Thread: Higher wattage amp?

In all my years around stereo's, I have never seen a sub blown from too much power. I think you will be fine.

As long as you aren't raising the average heat to the coil over a specific time frame you're ok. If your speaker design is able to cool the coil efficiently you're fine. What you should be worried about with more power is mechanical failure...i.e. exceeding excursion limits. Box calculators can help you figure that one out.

Short answer...it's not likely you'll damage anything. Only way to be certain is to start reading about speakers and box designs. Oh yeah...your gain. That's the other #1 cause for speaker failure. Try to dial it in correctly. Go to JL Audio's website look through technical to find out how to set your gains using a digital multimeter.

how about specs on the amp and subwoofer your using? and realistilay you will never see 1000watts with out the perfect electrical.

Originally Posted by jteske88

how about specs on the amp and subwoofer your using? and realistilay you will never see 1000watts with out the perfect electrical.

Very good point. Based on the specific amp, the ohm load how it is going to be wired, etc all come into play. It is very inlikely it will ever hit 1000 watts and vertainly not for an extended period of time.

thus i want some info, and if this amp has fuses let me know how many and rating of each, simple math will give you an idea of what it can actualy produce.