Will a 20 Volt Drill Battery Power Your Car Audio Amplifier? ***Car Audio Mythbusters***

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[@bobtherocker4598]

Now everybody is gonna ditch their Limitless and Super Cap banks and your gonna see rows of Dewalt, Milwaukee, Bosch and Black & Decker 🔋🔌💣💥🔥🌋💯 @ #160's_Drill_battery ⚡❗👍

[@svensplooge9961]

Haha then u find out they're better bang for your buck lol

[@russelllopez4171]

@@svensplooge9961 not if you borrow them from the jobsite for the weekend. Lol.

[@erictheboringone5292]

Have you seen how much these cordless tool batteries cost? They charge a fucking premium plus your first born son for just one battery. Hell most cordless tools don’t even come with a battery and charger anymore. You have to buy them separate from the tool. That’s some bullshit.

[@erictheboringone5292]

@@svensplooge9961 definitely not even close to better bang for your buck. These batteries are extremely high priced.

[@laynepipe8145]

.....yeah when you can build them for PENNIES on the dollar; buy or bid on a whole pallet or lot online of 18650's (same batteries they make tools batteries from) then get a bunch if solderless connectors and plan out your packs according to voltage needs. You may have to use a series/parallel or parallel/series orientation depending upon your specific needs. Then shrink wrap and connect each cell pack accordingly. You can even use wago connectors. Its fairly simple and makes for a totally solderless job virtually eliminating any tools needed....if you have a elementary level understanding of electrical (literally identifying "+" from "-") you can read, and able to do a little math; you can do it!!

[@336basshead3]

3 dislikes are ryobi users 🤣🤣

[@bobtherocker4598]

🔥😆👊

[@bobtherocker4598]

@UNIQUE REMIXES & SLOW IT DOWNS 😆 I never understood why they couldn't carry any car audio worth a $hit. Same as Oreilies too. Boss and Duel really? maybe a Kenwood head unit at Auto Zone if i remeber correctly. They dont even carry good power cable just hard ass battery cable down to 4awg for like $4.50 a ft .I just finished building my first custom amp rack (which can be seen here) kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYawe2SGpMpsgNU and ended up ordering almost all my heavy wire and speaker wire from Sky High for about $2 ft for the 4 awg OFC and 50ft of 14awg OFC for less than 20 bucks.

[@stacy532]

I have sone ryobi power tools ive akways been thinking of maki g my own Bluetooth stereo or boom box powered like this . then for christmas i was given one made by ryobi . id still love to see how much sound someone could get from these small batteries . similar to the $150 spl challenge . I also use the 56 volt ego power for my cordless lawnmower its a huge battery in comparison. Im sure a step down converter would allow someone to use that battery. Like this .. Cool video

[@orangecounty7144]

@@stacy532 I made a bluetooth speaker box with four 5.25 inch Polk audio and a Walmart dual 2 channel mini amp. I use my Ryobi 18v battery to power it with a 18v -24v step down to 12v. It works great. I made it dual battery, just in case I want it to last twice as long with 2 batteries. It works great with just 1 or 2 batteries.

[@RobertDickens2002]

I love my Ryobi stop hating.

[@slimbob8913]

Is this the beginning of a Sundown/Home Depot partnership? LoL!!

[@WAT3VATVUSA]

I Have A Question 3 Northstar AGM31 PRO Vs. 1 Northstar SMSAGM480 Which Is Best with JS 390a Alternator For Voltage ???

[@25hztolife86]

Any plans to announce Sundown Black Friday Specials for 2020?

[@93nyjetsfan]

Derrick I’ve been watching this channel since you’ve pretty much started it up. When are we gonna get that nsv4 15 pt2 video?

[@lowhertzhighspl]

Seriously!! It left a bad taste in my mouth for SD bcuz of that (so to speak). I purchased Fi instead only bcuz there was never a part 2 video.

[@kevinAuman1]

@@lowhertzhighspl bro, that is two of us!!! I was literally on the site and ready to pull the trigger on two NSv415's but because he never showed the ending results or the part two of the test video i went a different direction entirely smh so between you and me alone they lost atleast $3-5k I'm sure!

[@unkowntrooper1657]

I use a battery like this for my bicycle, power wheels, etc Mines been powering a tiny taramps without any issues.

[@FUCKDSS]

How many hours of playtime you get

[@oxnardadrianlopez6684]

Can we know what model taramps and at like 80-100wrms (backyard bbq) how long it lasts?

[@russelllopez4171]

Would’ve been nice to see a dynamic run just to show what the battery did on pulses.

