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| 0 gauge car amplifier wiring kit |
An car amplifier is used to power an car subwoofer or car speaker. When looking to purchase an car amplifier, it is important that you match up the rms rating and ignore the max or peak power ratings as they are not realistic. The true RMS of an car amplifier is the actual wattage. This is why you often see car amplifiers with 5000 watts printed on them, but sound like 200 watts. Max and peak power ratings are generally used to market the product so people buy it when they see it in the car audio shop window. There are many different ways that you can gain more power out of your car amplifier, without actually upgrading it. It takes power to make power, let me go through this with you.
Electrical. An car amplifier only makes it full power at 14.4 volts, when the voltage goes below this the watts power will be reduced. The voltage will drop without question on an standard car battery and alternator. Upgrade the stock car battery to an deep cycle one and upgrade the alternator to one that produces more amps. You can also do the big3 upgrade which is upgrading all the electrical wiring between the alternator and battery to gain more power. You can also try using an power capacitor, although these aren't much of an effective solution to getting more bass, compared to an proper expensive car audio battery. Also make sure that you are using 0 gauge wiring even if your car amplifier doesn't need it, thicker the better as more electricity can flow to the car amplifier easily. If your headlights are dimming at night, your cars electrical system is suffering from voltage drop and your car amplifier won't be producing the full power.
Ohms. Most car amplifiers will have different wiring configuration setup. The lower the electrical resistance the more power the car amplifier will produce. For example, 4 ohms 300 rms and at 2 ohms 500 rms. The 2 ohms is more power because of the less electrical system. Depending on how many subwoofers you have and if they are dual or single voice coil, you will need to find an ohm wiring diagram for your type of subs online to wire them to the lowest ohm your car amplifier can handle. To find out this information, you can find the spec sheet of the car amp in the user manual either online or the booklet provided in the box if you still have this. Bridging an car amplifier can also bring more power out of your car amplifier because you are adding up both channel to make one whole output.
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