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FreddieS

Posted 28/12/2011 2:59 PM (#641375 - in reply to #606380)
Subject: RE: How many watts in your boot?

Elf eating dog breeder

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5000

Location: Guildford

1200w, no loss of boot space.

Kirky114

Posted 18/4/2012 4:52 PM (#657869 - in reply to #606380)
Subject: RE: How many watts in your boot?

Regular

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Location: Tamworth, Fazeley

About 1050w, an edge 10 inch active sub which i got for 35 quid and two mutant 6x9's that came with the car

marshie

Posted 18/4/2012 7:14 PM (#657897 - in reply to #606380)
Subject: RE: How many watts in your boot?

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Location: basingstoke

however much boot light draws

tommib

Posted 18/4/2012 7:33 PM (#657902 - in reply to #606380)
Subject: RE: How many watts in your boot?

Expert

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Location: barnsley,south yorkshire / www.djtommib.co.uk

1200w sony xplod sub 300w sony xplod 6x9s 2x amps 1.5 farad powercap.0 gauge amp wiring sony xplod headuni

Miller

Posted 19/4/2012 8:28 AM (#657998 - in reply to #657902)
Subject: RE: How many watts in your boot?

ADMIN

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Location: Chesterfield ish kinda sort of

tommib - 18/4/2012 7:33 PM

1200w sony xplod sub 300w sony xplod 6x9s 2x amps 1.5 farad powercap.0 gauge amp wiring sony xplod headuni

plenty for playing your Barry Manilow tapes lmao

tommib

Posted 19/4/2012 3:52 PM (#658060 - in reply to #606380)
Subject: RE: How many watts in your boot?

Expert

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Location: barnsley,south yorkshire / www.djtommib.co.uk

Or barbie girl and sclub 7

Jack of Hearts

Posted 19/4/2012 4:55 PM (#658067 - in reply to #606380)
Subject: RE: How many watts in your boot?

Track Slag

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Location: Washington

Ahhhh that was you chaving up the pol meet......

All makes sence now

MetroMuppet

Posted 25/4/2012 1:13 PM (#659092 - in reply to #606380)
Subject: RE: How many watts in your boot?

Elite Veteran

Posts: 646
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Location: Chester

Updated Setup!

Subwoofers are running at 800W RMS each and Max 1500W
Speakers are running at 100W RMS each (x8)
Stick a beer bottle on the sunroof and it will smash.

Miller

Posted 25/4/2012 2:13 PM (#659115 - in reply to #659092)
Subject: RE: How many watts in your boot?

ADMIN

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MetroMuppet - 25/4/2012 1:13 PM

Updated Setup!

Subwoofers are running at 800W RMS each and Max 1500W
Speakers are running at 100W RMS each (x8)
Stick a beer bottle on the sunroof and it will smash.

Lets hope the sunroof doesn't

MetroMuppet

Posted 25/4/2012 4:07 PM (#659145 - in reply to #659115)
Subject: RE: How many watts in your boot?

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Miller - 24/4/2012 10:13 PM

MetroMuppet - 25/4/2012 1:13 PM

Updated Setup!

Subwoofers are running at 800W RMS each and Max 1500W
Speakers are running at 100W RMS each (x8)
Stick a beer bottle on the sunroof and it will smash.

Lets hope the sunroof doesn't

Haha, yeah well, it drops my rear windows down, makes ALL my mirrors change position and changes the mielage on my odometer. BUT its a lot of fun setting off car alarms, im up to about 17 now including flattening my store managers car battery so he had to stay and wait for recovery to get him. TAKE THAT!!

tommib

Posted 25/4/2012 7:47 PM (#659191 - in reply to #658067)
Subject: RE: How many watts in your boot?

Expert

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Jack of Hearts - 19/4/2012 4:55 PM

Ahhhh that was you chaving up the pol meet......

All makes sence now

indeed lol.didnt know who to speak to lol cos i didnt know who was who.. i saw a few others with there system on so i thought sod il stick mine on as well lol.i had the black bench hoodie on

jeckulz

Posted 27/4/2012 8:15 AM (#659459 - in reply to #606380)
Subject: RE: How many watts in your boot?

Big Lad Little Car

5000

Location: North West (Warrington)

To all you folks quoting your outrageous power figures, please read the continuous power part of this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_power

And also power caps....... Why?
There's no need unless youre pulling a continuous 1000w or so. If youre worried about your battery, put a better one in with a better alty.
This is usually a cheaper and less space consuming option than a power cap that will make any tangible difference (assuming you are, infact, pulling 1000w continuous).

I thought these myths had been dispelled

tommib

Posted 27/4/2012 1:15 PM (#659479 - in reply to #606380)
Subject: RE: How many watts in your boot?

Expert

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Location: barnsley,south yorkshire / www.djtommib.co.uk

Doesnt look like a bomb in the boot though lol ive got mine for the looks and also acts as a in line tester so i know alternator and batt are good working order

Gas

Posted 13/5/2012 4:58 AM (#662057 - in reply to #606380)
Subject: RE: How many watts in your boot?

New user

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Location: Athens

Alpine source cde9882ri(cd doesnt play),alpine v12 4x165,kicker 1x250,signum 10"...Used 80 euros from some old guy, very happy with it for now until fix my door panels

wana_metro_gti

Posted 14/5/2012 12:39 AM (#662126 - in reply to #606380)
Subject: RE: How many watts in your boot?

if its got tits or tyres then its gonna be trouble!