[@pezzygamez402]

"do not try this at home" me: tries at home

[@CL-yp1bs]

I broke out in laughter when the second battery came out

[@Marco-hf6rl]

I have been watching cordless power tools videos all afternoon and tonight you come up with this video. Are you spying on me? LOL

[@jaredappleseed7037]

I would love to power my car audio from tool batteries team up with Milwaukee and make an amp for 18v

[@TrippySkippy8]

You can't get much run time with 1 x 4.8amp dewalt lipo at an 800 watt draw. Depending on a number of factors, you'd probably get less than 2 minutes of runtime before the battery's protection circuit kicks in halting the battery. So, yes, please demonstrate a real world longevity test using 1 dewalt lipo first.

[@________GHOST________]

I have try this and it do work though but it drains the drill batt fast like 20 mins of run time. I did not know if you wanted to try this experiment awesome..........

[@wreckless_-jl6uu]

So, no over voltage protection ehh?

[@bassheadsofvanwert1007]

Its funny but i used to do this with the old batteries of the older drills and they held up alright but i had to use 2 to 3 of them tho on the older amps Derek. I will watch whatever you do man.

[@Bassotronics]

I’ve been using a Dewalt 12 Volt XR battery to power my mini Stetsom amplifier that’s under my bicycle seat. And also I have a custom 14.4 Volt DeWalt battery I got from eBay to power my NVX amplifier book bag.

[@MullinPerformance]

So a dewalt 20 volt 6ah battery runs about $100 on amazon. So for the price of 1 small limitless you could buy 10 of these...it would be hilarious to watch a guy throw 10 of these on a bus bar in a vehicle and demo. I wonder how they would react to a alternator trying to charge them? I imagine they would last long.

[@Nate-sp9lu]

Next you should do the Battery on that prototype! With a woofer that you choose, play like full songs and see how the battery doses! That would be a cool video.

[@SPLaholic]

How many powerwheels spl vehicles we going to see doing this?

[@bigbub54f100]

My sons powerwheel runs on 20v lithium

[@stevenknutson1521]

You can power a car stereo head unit with a 9v battery. Just don’t expect much power from the internal amp.

[@mrswagjumper8806]

He's turning into Elbert Einstein with all these crazy ideas😂 keep it up Derek

[@lowhertzhighspl]

I would rather see ways to improve complex set-up. 1. Test difference between aluminum amp inputs and copper ones, same with bussing regardless if it shows copper is pointless 2. Show how to replace fans in amp (that is out of warranty) with quieter/stronger fans 3. Demonstrate SPL difference between subs up port back and subs back port back and..?? 3. Test wattage/SPL difference between AGM with Lithium 4. Test difference between 1 bank vs 2 banks of 2.7v 3k super caps 5. Hit me up anytime for dozens of more ideas 👍

[@psementalist]

Derrick so glad to see you back on KZbin again making killer badass basshead KZbin videos

[@JM-ed7gk]

This shows the batteries in a parallel connection,, which maintains the same voltage rating,, but doubles your amp/load capacity.. I would like to see what would happen if you connected the batteries in series connecting one positive and negative from each battery together and then using the outer positive and negative for your terminals 🔌 🔋 🔋 🔌

[@oscarcorazondeleon2316]

Bravo 👏 Bravo 👏 Bravo 👏 maestro 👨‍🏫 increíble 24 VOLT 😂😂😂1000 WATTS

[@ianbell9346]

You're better off with a lithium jumpstarter. They're at 12-15v. If you NEED it to be a drill battery, why not just the M-12 Milwaukee batteries? 12v all day. No worries. Each M12 battery has three 18650 batteries putting out 12v. Not only that, they sell Powerwheels adapters for those M-12 batteries so you can slap them in a power wheels car, and then recharge using the Milwaukee charger. They're $5 on ebay, and would make a great battery socket on a DIY boombox

[@tonyforte4720]

Hell Yes... I'm powering All kinds of cool stuff with dewalt/kobalt/Milwaukee Or whatever .. I'm still waiting for batteries to quit, but... still going

[@tankdog03ify]

Test the Milwaukee fuel batteries, I bet they do much better. I been running both for many years, the Milwaukee 18v batteries are much better

[@MrConradcabrera]

Milwaukee 18v batteries run at 20.4 volts fully charged and drop down to 16volts when depleted

[@erictheboringone5292]

You fellows look like you may have endulged in a bit of the dank herbal vapors. That shit makes a banging system sound that much better.

[@chrisfiske]

Let’s see some of that zv6....for fun lol

[@thomasmontano7794]

I have one I'm just waiting to build a box for.

[@kevinAuman1]

@@thomasmontano7794 really? How they lookin, any difference in the zv5's that you can physically see to tell them apart?

