This setup is still working as of 1/20/2024 i figured i would let everyone know this. and i have had NO issues. BE SURE AND SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHANNEL FOR MORE 👍
Wow thanks! I watched multiple videos, and everyone skips the most important part regarding those 2 wires that go into the amp, and you mention it with clarity within 3 minutes. 👏
Hey can you help me out real quick? i wanted to know if just one of these wires is really enough to output all the power cuz why not use all the black and yellow wires at the once? would it give me extra power? @@CustomKartsAndMore
good way to use, PC ps and car amps that we may have collecting dust in the garage... that 300W PS will turn off as soon as your that amp hits some lows.. 😔👍😉😊
Great vid !!!Thank you , Just a quick question, what is the total amprage a stereo ,amp and speakers can all be hooked up safely to your power supply without over powering it??
Can it power a 6000watts amp?. On mine i did try it today the amp powered on but no sound was coming out of the output i did check the RCA and the speakers but no sound coming out of the amp
I don't know much about PSU inner working but don't these old PSU have multiple rails and single rail can only deliver 15-20 amps. don't you have to connect two rails but can you do that? And there's no current limiter on them it will deliver as much power amp tries to pull. Good PSU will deliver about Twice as much power as rated power before blowing up. 350W is continuous power dunno how peak power works on PSU.
Hey how are you brother awesome video never been good at electrical things thanks for sharing new to the channel stop by to show some love blessings new friend God bless you and keep you
There are enough yellow and black wires in the power supply that you can clump them together to about the size of 4 gauge wire. You will need 750w or higher power supply to allow your amp to go at full power.
@@jboblk I have 750 watt power supply I’m trying to hook up my single kicker cvr 15s was using Xbox 360 block 270watts and I could only go barely half way before it cut so I decided to get a pc power supply will this do the job I’m trying to use more then halfway volume
I wanna do this. And buy a spare 650 or 700 watt amp for this...but feel like I'd mess up the power supply. And I'd use the pcie or cpu plug in as those two use a lot of power and can handle it. Especially the pcie
I did this with a 600 watt power supply with a kicker 400.1 mono amp to one American Bass 10 and an Alpine bluetooth receiver running four 6.5 coaxials and holy hell is it loud! Ive had it running since 2018. I took all of the yellows together and all of the blacks together. One yellow won't supply as much current as multiples will. I ran 2 or 3 yellows to the car stereo and the rest to the amp. People are so blown away at how loud it screams and how low the bass goes.
The more yellows the better. A single one will work but is too thin to really carry any serious current. I ran 3 yellows to my car stereo amd the rest to my kicker mono amp. Ive had mine since about 2018 and use it all the time here in the oilfield cranked up loud all day and no issues.
Ive had a setup like this for quite some time. A car stereo deck running four 6.5 inch coax speakers and a 400.1 kicker mono amp on a 10 inch sub. Bought a new head unit amd now nothing will come on. I tried disconnecting and reconnecting the green wire and the power supply will not power on at all.
Hey question?! Isnt the yellow wire 5v? To powr an amp like this would i be better off using one of the 12v wires instead? (Edit... I believe i made a mistake, the yellow is the 12v!!)
I tried powering class D amp with 12V from molex, but it has very high noise on speaker, especially when I opened a video game, the noise getting louder. it's enermax 650W gold PSU and the system only consume around 200W. Could the noise produced by the power supply or the components on the PC or noise from ground? When I power it with 19V laptop brick it produces very little noise.
Probably a stupid question, but if I put a toggle switch in between that green wire and the ground wire, would it work to turn the power supply on and off from a secondary switch? (opposed to one on the back side of the power supply)
not sure actually. i just happend to have a 400w power supply laying around and hooked it up. the amp itself is 1200w i believe. and somehow it still works fine. the bass has never cutout or anything. i found out how to do this watching another video on youtube and just decided to make my own. to be honest.
If i wanted to run quite a bit of power theough it would i be able to possibly like double or triple up the positives/ negatves to allow for more power. As an alternative to having bigger wire?
it should work. i mean im not the most technical person when it comes to this stuff. but i do know some stuff. but id say that should work.. as long as any wires aren’t being overloaded or anything.
i have 2 pc power supplies one is 106 watts and the second one is 300 watt and the second starts up for a few seconds and then shuts down and the first one with just run at 9 volts but works how do i fix it
im not totally sure. i would think the 300w would work good.. it could be going bad possibly.. i would look around for a 350 watt similar to the one in the video and try that. im still using the same setup as of today.. good luck.
