Ground connects to frying pan?

**ijwalla** · 03-05-2007, 03:34 PM

I aim to test my sub speakers & amp in my living room before I plug the whole thing into my car, by what should I connect the ground wire to???

I have it wired to the handle of a frying pan, but am too scared to flip the switch incase I blow something...

**kevinlekiller** · 03-05-2007, 03:39 PM

What source of power are you using?

**ijwalla** · 03-05-2007, 03:42 PM

Originally Posted by kevinlekiller

What source of power are you using?

a 12v multi adaptor which plugs directly into the mains... I chopped one of the ends off and connected the bare wires to the amp (positive & negative).

**Sonicxtacy02** · 03-05-2007, 03:45 PM

please youtube this. lol

**kevinlekiller** · 03-05-2007, 03:45 PM

That wont supply enough power, and no dont use the ground from a frying pan

You need something that supplies lots of power ( a multi adaptor supplies at most 1 amp of power ).

Use a car battery or something.

**ijwalla** · 03-05-2007, 04:00 PM

Originally Posted by kevinlekiller

That wont supply enough power, and no dont use the ground from a frying pan

You need something that supplies lots of power ( a multi adaptor supplies at most 1 amp of power ).

Use a car battery or something.

oh man, it says 300mA on the adapter and 3.6VA max (dont know what that is)...

Maybe if i get a few more multi adapters, cut the ends off, and wire them all up to the amp... I may need a few hundred or so right??? Ok scrap that...

So whats a good alternative? I really dont wana buy a car battery, and the one in my car is a pain to get out...

**Enforcer** · 03-05-2007, 04:09 PM

450w ATX power supply. Just use the 12V Rail. you will need to ground the Power OK lead. If you search there will be a thread (or more) mentioning how to do it.

It's how I run my test CarPC indoors at present.

Frying Pan hehe, sounds like a nomination for the darwin awards might be on the cards.

**kevinlekiller** · 03-05-2007, 04:11 PM

Originally Posted by ijwalla

oh man, it says 300mA on the adapter and 3.6VA max (dont know what that is)...

Maybe if i get a few more multi adapters, cut the ends off, and wire them all up to the amp... I may need a few hundred or so right??? Ok scrap that...

So whats a good alternative? I really dont wana buy a car battery, and the one in my car is a pain to get out...

You can do it like enforcer says, or use a old AT power supply to do it even easier, that has like 10+ amps on the 12v rail.

**durwood** · 03-05-2007, 04:19 PM

There is an article in the wiki on using a computer PSU to power 12V. You won't be able to really turn up the volume though. Make sure to put a fuse on the 12V line equal to what the PSU can actually put out. Good luck. Record it just incase something good happens. I would ahve loved to see the frying pan idea