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amp and ohms

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i got a BL 18 with dual 1s and might be getting a sundown sax-1200D so do you think running it at .35 ohms is safe?

It is not safe at all on a stock electrical.. And that's Dcr... Your actual impedance is 1 ohm. You will have to run it at 2 ohms or void the sundowns' warranty. You should look into a kicker zx1500 since it does 1500 watts at 2 ohms for a resonable price. If you have sufficient electrical you could run it half an ohm, but I don't know how the 1200's handle half ohm loads. Youll be Better off with the kicker amp

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It is not safe at all on a stock electrical.. And that's Dcr... Your actual impedance is 1 ohm. You will have to run it at 2 ohms or void the sundowns' warranty. You should look into a kicker zx1500 since it does 1500 watts at 2 ohms for a resonable price. If you have sufficient electrical you could run it half an ohm, but I don't know how the 1200's handle half ohm loads. Youll be Better off with the kicker amp

well i have the big 3 upgrade with all 0 ga and when i get the new amp ill be replacing my 4 ga that i have running to my amp in the trunk with all 0 ga

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It is not safe at all on a stock electrical.. And that's Dcr... Your actual impedance is 1 ohm. You will have to run it at 2 ohms or void the sundowns' warranty. You should look into a kicker zx1500 since it does 1500 watts at 2 ohms for a resonable price. If you have sufficient electrical you could run it half an ohm, but I don't know how the 1200's handle half ohm loads. Youll be Better off with the kicker amp

but do you think i should go with a sundown sax-1200D, saz-1500D or maybe even a audioque 2200D?

It is not safe at all on a stock electrical.. And that's Dcr... Your actual impedance is 1 ohm. You will have to run it at 2 ohms or void the sundowns' warranty. You should look into a kicker zx1500 since it does 1500 watts at 2 ohms for a resonable price. If you have sufficient electrical you could run it half an ohm, but I don't know how the 1200's handle half ohm loads. Youll be Better off with the kicker amp

well i have the big 3 upgrade with all 0 ga and when i get the new amp ill be replacing my 4 ga that i have running to my amp in the trunk with all 0 ga

The big 3 helps the flow of power from A to B, it doesn't however add power. So you still have a stock electrical.

Due to your drivers dcr, you can either wire it to 0.5 or 2ohms. 0.5 is a bad choice unless you know what your doing, and you clearly do not or you wouldn't be asking.

I'm assuming this is your daily vehicle, playing music, etc. So your gonna want to wire it to 2ohms. As several have stated, look for an amp that makes 1000-1500watts at 2ohms. If you do get the kicker zx1500, your going to need an inline ssf (check out fmods).

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It is not safe at all on a stock electrical.. And that's Dcr... Your actual impedance is 1 ohm. You will have to run it at 2 ohms or void the sundowns' warranty. You should look into a kicker zx1500 since it does 1500 watts at 2 ohms for a resonable price. If you have sufficient electrical you could run it half an ohm, but I don't know how the 1200's handle half ohm loads. Youll be Better off with the kicker amp

well i have the big 3 upgrade with all 0 ga and when i get the new amp ill be replacing my 4 ga that i have running to my amp in the trunk with all 0 ga

The big 3 helps the flow of power from A to B, it doesn't however add power. So you still have a stock electrical.

Due to your drivers dcr, you can either wire it to 0.5 or 2ohms. 0.5 is a bad choice unless you know what your doing, and you clearly do not or you wouldn't be asking.

I'm assuming this is your daily vehicle, playing music, etc. So your gonna want to wire it to 2ohms. As several have stated, look for an amp that makes 1000-1500watts at 2ohms. If you do get the kicker zx1500, your going to need an inline ssf (check out fmods).

alright yeah ill consider getting that kicker its a pretty reasonable price but are there any other good brands of amps thatll fit my situation like Rockford or hifonics?

Buy four 16V batts and two aftermarket alts with a MLA or other VCM capable of boosting alt performance up to 15.8V minimum and then you have a shot. Sundown used to warranty their amps down as they assumed ppl knew what they were doing until they realized ppl were running them at 12V on stock everything. You gotta know what ur doing, and don't stretch it if you can't afford to constantly buy new amps and woofers. Just find a happy medium, and be happy you can save some moolah

It is not safe at all on a stock electrical.. And that's Dcr... Your actual impedance is 1 ohm. You will have to run it at 2 ohms or void the sundowns' warranty. You should look into a kicker zx1500 since it does 1500 watts at 2 ohms for a resonable price. If you have sufficient electrical you could run it half an ohm, but I don't know how the 1200's handle half ohm loads. Youll be Better off with the kicker amp

well i have the big 3 upgrade with all 0 ga and when i get the new amp ill be replacing my 4 ga that i have running to my amp in the trunk with all 0 ga

The big 3 helps the flow of power from A to B, it doesn't however add power. So you still have a stock electrical.