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Location: flat out in the 160'd r100

Tommy why do you have a power cap for one sony sub? :/ ive put a vibe black air 10" into the saxo today purely for the fact of less weight the better. ill get a pic taken tomorrow and throw it up! My metro will have nothing but good front components and potentially 6x9s in the rear quarters. other than that the saxo will be the whip if you wana listen to some tunes

Smutmeister

Posted 15/5/2012 7:52 PM (#662388 - in reply to #606380)
Subject: RE: How many watts in your boot?

Member

Posts: 50

Location: Truro, Cornwall

How many watts?

None.
Just not interested in music.

Ian (Miserable Old Git)

tommib

Posted 16/5/2012 12:10 AM (#662448 - in reply to #606380)
Subject: RE: How many watts in your boot?

Expert

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Location: barnsley,south yorkshire / www.djtommib.co.uk

I have power cap as 2 amps drain battery fairly quick plus i have an underpowred battery as its a 1..8 vvc and still on standard battery and alternator i got the powercap with the sub and amp so didnt cost me any extra so fitted that cos i had it already sat here.its a capacitor that holds extra charge so rather like having a backup battery does come in handy when all the locks are electronic you cant get in my car with keys only the fob i have at some point got to sort an emergancie entry system otherwise it will mean busting a window to get in lol

wana_metro_gti

Posted 20/5/2012 5:29 PM (#663073 - in reply to #606380)
Subject: RE: How many watts in your boot?

if its got tits or tyres then its gonna be trouble!

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Location: flat out in the 160'd r100

LOL thats fair enough lol

scarfey

Posted 20/5/2012 5:54 PM (#663078 - in reply to #662388)
Subject: RE: How many watts in your boot?

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Smutmeister - 15/5/2012 7:52 PM

How many watts?

None.
Just not interested in music.

Ian (Miserable Old Git)

LOL. You Cornish folk...

Smutmeister

Posted 20/5/2012 9:20 PM (#663097 - in reply to #606380)
Subject: RE: How many watts in your boot?

Member

Posts: 50

Location: Truro, Cornwall

Hoping this might go in the boot....

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=372156949509529&set=a.113143495410877.15334.100001456822183&type=1&ref=nf

jeckulz

Posted 21/5/2012 10:58 PM (#663300 - in reply to #662448)
Subject: RE: How many watts in your boot?

Big Lad Little Car

5000

Location: North West (Warrington)

tommib - 16/5/2012 6:10 AM

I have power cap as 2 amps drain battery fairly quick plus i have an underpowred battery as its a 1..8 vvc and still on standard battery and alternator i got the powercap with the sub and amp so didnt cost me any extra so fitted that cos i had it already sat here.its a capacitor that holds extra charge so rather like having a backup battery does come in handy when all the locks are electronic you cant get in my car with keys only the fob i have at some point got to sort an emergancie entry system otherwise it will mean busting a window to get in lol

Sorry man, but youre talking absolute cow waste.
Capacitors aren't intended or even designed to "hold extra charge", that just isn't what they do.
What they are for is to prevent your amps (and in turn the drivers that they power) from crapping out when there is a voltage peak (for instance, a heavy bass drum note or prolonged wob-wob on a sub).
Their purpose is to maintain output strength, and therefore sound quality regardless of the demands a particular music track may make.

If your audio amps are draining your battery, then you need a red or yellow top (or another battery with a decent figure for cranking amps), thats the long and short of it.
A capacitor WILL NOT save you from battery death in maccies carpark with your engine switched off and your sub up on full gain.

In short, Capacitor does not = Battery.

tommib

Posted 22/5/2012 7:28 PM (#663413 - in reply to #606380)
Subject: RE: How many watts in your boot?

Expert

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Oh ok i thought that a capacitor holds charge as it does on electrical components that is what they are designed for to hold power and release. If what you are saying is true then why is it called a "capacitor" surely that would be the wrong name for it... Any how doubles up as a nice in line tester so im not really bothered.

jeckulz

Posted 22/5/2012 10:19 PM (#663442 - in reply to #606380)
Subject: RE: How many watts in your boot?

Big Lad Little Car

5000

Location: North West (Warrington)

tommib - 23/5/2012 1:28 AM

Oh ok i thought that a capacitor holds charge as it does on electrical components that is what they are designed for to hold power and release. If what you are saying is true then why is it called a "capacitor" surely that would be the wrong name for it... Any how doubles up as a nice in line tester so im not really bothered.

Yeah, but not like a second battery or a HO battery/red or yellow top. Theyre like an emergency resevoir of current.
But if youre drawing enough juice to ACTUALLY NEED a cap, your alty and battery would have kicked the bucket by now.

If youre an electronics nerd...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor

Also, read 2.6 of this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_audio#Capacitors

And these weren't hard to find
http://www.caraudio.com/forums/wiring-electrical-installation-help/426247-capacitor-worth.html
http://www.ecoustics.com/electronics/forum/car-audio/409374.html

Don't mean to piss on your chips mate, but you might as well have a lava lamp in there as line tester for all the goo a cap does.
Or better yet, an actual solution... An actual voltage meter (yeah they exist too).

Edited by jeckulz 22/5/2012 10:22 PM

tommib

Posted 22/5/2012 10:27 PM (#663443 - in reply to #606380)
Subject: RE: How many watts in your boot?

Expert

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