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by ridr4lif » Tue Apr 19, 2005 7:52 pm

Intersting Kiki.

Ive never heard that before.

Ill have to keep that in mind when designing my next system :thumbsup
(like that will ever happen)

TEDD

by GlassWolf » Tue Apr 19, 2005 7:51 pm

no amp for the front stage or rear fill?
that system is going to be severely mismatched for power. the bass will overpower any vocals or treble. you generally want two thirds of your power for subs and a third for mids/highs.. as a rule of thumb.
always exceptions. I've had more power to front stage than subs before in systems, but usually you want that 2/3 split.
that means if you're going to give the sub)s_ 700 or so watts, you'll want around 300 watts for the rest of the system to balance it out.

by Harrison486 » Tue Apr 19, 2005 7:47 pm

KikiTheCat wrote:nd if you're going to run more than that brutus now or later, just run 1/0AWG cable now and save the hassle later.
split to 4ga at the amp with a fused d-block and use 4ga for ground.
Im going to be using just the brutus and nothing more

by GlassWolf » Tue Apr 19, 2005 7:40 pm

and if you're going to run more than that brutus now or later, just run 1/0AWG cable now and save the hassle later.
split to 4ga at the amp with a fused d-block and use 4ga for ground.

by GlassWolf » Tue Apr 19, 2005 7:38 pm

you need a non inductive resistive dummy load. you can make your own with an old hair drier if you're in a pinch.
the heating coil just has to be taken out of the device, and unwound.. then measured and attached to a heat spreader. that'll serve the purpose.

by ridr4lif » Tue Apr 19, 2005 5:53 pm

If you think you might be running a larger amp later on, then run a bigger wire now.

As for the specs on your BX1000D, email them. Im sure they have the specs in a file somewhere and be more than happy to email them to ya.

TEDD

by Harrison486 » Tue Apr 19, 2005 5:48 pm

ridr4lif wrote:For real specs i might check out hifonics site...whatever it may be or send them an email.

4 gauge wire should be fine for that amp.

TEDD
The new hifonics site only has their new line specs not the older ones...

Will 4 gauge be okay even if I upgrade to another amp for a 1 ohm load...

by nist7 » Tue Apr 19, 2005 5:06 pm

I see how it is. Super-tough resistors that can take the heat!

Anyways, I think it's probably ok to wire up a series of smaller resistors. The final resistance would still be the same and the power dissipation would be shared amongst the resistors rather than having one resistor take it all.

But I'm not so sure though. Maybe KiKi can jump in to verify this....

by William from NOLA » Tue Apr 19, 2005 4:54 pm

Yea, they just cost a lot for high power handling. The typical resistor in a circuit doesn't really need a huge power rating (most of the time).

Maybe you could rig up a series circuit with several smaller resistors, no?

by nist7 » Tue Apr 19, 2005 4:51 pm

hmmm, are dummy loads just resistors?

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