if it were me id find another power box if possible, with different color wires like the one i used. or look up the box you have and see if there is any writing on the wires to identify which ones are which.
tell me more of what you mean and why youd want to do that.. i might have an answer. i mean you could of you capped off each wire so none of them are touching
@@CustomKartsAndMore so basically I wanna cut the remaining wires and all the connectors and can I take the green wire out the plug and connect it to the ground wire out of the case
@abdullahchowdhary802 to be honest im not sure. the way i did it was the only way i was taught.. but if you come across anyone else online doing that, id give it a shot. otherwise i would do it the way i did. hope that helps
Uhh maybe I didn't get a strong enough Psu cause I did it by the instructions annddd the amp turned on, then turned off, and now I think the PSU is dead 🤣
Hey i dont know anything about these power supplies can u pls tell me that i want to use a psu for 4000 watts amp so if answer my question that would be much appreciated
@@jibranshah384 You will NOT power a 4000W amp with a computer power supply. I have a 1250W power supply and its one of the largest. I doubt you will come across one that will power 4000W, not only that but depends on how much of a load you want to put on it (how loud you actually want your sound to be) which means you will need even more power. I suggest getting a smaller amp, instead of finding a larger power supply.
not too sure man. maby the power supply is starting to go bad. i honesty didn’t know i could even do this until i seen a video on it. but hopefully you get that figured out. good luck!
That's the over current protection in the psu. If you do not have all the yellow and black wires on the psu connected to the amp that would be the problem, if you have all the yellow and black wires connected than the psu isn't powerful enough to run that amp. Hope this helped
Well I did connect all the yellow and black except there were two yellow with black stripes can I also connective it is better at hits harder especially a low in but still if I crank up a movie it will shut off nothing like before though it's way better
Meant to say can I add the black striped yellow wires to the existing gang of them I did hook up. Very much different after going from 1 wire to 8 but if the striped ones are good to go Ill add them, anyone know?
This setup is still working as of 1/20/2024 i figured i would let everyone know this. and i have had NO issues. BE SURE AND SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHANNEL FOR MORE 👍
Wow thanks! I watched multiple videos, and everyone skips the most important part regarding those 2 wires that go into the amp, and you mention it with clarity within 3 minutes. 👏
no problem, glad i could help!!
Hey can you help me out real quick? i wanted to know if just one of these wires is really enough to output all the power cuz why not use all the black and yellow wires at the once? would it give me extra power? @@CustomKartsAndMore
Quick and to the point. Thanks man. Awesome 👌
great way of explaining and fast aswell i found this super help full cant wait for more content!
thanks man. glad i could help out!
Wow I didn't even know you could do that with a computer power supply, that's cool. Seasonic power supply's were like the best ever!👍
I have tried computer power supply to a car amplifier. Hooked up to my home subwoofer it works fine
Straight to the fucking point. I love it
Worked perfectly!!!! Thank you
U Saved Me I Did A Huge Mistake That Could Kill My Power Supply BUT THANKS SIRRRRRR
your welcome, glad i could help!
Cheers! from 2024, thanks for the quick reminder!
I manage to assembles mine with this video. thanks
@@naiphodeo glad i could help 💯
good way to use, PC ps and car amps that we may have collecting dust in the garage... that 300W PS will turn off as soon as your that amp hits some lows.. 😔👍😉😊
Great vid by the way straight to the point.
thanks brotha!
well the bad news is my wife is not happy she can hear me from the garage.the good news is this worked! so easy.
LOL, well glad i could help you out brotha!
Great vid !!!Thank you , Just a quick question, what is the total amprage a stereo ,amp and speakers can all be hooked up safely to your power supply without over powering it??
Can it power a 6000watts amp?. On mine i did try it today the amp powered on but no sound was coming out of the output i did check the RCA and the speakers but no sound coming out of the amp
holy shit it works
I don't know much about PSU inner working but don't these old PSU have multiple rails and single rail can only deliver 15-20 amps. don't you have to connect two rails but can you do that? And there's no current limiter on them it will deliver as much power amp tries to pull. Good PSU will deliver about Twice as much power as rated power before blowing up. 350W is continuous power dunno how peak power works on PSU.
Connect more yellow (12v) wires and you'll draw more power out the PSU
Does it also increase amperage?
Hey how are you brother awesome video never been good at electrical things thanks for sharing new to the channel stop by to show some love blessings new friend God bless you and keep you
How many 12v yellow wires would you recommend bundling to power a 1200 watt boos chaos c700 amplifier?
There are enough yellow and black wires in the power supply that you can clump them together to about the size of 4 gauge wire. You will need 750w or higher power supply to allow your amp to go at full power.
