Powering my PA and Sub in my car

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Powering my PA and Sub in my car

So i have a 98 CRV (Its orange :smiley:) - Like this:

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Anyway, i have a Behringer EUROLIVE B1500D-PRO (About 1000watts RMS) and 2 Passive PA Speakers powered by an amp (About 250RMS i think)

Anyway. I was wondering, Would it be possible to power these guys in the back of the car through the cigarette lighter thing and an adapter like this and then having a powerboard or something attached to it? Or will this all try to pull too much power and do bad things to the speakers / the car?

This would just be for the lulz. No real need for it, but i think it would be pretty cool if i could get this to work, instead of buying a car sub and rewiring the whole car.

Cheers.

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I’m going to say bad idea…

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I was expecting that… But any technical reason why?

I can imagine there would be too much power pull… But what could go wrong?

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Absolutely not. The wiring and fusing going to your cigarette lighter will not support more than about 100-200 watts of draw. Nothing catastrophic would happen, your fuse would just blow instantly.

To do this properly, you would have to hard-wire an DC to AC inverter rated at about 2000 wRMS using zero-gauge cable and preferably a supplemental battery. You’re looking at spending at least $600-$1000 for this equipment.

It would actually be a better idea to use automotive amplifiers to run a PA equipment out of your car. Decent car amps are not cheap either, though.