Alright, I know this sounds like a crazy idea, it is even to me, but my friend is going to install his 10" velodyne ported sub in his car. my question is what type of power inverter would be needed? im not sure how much current it draws, i think its a 350 watt model (cht-10). is this possible?

i know it sounds kind of stupid, but he's set on doing it. anyone have any ideas or comments? anyone done this before?

 

Yes, that's dumb.

But if he's set on doing it, don't get a power inverter. You wouldn't want 30A coming from your cigarette lighter so he'd have to hardwire it. It's far better/cheaper to buy a subwoofer amp and connect it directly to the sub, bypassing the internal amplifier.

 

Gaaaahetttooooo...

 

There's no right way to do something stupid...

 

 

Well i agree but with everyone about the stupidity of it, but if he insists on it, please take some pics it would be interesting to see it when its done

 

anyone with any helpful input? lol do you guys think a power inverter could handle it? i would imagine that the draw from the sub would be constantly fluctuating and that the inverter wouldnt be able to handle it.

 

You can buy 1000w inverters but again, you'd have to hardwire it. The output quality of inverters is pretty crappy compared to the AC in your house.

 

I can almost bet there will be some audible noise when he is finished hooking his geto rigged system up. chances are the inverter he uses is not a pure sine wave inverter ( I am guessing this because he is cheep enough to halfass his system like this and would not dish out the money for a pure sine wave inverter). because I am sure he will use a modified sin wave inverter he may have problems right off the bat. modified sin wave inverter I always wind up making some noise.

 

hoodrich