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Thread: Question on hooking everything up |
    
New member Username: Yamahaboy
Orland Park,
Illinois
USA
Post Number: 6
Registered: Jul-04
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| Posted on Monday, August 02, 2004 - 01:16 am: |
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Hey everyon, Im really new to car audio but, I've been in home theater audio for a while. My uncle and I are going to put four speakers and a subwoofer in our golf cart (lol dont laugh....its for the race track and were there all the time) and our golf cart has a battory allready. My question is, how exactly do I hook everything up. The sub were going to get is a Alpine 10" 900 watt, And the amp is a Bazooka 500 watt mono amp(ela 3001) The head unit is going to be a pioneer 50 watt (Pio deh1600) by the way the amp can go down to 2 ohms but the sub is only rated to 4ohms. Is it allright if we keep the amp on 2 ohms? thanks alot...and stop laughin lol
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Bronze Member Username: Zbruski
Post Number: 51
Registered: Jun-04
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| Posted on Monday, August 02, 2004 - 03:02 am: |
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I am not sure how big your battery is but that seems like a lot of electrical demand from a little cart battery...all high power car stereos need good alternators in our vehicles to supply constant power. I would think you would kill the battery if you tried to listen to anything too long (like an entire CD at a decent volume). |
New member Username: Yamahaboy
Orland Park,
Illinois
USA
Post Number: 7
Registered: Jul-04
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| Posted on Monday, August 02, 2004 - 11:51 am: |
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the battery is a normal car size and it does have a alternator. It's a gas cart so it's not running off the battery. |
Bronze Member Username: Xgrizzlyx
Post Number: 31
Registered: Jul-04
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| Posted on Monday, August 02, 2004 - 01:23 pm: |
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well if the sub is 4 ohm i would make sure( if the amp does have a switch from 4 ohm to 2ohm) to be 4 ohm. It's always a safe bet to keep the numbers the same, otherwise you may overheat, over power and damage your equipment.
In a Golf cart Sweet LOL  |
Bronze Member Username: Jeremyc
Kunsan Afb
South Korea
Post Number: 11
Registered: Jun-04
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| Posted on Sunday, August 08, 2004 - 04:07 pm: |
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I grew up at a dirt track so I feel your pain with the golf cart. However I can tell you the alternator is not enough to push that big of a system. So if you do this full thing be prepared to replace the alternator. As for the amp it will not run in 2ohm mode with a 4ohm load. So make sure (if there is a switch) that it is set to 4 ohms |
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