check amp and sub without car?

[LoudBimmer]

well, my car got floaded in rain, so i sold my system, but i still have my old set up, and now i wonna check if it still works (i wonna check amp and sub)

how can i hook i all up at my house?

Edited September 10, 2009 by nfsplayer

[Guest]

if you have a battery charger you can probably just wire up the + and - to it and run the sub on a low level and see if its functional

[LoudBimmer]

i need to see how it work on medium/max level

[Guest]

i need to see how it work on medium/max level

use a car battery

[Crump]

you could always go to your local shop, but if thats no doable you could test your sub with a 12volt batt and just touch the + to + and - to -. if it excurds it should work, dont quote me, but thats what scott @ fi told me to do when my sub came in to make sure it worked.

[ISO]

i need to see how it work on medium/max level

Unless you have a Power Supply (AC to DC converter) mid to max level will not be an option at all.

You can try a car battery and don't forget to fuse the power wire. When you do it make sure all gains and bass boost are turned all the way down before you even hook it up and don't have the sub hooked up.

You just want to see if the power light comes on or the protect light comes on first and for this you can actually use a 14.4 drill battery.(Do not use the drill battery if the amp has a load on it. PERIOD)

So lets assume you are useing a car battery, after you have found out if the amp works or not you may hook the sub up while everything is disconnected of coarse and for signal use an iPod or your house stereo if it has outputs. Again make sure everything is turned all the way down.

With a signal going to the amp and a load hooked up to it (subwoofer) go ahead and reconect the power wires from the amp to the battery.

Then slowly start to turn up what ever is supplying the signal (iPod/stereo/TV) and see if you hear anything comeing from the sub.

If you don't hear anything when the source is at 50% start to turn up the gain on the amp slowly and by 50% you should be hearing something.

Thats about all you can do. The bare minimum no more.

I highly recommend you have a digital DC volt meter hooked up to the battery throughout this whole process.

Amplifier depent; when the voltage drops somewhere between 11 to 9 volts the amp will start shutting off and may turn off and on repeadily. Thats normal.

Edited September 10, 2009 by ISO