[@thomasmontano7794]

@@kevinAuman1 "The magnet stack is 2mm wider and 2mm shorter. The ID was brought in 9mm on the magnet so magnet surface area is higher. Top plate is 5mm thicker. Back plate as well. Pole extension a bit higher and pole channels added. Gap expanded to fit a fatter 8-layer bifilar coil. Therefore motor force up quite a bit. Motor structure now fully bolted as well. You can imagine it as a Z v5 tuned up a bit. " - Jacob Fuller

[@kevinAuman1]

@@thomasmontano7794 heck yeah, I cannot wait till first quarter that is when Jacob told me they'd be released to public and I saw no point in buying some zv5's now when those are set to release soon enough...

[@kevinAuman1]

@@thomasmontano7794 Jesse was saying that in his test car he did a few Db higher at a lower frequency and 1200w less per than he did with the 5's now that he is running the 6's...

[@Pyrotek28]

Would love to see that video. I've been experimenting with them myself. Built a Bluetooth tower. At the bottom is a Pyle PLPW8D wired to 8ohm, on top of that is a Pyle PDMR5 , on top of that a Pyle PDMW5, on top of that is a quad of some cheap 5w 50mm mini Bluetooth woofers from Amazon that turned out to be some of the best highs I've ever used. I'm powering it with 2 TPA3110 XH-A232 1 each for the mid woofer and midrange and 2 PAM8403 for each pair of 50mm's and a TPA3116D2 for the 8. using a dell Optiplex 780 power supply to supply the various voltages now. In the design stage the Dewalt batteries were my best friend. Currently playing around with them more with different ways to use them to power the tower in the future to make it portable. I think going to need a few buck converters and and a step up converter to make it happen but well see.

[@paulgolaszewski2287]

im not impressed you still ran it on 20 volts every test ...of course it is going to work all u did was increase the amp hours not the voltage ..click bait ..if thats impressive u will love thaat my orion xtr2500 can handel 58 of those or more

[@Eculpekulfitz]

You keep saying 20 volts. It’s a marketing gimmick. It’s really 18v.

[@KennyMitchell]

Lol you guys need to stop. people gonna be rolling around with drill batteries posting 150's in the lanes talking about hold up I need to swap batteries before runs lmao!!! Smh dewalt sales are gonna go through the roof

[@RadiOG58]

Just do some AA or AAA battery banks already! Lol

[@rcklssmx6331]

Benjamin Franklin turning over in his grave lol

[@paulgolaszewski2287]

sundowns dirty power ...upsetting...subs are loud tho with little power but since thats the case and the amps dist so bad you cant run more than half your power anyway or it just sounds like death

[@smokeyjones7174]

Theoretically could you use one to test if a radio works like if you were pulling one from a pick n pull yard to see if it’s at least turns on?

[@lengthluther484]

Will it make my 1000.1 slam”lol Edit. It’s a kicker zx1000.1 2006ish model.

[@nikkyng8141]

I jump start cars with mine ...i did run my radio off my m12 and my snap on 20v battery ..when i was doing some trouble shooting....only thing you cant drain them to low else the charger won't be able to bring them back .. I had to run mine in parallel with a charge battery to bring it back up

[@Thumper68]

You have to do this for 18650 or most lithium batteries when charge is too low. Most of the drill batteries are just 18650 batteries stacked together they are easy to repair because of this.

[@nikkyng8141]

@@Thumper68 I've messed around with laptop batteries powering amps and radios before I even had proper knowledge wish I knew what I know now back them far to many sketchy shit

[@susanmoreland4407]

Why couldn’t you take a few of these a part and make a lithium bank out of the cells and run it with a isolator or a voltage regulator?

[@alexeasterwood6134]

I did this and it sparked and I think I blew it I hooked it up in my car and didn’t get a light is it blown because it looks normal and don’t smell like fire or anything

[@Outty5000Hertz]

When are we going to get a dyno of the SFB 200.4?

[@jasonalvarez57]

What happens if you hook the 20 v up to the head unit

[@benlowney3502]

D4s lithium 6ah for 500$ or dewalt 6ah lithium for 100$ lol

[@kitcat2559]

Interesting, I also was wondering this 2 days ago but was like no way a amplifier would turn on without protecting itself or blowing a fuse or damaging it.

[@erictheboringone5292]

The battery is 20 volts but the amp is only going to pull what it needs so all the voltage above you amps max voltage just gains you extra play time. Pretty cool implementation of all the involved electronics imo.

