp requires at least a 140 amp alternator.

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