Confused about sub wiring?

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Topic: Confused about sub wiring?

Posted By: ice8168
Subject: Confused about sub wiring?
Date Posted: September 29, 2005 at 4:10 PM

I have a 1 ohm stable amp. If I wire two dvc subs to get a 1 ohm load at the amp I should be ok, right?

Wiring would be as follows:

https://www.the12volt.com/caraudio/woofer_configurations.asp

Thanks.

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Posted By: Blowntweeters
Date Posted: September 29, 2005 at 4:43 PM

you want to wire all the coils in parrellel.+ to + - to - on the subs, and the wires coming from the box going to the amp. what amp are you running ?

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Posted By: Satkunas
Date Posted: September 29, 2005 at 4:43 PM

Assuming the coils are 4 ohm each and you wire all 4 coils in parallel you'll get a 1 ohm load at the amp.

Posted By: stevdart
Date Posted: September 29, 2005 at 9:42 PM

ice8168 wrote:

I have a 1 ohm stable amp. If I wire two dvc subs to get a 1 ohm load at the amp I should be ok, right?

If it's a mono (one channel) amp, yes. You can put a 1 ohm load onto it. But if it's a two-channel amp, the stability is per channel...so you could not bridge the 1 ohm load across two channels. (It would have to be a 1/2 ohm stable amp to allow that.)

Unless you are working up a SPL competition car, you should think about running a higher load onto your amp. You'll benefit with better sound and a longer amplifier life.

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Posted By: spitfireguy1185
Date Posted: September 30, 2005 at 4:44 PM

ya

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