@@jboblk I have 750 watt power supply I’m trying to hook up my single kicker cvr 15s was using Xbox 360 block 270watts and I could only go barely half way before it cut so I decided to get a pc power supply will this do the job I’m trying to use more then halfway volume
@@jboblk also I’m running planet audio 1000 watt amp
Will a 400w power supply be able to power a Rockford fosgate punch P1000x1bd?
So does the wattage rating of a power supply not matter? Also an amp hooked up in a car, 12 volts dc, does wattage come into play there?
Of course it absolutely applies. You'll want to make sure your power consumption on your audio amp is below the output of your pc power supply.
I wanna do this. And buy a spare 650 or 700 watt amp for this...but feel like I'd mess up the power supply. And I'd use the pcie or cpu plug in as those two use a lot of power and can handle it. Especially the pcie
I did this with a 600 watt power supply with a kicker 400.1 mono amp to one American Bass 10 and an Alpine bluetooth receiver running four 6.5 coaxials and holy hell is it loud! Ive had it running since 2018. I took all of the yellows together and all of the blacks together. One yellow won't supply as much current as multiples will. I ran 2 or 3 yellows to the car stereo and the rest to the amp. People are so blown away at how loud it screams and how low the bass goes.
thank you boss
Can it be any yellow / black combination, or does it need to be 2 specific ones? Thanks!
yeah any one of the black and yellow ones. all of the individual connectors should have a black and yellow wire.
The more yellows the better. A single one will work but is too thin to really carry any serious current. I ran 3 yellows to my car stereo amd the rest to my kicker mono amp. Ive had mine since about 2018 and use it all the time here in the oilfield cranked up loud all day and no issues.
Thanks, used this to test an amp I bought 👍
awesome, glad i could help.
Ive had a setup like this for quite some time. A car stereo deck running four 6.5 inch coax speakers and a 400.1 kicker mono amp on a 10 inch sub. Bought a new head unit amd now nothing will come on. I tried disconnecting and reconnecting the green wire and the power supply will not power on at all.
Fuckin awesome!!!!
Hey question?! Isnt the yellow wire 5v? To powr an amp like this would i be better off using one of the 12v wires instead?
(Edit... I believe i made a mistake, the yellow is the 12v!!)
lol, yeah thats 12v. i actually copied another video i had seen and made my own video.
@@CustomKartsAndMore can I ask what's the max watts for the speakers your running off the amp are?
2-10’s and i think the amp is 1200w. somehow that little 400w cpu power box runs them with no issues
Idk y. But whenever I connect the remote bridge wire. The psU doesn't turn on
I tried powering class D amp with 12V from molex, but it has very high noise on speaker, especially when I opened a video game, the noise getting louder. it's enermax 650W gold PSU and the system only consume around 200W. Could the noise produced by the power supply or the components on the PC or noise from ground? When I power it with 19V laptop brick it produces very little noise.
Probably a stupid question, but if I put a toggle switch in between that green wire and the ground wire, would it work to turn the power supply on and off from a secondary switch? (opposed to one on the back side of the power supply)
yeah, it should work.
How to match the amp power or wattage to get the right pc power supply
not sure actually. i just happend to have a 400w power supply laying around and hooked it up. the amp itself is 1200w i believe. and somehow it still works fine. the bass has never cutout or anything. i found out how to do this watching another video on youtube and just decided to make my own. to be honest.
Does it make a difference using a single yellow and single black or wiring all the yellows together and all your blacks together?
Yes it makes a difference the more you add the more power you get
CooL
If i wanted to run quite a bit of power theough it would i be able to possibly like double or triple up the positives/ negatves to allow for more power. As an alternative to having bigger wire?
thats actualy a good question. i never tried that before. but im thinking the amp is only going to use as much power as the power supply will supply.
Yes if u add all the yellow wires and and all the black wires together u will get more output
Do you still need a fuse between the power and the amp? Or does the power supply handle that bit?
yea the power supply handles that.
Quick question about the watts if I have a 300 watt pc power supply can it be used on an amp with a 40 watt fuse
it should work. i mean im not the most technical person when it comes to this stuff. but i do know some stuff. but id say that should work.. as long as any wires aren’t being overloaded or anything.
@@CustomKartsAndMore ok thank you so much 😊
yep, no problem ✌🏻
Hey Bro, question, if I tie all up yellow cables from the Sata ports and 8-pin for a thicker connection, will it work and not explod? Lol. Thanks!
im not even sure to be honest. but i would think it would double the current LOL. i never tried it
does the ATX PC power supply have to be a high amount of power like 500W or 1000W? or can i use any wattage and it will just work?
id try and keep it above 300w. but yeah im thinking any other ones should work.
