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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?
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Not to be a dick, but can you read? He said I'll be you $100 that your subs will never see 450. He didn't say anything about the price of your subs, he is betting they won't see 450 watts from your 450 watt amp.
Nah man i totally read it wrong. My bad. I completely read it "I'll bet your $100 dollar subs will never see 450"
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umm... if you were talking to me then you seriously misunderstood my comment. i have no idea what amp you will be running and it doesnt matter. there are a ton of factors to your amps output, such as; recording level of the song, the fact that music is dynamic, impedance rise, "amplitude" of the bass notes, etc.
im happy to get 2000-2500w out of my 3000w amp.
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.
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you know that full gain dosent mean full power right?
ill bet you $100 your subs will never actually see 450w on music.
it'll be fine.
You still need to correctly set the gain to use the amps full potential. The gain knob isn't a volume knob, you don't crank it all the way to the right to "use the amps full potential"
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?
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Tune the gains properly and you will be fine
Depends on the sub brand and type. For the most part, it should be more then fine.
They're pioneer TS-W308s, and i know i could adjust the gain, i was just hoping i could use my amps full potential..
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Is running 450 RMS going to be a problem for 400RMS 1200 peak subs?
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New wiring held up. problem solved. thanks for the input.
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Ditch the caps. Seriously, they don't help your electrical system !
Just do the big3 in ...4 awg(if it's what you got).
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.
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1000 watts RMS or MAX? RMS you should probably upgrade to 4awg... should be fine if its 1000max/500rms.
1000 max, but it is a pretty long wire run, so I ordered a 4awg wiring kit. should be good to go.
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the longest run burnt up because it has more resistance. the shorter runs (cap to amp) can handle a lot more current because they are shorter, less resistance.
no go put some proper fuses on that power wire before you burn your car down. upgrade it too. obviously 8awg isnt enough, and it hardly ever is.
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?
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Too much current for the wire size. What size wire is it?
That's what i was thinking, but why only on one side? and it's 8 gauge wire.
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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?
Four subs at 400W RMS or two at 1000W RMS ?
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Posted · Edited by osamio
I have two Pioneer TS-308D4's, they're 400RMS/1200 peak... I have a 1700w RMS amp, i was hoping to run the two subs off it at 850 RMS to each sub, twice their RMS rating, Would that be safe? Eventually I plan on adding two subs and it'll drop to 425 RMS to each of the 4.