Due to your drivers dcr, you can either wire it to 0.5 or 2ohms. 0.5 is a bad choice unless you know what your doing, and you clearly do not or you wouldn't be asking.

I'm assuming this is your daily vehicle, playing music, etc. So your gonna want to wire it to 2ohms. As several have stated, look for an amp that makes 1000-1500watts at 2ohms. If you do get the kicker zx1500, your going to need an inline ssf (check out fmods).

alright yeah ill consider getting that kicker its a pretty reasonable price but are there any other good brands of amps thatll fit my situation like Rockford or hifonics?

Buy an MB Quart dsc2000.1 and run it at 2 ohms for a cheap ($300) clean grand worth of watts. I've installed over a dozen of these amps, they work just fine with great THD and a 1000 watts+ verified. I'm sure I got one laying around I've clamped them before and gotten over 1000 even at the 50 Hz range, ill go clamp one tomorrow at work and post the pic if you want proof.

Or buy two reasonable (500-1000 watt) amps and strap em for that power/impedance combo

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It is not safe at all on a stock electrical.. And that's Dcr... Your actual impedance is 1 ohm. You will have to run it at 2 ohms or void the sundowns' warranty. You should look into a kicker zx1500 since it does 1500 watts at 2 ohms for a resonable price. If you have sufficient electrical you could run it half an ohm, but I don't know how the 1200's handle half ohm loads. Youll be Better off with the kicker amp

well i have the big 3 upgrade with all 0 ga and when i get the new amp ill be replacing my 4 ga that i have running to my amp in the trunk with all 0 ga

The big 3 helps the flow of power from A to B, it doesn't however add power. So you still have a stock electrical.

Due to your drivers dcr, you can either wire it to 0.5 or 2ohms. 0.5 is a bad choice unless you know what your doing, and you clearly do not or you wouldn't be asking.

I'm assuming this is your daily vehicle, playing music, etc. So your gonna want to wire it to 2ohms. As several have stated, look for an amp that makes 1000-1500watts at 2ohms. If you do get the kicker zx1500, your going to need an inline ssf (check out fmods).

alright yeah ill consider getting that kicker its a pretty reasonable price but are there any other good brands of amps thatll fit my situation like Rockford or hifonics?

Buy an MB Quart dsc2000.1 and run it at 2 ohms for a cheap ($300) clean grand worth of watts. I've installed over a dozen of these amps, they work just fine with great THD and a 1000 watts+ verified. I'm sure I got one laying around I've clamped them before and gotten over 1000 even at the 50 Hz range, ill go clamp one tomorrow at work and post the pic if you want proof.

Or buy two reasonable (500-1000 watt) amps and strap em for that power/impedance combo

alright ill check that out but how big of an alt would should i look into?

Biggest you can afford! Voltage drop is the enemy; for the sake of the longevity of your amplifier and speakers the more charging power/reserve power you have the better.

Ohms make teh deebeez

:roflmao:

Buy four 16V batts and two aftermarket alts with a MLA or other VCM capable of boosting alt performance up to 15.8V minimum and then you have a shot. Sundown used to warranty their amps down as they assumed ppl knew what they were doing until they realized ppl were running them at 12V on stock everything. You gotta know what ur doing, and don't stretch it if you can't afford to constantly buy new amps and woofers. Just find a happy medium, and be happy you can save some moolah

Shit, I ran mine on 12v at .4ohm and I'm doing the same with my db Drive's now.

Buy four 16V batts and two aftermarket alts with a MLA or other VCM capable of boosting alt performance up to 15.8V minimum and then you have a shot. Sundown used to warranty their amps down as they assumed ppl knew what they were doing until they realized ppl were running them at 12V on stock everything. You gotta know what ur doing, and don't stretch it if you can't afford to constantly buy new amps and woofers. Just find a happy medium, and be happy you can save some moolah

Shit, I ran mine on 12v at .4ohm and I'm doing the same with my db Drive's now.

Yea I exaggerated a bit, mostly for the point that he would only be spending more money for electrical support. I try to encourage ppl to try and work within their reasonable limits, but its ultimately not my choice to make I know

Buy four 16V batts and two aftermarket alts with a MLA or other VCM capable of boosting alt performance up to 15.8V minimum and then you have a shot. Sundown used to warranty their amps down as they assumed ppl knew what they were doing until they realized ppl were running them at 12V on stock everything. You gotta know what ur doing, and don't stretch it if you can't afford to constantly buy new amps and woofers. Just find a happy medium, and be happy you can save some moolah

so much wrong with this.

Nothing wrong with overkill, especially with an electrical system.

Nothing wrong with overkill, especially with an electrical system.

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more electricity = :morepower1:

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