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[Winnie]

Could get an inverter to run the 12v amp from 240v

Would need to be at least 100A, I work for an electrical wholesaler and I can't even source one.

Tappa tappa

[nissannewby]

True. I have seen similar sort of setups with competition sound cars they just plug the bad boys into the wall so they dont kill their batteries I am curious now might have to do some googling

[Winnie]

They would have a huge battery in and a high capacity charger I would say.

Our setup works for now but it's not really a good way of doing it, but it cost us nothing which is why we went that way. If we had all 240V gear we would have used that instead.
Bigrig's setup looks the go though! Bloody big towers haha hope you don't have neighbours.

[nissannewby]

Found this. Done a little reading and its what some guys are using for their audio demo cars.

http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView...y&form=KEYWORD

Yeah thats fair enough. I would have probably done the same if i had all the gear lying around rather then spend money

[Winnie]

40A would only power a pretty small setup, certainly not comp-spec. Stereo in my Patrol alone needs 100A

[lufkin]

40A would only power a pretty small setup, certainly not comp-spec. Stereo in my Patrol alone needs 100A

I used to do comps when I lived in Melbourne. Please share your setup. Would be interested to know If it truly needed 100 amps

[Winnie]

600W in speakers and a 500W sub. Works out to be a bit under 100A and I know the speakers aren't using that much power all the time (if ever) but as a general rule of thumb you need a power supply that can handle about 30% over what you're using it for.

I'd be interested in entering mine in a local sound comp. Not because I think I'd win, I'm just curious as to how much noise it's putting out.

Tappa tappa

[lufkin]

I just re read what I wrote and it sounds like I'm a dick lol. Wasn't intended that way I'm writing this in bed haha. Yeah some comps have a open event where you can enter for shits and giggles. Which most people do what you said. Out of curiosity

[Winnie]

There's a comp held at Autobarn down here every now and then. It's nothing formal, I'll go along next time though.

Tappa tappa

[nissannewby]

I dont think You would ever pull 100A as your alternator physically couldnt keep up even a 120A alternator would be pushing it even when the car is running. If you have a look on your amp there will be a overload and short protection fuse, what size are these? This will generally tell you the peak amps your amp will pull. And most of the time the fuse you put inline on the main feed cable is about 70A.