Put a car audio system into a house

[radguy]

How could i put a car sound system into my house? i kno it sounds dumb but ive really been wondering.....

[CRX-R]

Real easy, just get a power inverter. build a board like they have at Soundsaround and put your stuff in it.. or just lay it on the floor... ghetto style :thumbsup:

[Ben]

Where do you get those power inverters?

[theken]

canadian tire has them, 12v to 120 converters, they are like 50 bucks, but they won't handle too much power draw from them, u would be better off buying an expensive one, if u are actually serious about it

[CRX-R]

*Shurgging* I dunno, I'm just assuming they exist, I have a generator that puts out 120V and when I put the 'inverter' into the receptacle it changes it to 12V for the car.

[CRX-R]

Originally posted by theken
canadian tire has them, 12v to 120 converters, they are like 50 bucks, but they won't handle too much power draw from them, u would be better off buying an expensive one, if u are actually serious about it

Yeah, but we're talking about doing that only backwards, you'd want to run equiptment rated for 12V off of a 120V circuit

EDIT: but if you wanted to run your home stereo in your car.... :D

[theken]

i see

[theken]

i think he wants car audio in a house though

[ninspeed]

12v battery and an automatic battery charger will do the trick.. or if you can find a commerical battery charger that has enough power run it off that....

I use an old computer power supply to test decks and shit.. 200watts or so out of them (i know you can get bigger ones)

[CRX-R]

Originally posted by theken
i think he wants car audio in a house though

YES... that's what I'm sayin... the one's a canadian tire take your car's cigarette lighter and turn it into a 120V outlet, to put car audio into your home (without going through a million batteries) you'd have to convert the 120V coming out of the wall into a 12V power supply like the one in a car... CAR audio is built to run on a CAR's power supply.

[CRX-R]

Originally posted by ninspeed
I use an old computer power supply to test decks and shit.. 200watts or so out of them (i know you can get bigger ones)
That's a wicked idea, never thought of that before, I've got atleast 3 or 4 old power supplies hanging around.

[Zero102]

Yep, get an old AT style supply, 400W if you can, then you should get about 150-200W on the +12V wire. I use one to drive an amp and a rockford 12" in my closet (it's a walk in closet, with a desk in it), it works perfectly.

[hondarunner]

i've been thinking about this for a while to on how i could just hook up a cheap sub to ma stereo system. Something that only needs like 100 watts pwr.

[Zero102]

Well, that really depends on the stereo, whether you would require another amp, could bridge the channels, whatever.

[cubed]

Also depends if your home stereo will push 4ohms. Most are only 8ohms and most car audio is 4ohms or less. You can buy 8ohm subs though.

[///M3]

just go buy a 12v battery charger, and hook it up. its just converts the 120 to 12.
it will work, my friend has tried.

[cubed]

Beware though, most 12 volt chargers will not handle any serious amplifier power. Just ask my old charger:thumbsdow .

Make sure it can handle the amperage.

Simple rule, follow your stereo fuse. If your stereo is running on a 15 amp fuse then use a 15 amp power supply. If you got a large system that uses a 40 amp fuse, you need a 40 amp power supply.

I know where to get all these power supplies. From 3.5 amp to 40 amp.

PM me.

peace;)

[civiclvr]

i got a power inverter off ebay.. 120 - 12v and has a 40 amp surge.. but only cause my car is in pieces and i still wanted to use my stereo... it works but they can get expensive

[atomic]

go buy one at advanced components. and u want a transformer to reduce the current from 120 volts (20 amps) to 12 volts (x amps) . then you need one that converts AC to DC .

an invertor multiplies voltage and uses a pulse generator to simulate AC from DC

[soupey]

use a cap + a computer p/s, should be flawless:thumbsup: