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Wondering which would be louder? 4 12" sub woofers at 400 watts RMS each or 2 12" sub woofers at 1000W RMS each? And as a kind of side question, what would be a reasonably safe level to push a 400RMS/1200PEAK sub woofer continuously? is it really 400 Watts? is it possible to run a sub somewhere between its RMS and peak ratings on the daily? like, without drastically shortening the life of the sub?

Nah man i totally read it wrong. My bad. I completely read it "I'll bet your $100 dollar subs will never see 450"

You went out of your way to mention the price of the subs, i assumed you were implying they are cheap. which they are, i thought that was meant to be derogatory. Anyway, thanks for the replies. my question is answered.

I know what the gain is. and if i set it low enough, the head unit will reach full volume without the amp putting out full power right? and why do u have to criticize the sub woofers? wow man, i have cheap subs and a cheap amp. Cool? now that that's out of the way, maybe just answer the question?

They're pioneer TS-W308s, and i know i could adjust the gain, i was just hoping i could use my amps full potential..

Is running 450 RMS going to be a problem for 400RMS 1200 peak subs?

New wiring held up. problem solved. thanks for the input.

A lot of people would agree with you, and a lot would disagree. Capacitors with no charge pull more current than the amp alone would, BUT not when they maintain a charge, like if the car is driven everyday. It's obvious in theory and in practice that having a stiffening capacitor will prevent minor electrical issues. I'm not gonna put the time for that into my girl's car just to fix headlights dimming. In my own car, caps immediately improved my bass response too. Better yet, they're cheap.

1000 max, but it is a pretty long wire run, so I ordered a 4awg wiring kit. should be good to go.

You don't think 8 gauge is big enough for a 1/2 farad cap and a 1000 watt amp? and the same wire was powering the amp before I added the cap, but it was pulling pretty hard the electrical system, i figured it needed a cap...is it possible there's something wrong with the cap?

That's what i was thinking, but why only on one side? and it's 8 gauge wire.

I recently added two stiffening capacitors to two amps. They were wired the same. The wire from the battery to the positive terminal on one of the capacitors got extremely hot, caught fire, and burned up. NONE of the other wires were even warm, not even the one from the cap to the amp. Anyone have any idea why this one wire from the battery would burn up?