AC to DC Converter

[knightrider358]

Hey Guys,

Where and what kind of AC to DC converter should I get? Im going to do a car audio set up in my garage. I have a RF 200.4 4ch punch amp Im going to use to drive a 3 way setup. 2ch for mids and highs and 2ch bridged for sub duty. I have a spare 225CCA battery. RF says this amp needs a 30amp fuse I wont ever drive the amp to full output/draw so I was thinking a 20A converter should do.

Ive never done a "DC"setup off ac suply, so I kinda need some direction here guys.

Any suggestions would be great!

Thanks

[vwdude]

You'd need a DC power supply. They are rated by current draw, so figure out what current you will be running and get one that matches. I havnt done this much and I'm sure some others will chime in, but you can also add a DC battery to help buffer it a bit.

So aside from the amp, are you going to run a car head unit or a home preamp or an iPod?

[trickyricky]

If its for music and strictly listening to music, then you will either want a very silent power supply (other wise you will have to place it in another area and run 4g wires to your amplifier rack). I would say a 50amp power supply should be plenty if your just going to listen to music....NOT for checking total output of an amp.

Meters are nice, so if it has a volt and amperage meter than add points to those PS when choosing.

From what I've heard the Astron are pretty silent.

[Weaklink]

We used one like the shop on our test bench hooked to a battery.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/121394071752

[trickyricky]

We used one like the shop on our test bench hooked to a battery.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/121394071752

Thats one sexy beast....if it was double the output and same price I would be all over it.

[Weaklink]

Yep they are not cheap.

[knightrider358]

That seems a lil pricey for me weak, im not gonna do any bench testing, itll b primarily for listening to music while im in the garage and some small testing when needing to check used amps i get. Theres on on the bay for like $200 i think ill copy a link later and see what yall think.

Like i said in my op itll be to power a rf 4 ch amp that draws 30a peak. I might have playing around 15a draw at most so.

Any other suggestions?

[trickyricky]

Astron has some smaller ones as well.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ASTRON-POWER-SU ... 1c43b2a8cb This one is brand new its 25a continuous and 30a peak.

[knightrider358]

Thats more like what i could use, thanks ricky

[Drock]

I use kinetic power supplies and batteries together. Works very well. So far it's worked well for everything I've thrown at it.



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[knightrider358]

Ive seen that before drock, thats a rediculous setup, ill look into those kinetic power supplies

[Drock]

They cost me about $325 ea. but they've been going solid for about 2years now. At 80amps, they keep my batts at 13.7v.


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