How to hook up Computer Power supply CPU to Power a Amp & Cd Player.. SO CHEAP AND EASY

Im using two computer power supplys (ATX) to power a kicker amp and a car cd player.. Hooked to a Re Audio Rex 12 For both power supplies it only cost 10$ !!


First cut off all the wires except the Yellow (12v) wires, Black (Ground) wires, 1 Green (turn on) wire, Brown 3.3v Sense wire, and a Orange (3.3v) wire.

All I did was combine all the Yellow wires and placed it on the Amp/CD Player
Then combine all the Grounds and hook it to the ground on the Amp/CD Player
Then hook the Brown wire to Orange (leaves the psu on)
Lastly Hook the Green wire to any Ground wire (Which turns on the psu)

Thats all you have to do!! You can hook anything that needs 12v to the psu and run it..... Also I got the two power supplies from a computer shop and they usually just throw them away!!

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[jaumell007]

i have it all hook up but wheni turn it on my amp go into protect what could be causeing that plz help i need bass lol

[travishbt]

@jaumell007 maybe hooking it up wrong or a blown fuse? i dont know for sure

[NetinINC]

name of song please

[travishbt]

@NetinINC biggie big papa

[H3nkkap]

:D Okay... i have 1000w 4 channel amp and 550w psu. If it safe, if i use only 2 channels?

[travishbt]

@H3nkkap the amount of channels doesnt matter, its only how much power you pull through it..... whenever i turned my amp up, the psu simply turned off, so just put the gain down and turn it up, and whenever the light starts dimming on the amp turn it back some and leave it there..... (since underpowering amps can fry the inside)

[TheSittingmoose]

you didnt have to do anything to the "remote" terminal?

[coolkingproductions]

song???



[Vo0oOo0oV]

omg! that brings me to the memories when i was 28 :) ... now am 38 :(

[OCHawgy]

Its all about the the amp rating on the 12v rail(s). 20amps through a 12v rail = 240watts of power to your amp.

[kc88kc]

theres no brown wire only thing i could think of that would be close is puple grey and blue

[kc88kc]

im doing the same thing just dug out a psu

[Infuse16]

@000CODE000 i have a 250w psu powering my 600w rms powerplant amp, doesent even dim the power led when turned up.

[elcarlos530]

should pump spm-wiggy wiggy

[Smecherul89]

you have 2 computer power supply ?10x

[Rjellycrf]

so its just for bass can you add other speakers

[roflmall]

how to or see my fucking amp you mouron