[@justin_womack]

@@erictheboringone5292 No, that's not correct. The amp will take everything you give it, and most voltage-sensitive parts have an operable range that will protect it from running the wrong power. Mosfets are not one of those things, so if your amp has a "MOSFET Power Supply", then avoid over-voltage. It is true that you can never have too many amps (amperes, not power amps), because a system will only draw what it needs, but that's current, not voltage. You either need a transformer to step the voltage down or you need to use 12V drill batteries; most of the big manufacturers have 12V systems they sell for home/diy toolboxes.

[@jimcatanzaro7808]

I did a test with a 5amp 20v dewalt with a low voltage regulator to buck boost dropped down to 14.4 volts plays for about 5 hours on one battery using 2 speakers in a plastic drill box on med volume works fine but kinda heavy and not waterproof . I ended up using a amplifier similar to this you have to use the low voltage regulator set to 16.5v or you will not be able to charge the battery again

[@JEZPP]

I've been doing the same with ryobi batteries. Fyi ryobi batteries have low voltage cutoff built into the battery. Dewalt low voltage cutoff is in the tools.

[@Loudkona]

I wonder if you wired more of the batts to make a 20ah bank if it would be cool

[@DanPressley-e7e]

Of course it did work the app that you hooked the drill battery to created a 12-volt current. Do it without the amp just using the drill battery connecting to the radio this is a project I've been working on

[@DanPressley-e7e]

Let me know how it goes

[@bougiebum9138]

I can see EXO frantically scrambling to change plans again

[@NathanOakley1980]

What the lowest ohm you can this amp? Would have been helpful if you’d have mentioned it! I’m running mine at 0.5ohm as nobody has ever suggested otherwise.

[@kswis]

The miluakee m12s would prob be perfect

[@bradygd]

wat about running a drill battery on a head unite without a voltage regulator

[@RobertDickens2002]

Theyre not really 20 thats marketing.

[@davidestrada7643]

Can a 12v dewalt battery work on just a amp?

[@mazitau2690]

Video starts at 8:00....you’re welcome

[@erictheboringone5292]

Totally off topic but I gotta say that I bought a 15” E series v.3 D2 from the yard sale site about a year ago and it was only $99. I’ve ran that sub so fucking hard feeding it close to 800w rms from one of the new Pioneer D class monoblock amps and it hasn’t disappointed me yet. I built a 3.25cu ft, that’s usable airspace, custom enclosure from 3/4” Birch with a triple layer baffle, sub inverted and tuned it painstakingly to 32hz using around 17” in length and 6” inside diameter round green pvc port with flat ends, no flares only rounded over the pvc and I smile every time I get into my extended cab Nissan Frontier and that bass makes my fucking eyeballs shutter lol. I’ve completely drown out so many people running 2 12”s AND 2 15”s of some supposed “high end” subwoofers. I always get the same response “oh this system is new and I don’t have the right amp for my subs” or “this is my system I’m using until I get my “real” system” 🤣🤣. The second excuse for getting shit on is personally my favorite to hear 🤣🤣. Thanks for the great equipment and thanks for the yard sale so guys like me, a disabled combat Veteran on a fixed income with three young kids to take care of, can also have the opportunity to purchase great equipment at insanely low prices.

[@FUCKDSS]

Do a sundown power wheel with drill battery’s for power

[@Whataboutitdoubtit]

I used to jump my car with dewalt batteries

[@danielcarter7657]

So you're saying it's a go

[@changchung]

About trying the batteries in a car with music and bass and everything. These batteries has 5x 18650 batteries in serie 2p that mean 2 groups of 5x bat in series. They should be around 2000mah high drain battery each 18650 and the battery pack it self has a protective board that protect the batteries from be under discharged and prevent the amps current. The board should be no more than 20 amps. So, keep this in mine to calculate how many batteries in parallel you can use to run the audio for a while.

[@rolfbach2721]

Why not use a 12 volt battery instead of 20

[@kevinhollingsworth5816]

Hell yeah!! Power the whole system!!

[@Yours.Gift_]

😂😂😂😂 bad decision association

[@bradleewitt4048]

Saz 1500d, saz-2500d , salt 500.4 , salt 500.2 just a few off top of my head that you haven’t tested. I’ve asked before too, how do I buy 2-18” team Neo v1/v2 ???

[@UnofficialAudio]

Thanjs for the feedback! The saz-1500d amp dyno video is here on the channel. The Salt multi channel amp dynos are coming very soon. Gonna have to find an old saz-2500d to dyno. They have been discontinued for a while now.

[@bradleewitt4048]

@@UnofficialAudio what about Team Neo 18”?? Can I buy em straight from you guys?? Or?

