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blind34_1 · 05-31-2002, 05:53 PM

Heres one for you brandon:
I'm one of those kids that wired those 10 dollar red LED strips to his center console. I have it wired into a DPDT so my options are
steady on, off, pulse with amp output.

My question is, when the amp starts pumping a lot of juice, not only is it powering my sub, but (since its parallel) its sending signal to those leds too (which is what I want-pulsing is good) The other day, rammstein killed my lights. Too much bass overheated the lights and I think caused a short (the sub kept going though, so it wasn't the amp. The lights work now though. What I want to do is stick a resistor in there to limit the amount of signal to the leds. I have a 200 watt amp. Would my resistor idea work or not? If so, how many ohms should I shoot for? (I haven't worked those kind of equations since sophomore year - I'm rusty) Thanks

06-01-2002, 04:14 PM

lol don't run stuff like that off your amp, thats a BADDDDDDDDDDDDD idea, you can use the remote wire on your headunit with a relay, but don't run it off the amp.

blind34_1 · 06-02-2002, 07:36 PM

Yeah, you know I think I realized that right after I wrote that thread. I think I'm pulsing way too much power thru those little lines. I don't know, a lot of my friends had the idea and applied it in there car, so I was curious and...ohwell.

05-31-2002, 05:53 PM	#1
blind34_1 Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: IL Age: 39 Posts: 1,813	Amp output & LEDS Heres one for you brandon: I'm one of those kids that wired those 10 dollar red LED strips to his center console. I have it wired into a DPDT so my options are steady on, off, pulse with amp output. My question is, when the amp starts pumping a lot of juice, not only is it powering my sub, but (since its parallel) its sending signal to those leds too (which is what I want-pulsing is good) The other day, rammstein killed my lights. Too much bass overheated the lights and I think caused a short (the sub kept going though, so it wasn't the amp. The lights work now though. What I want to do is stick a resistor in there to limit the amount of signal to the leds. I have a 200 watt amp. Would my resistor idea work or not? If so, how many ohms should I shoot for? (I haven't worked those kind of equations since sophomore year - I'm rusty) Thanks

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06-01-2002, 04:14 PM	#2
BrandonClaps Posts: n/a	lol don't run stuff like that off your amp, thats a BADDDDDDDDDDDDD idea, you can use the remote wire on your headunit with a relay, but don't run it off the amp.

06-02-2002, 07:36 PM	#3
blind34_1 Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: IL Age: 39 Posts: 1,813	Yeah, you know I think I realized that right after I wrote that thread. I think I'm pulsing way too much power thru those little lines. I don't know, a lot of my friends had the idea and applied it in there car, so I was curious and...ohwell.