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Is it possible that I could run a car amplifier on AC power in my home? If so, how could I do that?
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it depends on how many amps the amplifier runs on. most amplifiers have a fuse or 2 or 3 or 4 in them that have a number written on them. (small verticle colored blade fuses) add them up. if your amp has a total of less than 35 amps you can usually run them with a good PC power supply costing about $50. if its more than that its tough. you can try mulitple PC power supplies or capacitors and car batteries and stuff like that but it always ends up having drawbacks and costing alot and being dangerous.
How many amps are the fuses on your amplifier?
My amp has 3 fuses, each 25 amps, so 75 amps.
Answer75 amps is kinda too much to run with power supplies. The amount of cash you'd spend on building a supply capable of continuously supplying 75 amps would be more than you would spend on a good home theater amplifier. you could try getting 2 of the 35 amp units in parallel which would give you 70 amps but the surge current and such may still be a problem. Put it this way, these units:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=90517
are $60 each and you really need a MINIMUM of 2 so there's $120 plus Shipping and handling, and then you're really going to need a capacitor at about a minimum of $60 more. so you're going to spend $200 for a power supply that might have a chance at supporting this amp. for $300 you can get the almighty Behringer EP2500 amp. seen here:
http://www.zzounds.com/item--BEHEP2500
This thing cranks out 2400 watts peak and runs off standard house current so you just plug it in.
Trust me I've tried and although it's possible to run these amps inside, it's not echinomical or practical.