[@watup110875]

I will, because that is whom I am. rofl

[@haxorbarrr]

Ya but how long would it bump a 12" sub for like 30 seconds??

[@aknovaman]

I run two 15 inch subs on my dewalt battery for hours

[@14truelies]

Trying to understand more about this stuff a bit. I have a 12v 7aH battery and then a 12v rechargeable talentcell battery pack. I am about to get a taramp TS 400x4 amp. RMS at 4 ohms is 63w per channel. I’m guessing I’ll be under the 63w with either of these batteries. I’m going to bridge and hoping for at least 70w bridged.

[@edgarzambrano2395]

Ive jump started a car with one before 😂🤣

[@raymondhall9992]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MrMatt0184]

Over 7 min. Get to it already. Bla bla bla

[@adrianali8315]

You should try laptop batteries

[@troyadams4994]

All systems nominal normal operation

[@midnight-xpress1136]

Stopped at 8:48, the tone will play and the battery will dip instantly, and maybe get a few seconds and undervolt. That is my guess, without seeing what really happens. *Edit* Surprised it made a full cert run at 4 ohms. Don't think it'll make 2 ohm. *New edit* Surprised it made all three runs at nearly 770 watts at roughly 16v with a guessed efficiency of 75%. That's around 85A draw. Pretty impressed.

[@skippy710]

If you made a sound bar loud as f*** ide buy one

[@SteveTheCanadian]

Probably push 300watts, 371 is pretty good, how many runs can ya get though out of 1 battery

[@changchung]

I had everything ready to build a Pelican Bluetooth suitcase. Know I am sure that I can use a drill battery. Thanks for share.

[@erictheboringone5292]

This was definitely inspired by a bunch of bro’s hanging out, getting faded and talking about random crazy shit lol

[@rajj72on23]

yesssss !!!! in car test please !

[@YorHighness]

Do it bump Tho!

[@jordankuberski9245]

Definitely do an in car test.

[@petert2922]

I have maybe 15 of these of which 6 are new 5Ah ones. They can be drained at 25-30A continuous no probs. Essentially with them having 90Wh i can tell you they will power anything using 90W for an hour or 180W for half hour...etc etc. If I put all of them in parallel I could power an Iron Man suit for a solid 2 minutes according to my calculations. Unfortunately my amp goes in protect mode even at 15v, wanted to power the sub with drill batteries when hanging out but no go until I change it. Or I buy a at least 150w step down converter.

[@nobullshiit5682]

Im gonna run a small 400 watt car amp for my subs at home and i got a 19.5 volt 12 amp power supply was thinking about getting a step down converter but friend of mine said its not needed and it'll handle the 19.5 volts .i guess ill find out

[@DillonHoopes]

I have Dewalt 20v batteries and I also have my initials DH wrote on them in sharpie like that one lol what are the odds

[@1970chevy]

Run it in a car. Fucki it. Why not.

[@v725389]

Golf Cart, Quad Cart, SXS, Boat, ECT ECT. Great IDEA. Got to have the BASS! 6.5 by 4 speakers with Bluetooth in a PVC water proof enclosure.

[@djparra41]

You earned my sub, this answered so many questions I had! This shit was awesome, I’m trying to build a 2.1 that I’m building into my golf bag and running off of drill batts. Thanks for all the help!

[@kevinAuman1]

Just got my hoodie in mail a week ago, haven't wore it yet but it sure is nice and thick and comfy feeling! So if you're on the fence asking yourself if it is worth it to buy the more expensive hoodie vs their regular hoodie IT DEFINITELY IS worth it....

[@Brittvanegas]

I got my drill battery waiting for that sundown audio Black friday sale.

[@rajj72on23]

this technology needs to be made, it is time for a completely wireless amplified subwoofer hookup that runs off of a rechargeable battery system and Bluetooth connectivity. I purchased an Ecco flow rechargeable battery to start running my own test. this market is up for grabs right now.

[@mr.18s73]

U must of smoke sum good weed 😆

[@Super-J10]

So get a 12v dewalt drill

[@30aught6]

Your seeing 19.65v because one of the Batteries is taking down the others that are good. Like the overclocking experiment.

[@christhopherlasher2828]

How about using a voltage regulator bringing the bank of these 20 volts to 12 to make them run longer?? Just starting the video so i'm kind of probably ahead of myself..

[@robertedmondson175]

Fresh charge .. 840

[@Thumper68]

Not really 20 volts usually 18.5 ish they just 5 18650 batteries or 10 for increased capacity

[@dannysmith713]

What about radios?

[@larrydollar512]

You talk too much....

[@rudejude9725]

I love shit like this lol

[@bobbybyrkett7751]

But does it bump doe