@JoshuaShultz8287 thank u bro and amazing video too 😊👏
@@CustomKartsAndMore would a 220 watt power supply work with a jbl gto 2060 car amp?
what about power supplier thath hav 2 different input
Could I just tap into the wires?
When i try to power it on the power supply just shuts off. Whats the deal?
make sure all of the connections are right. sounds like somethings not hooked up right. or it could even be the box is bad possibly..
@@CustomKartsAndMore okay cool. Thanks for the quick response🤜
I just hope this won't blow up the house
no, you should be alrite. my amp still works since i’ve made this video.
my emp only got two input for power it only plus nd minus
Sept that’s a 350watt can I use a 400 watt amplifier?
that should be alright, the amp still only puts out 12v, it’ll just has more voltage to back it up.
@@CustomKartsAndMore okay thanks, gonna get me one now 😁
i have 2 pc power supplies one is 106 watts and the second one is 300 watt and the second starts up for a few seconds and then shuts down and the first one with just run at 9 volts but works how do i fix it
im not totally sure. i would think the 300w would work good.. it could be going bad possibly.. i would look around for a 350 watt similar to the one in the video and try that. im still using the same setup as of today.. good luck.
@@CustomKartsAndMore ok thank btw lol that 300 watt ps was used and tested as working and work at 12v but shut down when i connected it the amp
Can u run a 20;000 warts amp wid this power supply ?
i doubt it with that little power supply. its only like 400 watt to begin with. lol
What I'd the wires are all black
if it were me id find another power box if possible, with different color wires like the one i used. or look up the box you have and see if there is any writing on the wires to identify which ones are which.
Did everything like u powersupply turns on and off unmidietly why?
dnh300 you must have something not connected right.. or try using a different power box.
I needed 16volt.how to ge
Can I use it on a 4 channel amplifier and run mid range and bass?
yeah, you should be able to
@@CustomKartsAndMore hey can you make a video on how to hook up 2 power supplies for better voltage thanks
@@CustomKartsAndMore it is but my voltage drops below 10.9
Question can u cut the remaining cables
tell me more of what you mean and why youd want to do that.. i might have an answer. i mean you could of you capped off each wire so none of them are touching
@@CustomKartsAndMore so basically I wanna cut the remaining wires and all the connectors and can I take the green wire out the plug and connect it to the ground wire out of the case
@abdullahchowdhary802 to be honest im not sure. the way i did it was the only way i was taught.. but if you come across anyone else online doing that, id give it a shot. otherwise i would do it the way i did. hope that helps
@@CustomKartsAndMorehey man I really appreciate the reply after 4 years 😂 and will do thanks so much man
haha hey no problem brotha. thanks for stopping by, take care
Is there a way to turn that power wire thicker cuz I've heard that the you know bigger the better
not exactley sure, never tried that.
How many volts is it????
115v
Uhh maybe I didn't get a strong enough Psu cause I did it by the instructions annddd the amp turned on, then turned off, and now I think the PSU is dead 🤣
Hey i dont know anything about these power supplies can u pls tell me that i want to use a psu for 4000 watts amp so if answer my question that would be much appreciated
Because i have a psu and dont know how to use it for amplifier so guide ne plsss..
@@jibranshah384 You will NOT power a 4000W amp with a computer power supply. I have a 1250W power supply and its one of the largest. I doubt you will come across one that will power 4000W, not only that but depends on how much of a load you want to put on it (how loud you actually want your sound to be) which means you will need even more power. I suggest getting a smaller amp, instead of finding a larger power supply.
I did this to my Frankenwoofer set up and now when i CRANK up a movie the PS just SHUTS off and will not turn back on for a few min, anyone know why?
not too sure man. maby the power supply is starting to go bad. i honesty didn’t know i could even do this until i seen a video on it. but hopefully you get that figured out. good luck!
That's the over current protection in the psu. If you do not have all the yellow and black wires on the psu connected to the amp that would be the problem, if you have all the yellow and black wires connected than the psu isn't powerful enough to run that amp. Hope this helped
Well I did connect all the yellow and black except there were two yellow with black stripes can I also connective it is better at hits harder especially a low in but still if I crank up a movie it will shut off nothing like before though it's way better
Meant to say can I add the black striped yellow wires to the existing gang of them I did hook up. Very much different after going from 1 wire to 8 but if the striped ones are good to go Ill add them, anyone know?
make a dummy load on 5v rail (red wire) 10w should be enough to do the trick