It was requested of me to explain how to power a normal car amp with an ATX power supply to test, or to use in your home. So below i have taken pictures, and explained how to do so...
First off, here's a picture of my power supply specs, its just a cheapo psu i keep around for testing, yet its one i can always count on to work. First off you want to make damn sure your voltages are good, you dont want to fry your brand new amp... FYI: you don't need an amazing psu to be able to test the average amp, i used this psu to power an alpine 280 watt psu and it powered dual 5 1/4 speakers and a 10" sub just fine.
Next you want to locate your REM cable or remote on cable, this is almost always a green wire, that is always located on the 20/24 pin motherboard power connector. NOTE: there will only be one of these green wires. If you plan on using this power supply again for a computer or whatever, simply cut this green wire at about half length so you can easily attach it again after testing your amp. FYI: This green cable turns the power supply on and off, when the ground circuit is completed to this wire, it turns the power supply on.
This first picture is showing the green cable separated from all other cables.
After locating this green REM cable, you need to strip the end...
Follow this thread to the next post below...
First off, here's a picture of my power supply specs, its just a cheapo psu i keep around for testing, yet its one i can always count on to work. First off you want to make damn sure your voltages are good, you dont want to fry your brand new amp... FYI: you don't need an amazing psu to be able to test the average amp, i used this psu to power an alpine 280 watt psu and it powered dual 5 1/4 speakers and a 10" sub just fine.
Next you want to locate your REM cable or remote on cable, this is almost always a green wire, that is always located on the 20/24 pin motherboard power connector. NOTE: there will only be one of these green wires. If you plan on using this power supply again for a computer or whatever, simply cut this green wire at about half length so you can easily attach it again after testing your amp. FYI: This green cable turns the power supply on and off, when the ground circuit is completed to this wire, it turns the power supply on.
This first picture is showing the green cable separated from all other cables.
After locating this green REM cable, you need to strip the end...
Follow this thread to the next post below...