Kicker L7 12'' on small fosgate amp?

 

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Username: Jmd11185

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Registered: 12-2003
I have a 400 watt punch fosgate that i had pushin 2 kenwood 10's...and I wanted to get a solo baric 12' cuz the f#$#er rocked with that amp in my car...but I went with the L7 and have never heard it...although I intend on buyin a new amp for it next month that will be at least 850 watts...do you think I could go wrong by using that fosgate now...will i blow anything?
 

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Username: Jmd11185

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Registered: 12-2003
can anyone help me on this?
 

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Username: Glasswolf

Post Number: 74
Registered: 12-2003
you'll be fine as long as the gains are properly set to avoid clipping.

I think the L7 is rated for 750WRMS. I wouldn't go over that amount if that is the case.
Kicker has very good amplifiers too by the way.
Better than RF.
 

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Username: Daniel_s

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Registered: 12-2003
wut u need to worry about is not the RMS. just don't use the punch bass boost and turn the gain all the way up in order to avoid excess bass vibration with could damage those 4 lil' black wires leading to the actual sub itself(trust me i've done it twice with my L5 sub and i have a rockford fosgate 401s amp). What that knob does is NOT give more power, but it gives only a very distorted bass boost which only causes the sub to vibrate abnormally...so watch out! But if this is for short term then you probably don't have to worry about it because the wire situation only happens after a couply of months of keeping the bass boost on max!
 

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Username: Glasswolf

Post Number: 89
Registered: 12-2003
yeah, as I said, set the gains properly :-)
gains are not a volume or power control.
they balance the input and output voltage only.
here's 3 guides to gain setting:
http://pub14.ezboard.com/fcaraudiotalkfrm27.showMessage?topicID=34.topic
 

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Username: Jmd11185

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Registered: 12-2003
i dont have the bass knob anymore for that amp
it got ran offer when i was switching from one car to the other lol
 

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Username: Glasswolf

Post Number: 96
Registered: 12-2003
may want to get that replaced.
 

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Username: Jmd11185

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Registered: 12-2003
ok i played it all day it was bad ash..good 5 hours total
but then about an hour ago the amp cut out...it used to do that from overheating
is it possible that its gonna overheat more on this sub then on the 2 tens?
 

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Username: Glasswolf

Post Number: 127
Registered: 12-2003
depends on the impedance, and how hard you push it as well as ambient temperatures.
 

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hey i know this is totaly off topic but it won't let me start a new thread. have any of you heard of thezeb dot com. i wanted to know if it was a good web site or not. please help i want to order some subs from there.
 

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Username: Glasswolf

Post Number: 136
Registered: 12-2003
yup
TheZeb has terrific prices on CDT components.
Just be careful what you buy there.. they sell a lot of total crap products, like legacy, pyramid, boss, rockwood, and so forth.

Come to think of it, CDT is one of the few really good things they do sell.
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