Speaker Wire

Discussion in 'General Car Audio Discussions' started by electrolytic, Feb 12, 2007.

  1. aznboi3644

    aznboi3644 Full Member

    225 rms to each channel should be 30 volts at 4 ohm load to each channel
     
  2. electrolytic

    electrolytic Full Member

    cool:D

    Orion XTR 900.2 Power Ratings
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    225 x 2 watts @ 4 ohms RMS
    450 x 2 watts @ 2 ohms RMS
    900 x 1 watts @ 4 ohms RMS
     
  3. electrolytic

    electrolytic Full Member

    Can that site be any slower lol, looks like they are using dial up!!! 1.51 kb/s
     
  4. electrolytic

    electrolytic Full Member

    ugh, sorry for all the questions, should i measure the voltage with the sine wave playing or music playing
     
  5. pedro quiroga

    pedro quiroga Well-Known Member

    no. the wave.music would just bounce the voltage up and down.
    i did a voltage check on my M50 some time back with a 50hz tone and got 39.3 volts.at 2 ohms mono.my sub actually read 2.1 ohms.so anyways with azn's help i figured it to 735 watts.
    not bad from an amp rated at 50x2 or 245x1 mono 4ohms.
    on a side note when i turned the gain up some more(it's at 1/4 now)it really peaked at 43 volts but i backed it off.was WAY TOO much,and that was just over 1/2.(figured it at 880 watts)

    i wonder what it will do at full gain?and that amp is tiny compaired to it's big brother the M100.it's rated to put out 500x1.what do you think that thing can do?http://www.soundbuggy.com/Eric/Car Audio/phoenix_gold/m_series/m100/index.html
     
    Last edited: Feb 16, 2007
  6. electrolytic

    electrolytic Full Member

    cool, those look like nice amps.

    I just went out for a coffee and brought my meter out with me, the music playing at the level i usually listen to it jumps up and down but the highest ac voltage is between 35 to 40 volts, i turned it a bit louder than i usually would put it just to see the difference and it hit 45 volts per channel.

    I didn't get a chance to burn the cd with the sine wave yet.
     
  7. pedro quiroga

    pedro quiroga Well-Known Member

  8. electrolytic

    electrolytic Full Member

    holy crap lol, my poor speakers lol,my poor car....no wonder the lights are flickering
     
  9. pedro quiroga

    pedro quiroga Well-Known Member

    do you know the way to calculate the wattage?
     
  10. electrolytic

    electrolytic Full Member

    I guess i better back off the gains a bit on the amp.
     
  11. electrolytic

    electrolytic Full Member

    no, you have a formula?
     
  12. pedro quiroga

    pedro quiroga Well-Known Member

    ya.azn told me square the voltage,then divide the ohm load.
    mine was 39.3voltsx39.3=1544.49.then divided by 2.1 ohms=735.47 watts
     
  13. pedro quiroga

    pedro quiroga Well-Known Member

    at 45 volts yours was 506.25.per channel!!!!wow
     
  14. pedro quiroga

    pedro quiroga Well-Known Member

    was that at 4 or 2 ohms?
     
  15. electrolytic

    electrolytic Full Member

    4 ohm stereo
     
  16. electrolytic

    electrolytic Full Member

    lol, that's a little nuts...I was wondering how this amp was kicking so hard and was only supposed to be half power according to the specs.
     
  17. pedro quiroga

    pedro quiroga Well-Known Member

    oh snap!that thing will do at least 1500 then at 4 ohm mono.
     
  18. pedro quiroga

    pedro quiroga Well-Known Member

    **** then wire it to 8 ohm mono and you will still be pushing a ton of power.that way the amp will only work half as hard and not burn up too fast.
     
  19. pedro quiroga

    pedro quiroga Well-Known Member

    oh i have an idea.wire your 2 subs to one channel as a 2 ohm stereo load.then measure its voltage.then do the other channel.that way you can figure out it's true 4 ohm mono power out.
    if anything it will keep you busy.lol
     
  20. electrolytic

    electrolytic Full Member

    I'm not going to mess with it, will wait until i get a single 15" That's pretty sweet though, now it makes sense. Will back off the gains tommorow.