What kind of car amplifier do I need for two l5 solo baric kickers?

I have two l5 solo baric kickers and i need an amplifier.

They are rated at 750 watt RMS (375 per coil) for the L5 and 1000 watt RMS (500 per coil) on the L7. Since wattage is a measurement of amperage X Voltage you’ll need an amp that puts at least 62.5 amps to good use. Of course no amp is 100% efficient so you’ll need to figure another 10-20% realistically. The L5 would need an amp that draws approximately 70-75 amps of juice to be maxed out according to kicker’s rating. Sounds accurate to me and what I’ve seen hooked to these speakers.

The L7 would need 95-100 amps of juice to max them out which is a hell of a lot of current. Two Rockford 1500BDs each very honestly rated at 100AMPS ought to stress the coils on even an pair of L7 15 solobarics. Or a Kicker 1200.1 with fuse rated at 150 AMPS to each solobaric but that’s only 2 ohms and you will only get "most" of the amps potential out. Kicker 1200.1 do allow amp strapping that may allow you to run low enough ohmage to extract their power but I don’t know for sure. Hope this helps a few of you out there.

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One Response to “What kind of car amplifier do I need for two l5 solo baric kickers?”

aveohhr on July 21st, 2009 at 3:51 am

They are rated at 750 watt RMS (375 per coil) for the L5 and 1000 watt RMS (500 per coil) on the L7. Since wattage is a measurement of amperage X Voltage you’ll need an amp that puts at least 62.5 amps to good use. Of course no amp is 100% efficient so you’ll need to figure another 10-20% realistically. The L5 would need an amp that draws approximately 70-75 amps of juice to be maxed out according to kicker’s rating. Sounds accurate to me and what I’ve seen hooked to these speakers.

The L7 would need 95-100 amps of juice to max them out which is a hell of a lot of current. Two Rockford 1500BDs each very honestly rated at 100AMPS ought to stress the coils on even an pair of L7 15 solobarics. Or a Kicker 1200.1 with fuse rated at 150 AMPS to each solobaric but that’s only 2 ohms and you will only get "most" of the amps potential out. Kicker 1200.1 do allow amp strapping that may allow you to run low enough ohmage to extract their power but I don’t know for sure. Hope this helps a few of you out there.
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