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2, dual 2 ohm subs and zx1000.1?

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Topic: 2, dual 2 ohm subs and zx1000.1?

Posted By: onsatmex5
Subject: 2, dual 2 ohm subs and zx1000.1?
Date Posted: August 11, 2007 at 10:14 AM

I have 2 Kicker:SOLOBARIC 10" L7 , These are the ones I have https://caraudiosecurity.com/shop/product/products_id/2562.html

I am a little confused as to what ohm rating I can run the subs at, The amp I am using is a Kicker ZX1000.1 this amp 2 ohm stable. The subs spec's are, Dual 2-ohms (can be wired as 1-ohm or 4-ohm) But then I read ,In addition, each coil may be connected to a different amplifier channel and each channel will see a 2 ohm load. so what is it? can these 2 subs be run at 2 ohm, Using my Kicker ZX1000.1 ?



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Posted By: Fosgate3
Date Posted: August 11, 2007 at 10:43 AM

the amp is stable at 2ohms so you'd want the subs at 2ohms for best results. you can do this in one of two ways: you can either wire both coils of each sub in parrallel (pos to pos, neg to neg) and then both subs in series (neg of one sub to pos of the other and then remaining pos and neg to the amp). this will convert each sub to one ohm and then combining them both in series will increase it back to two.

the other way is to do the inverse: wire the coils of each sub in series and then both subs in parrallel. This will convert each sub to 4 ohms and then combining them both in parallel will knock it back to 2 ohms. this way will probably be the easiest to do.

the part about each coil being wired to an amp is true too: if you had a need for such an application, you can actually run one amp on each coil of the sub. it's a little different when you set the gains in this situation than normally as you want both coils to move at the same time (so both amps have to have the same output). this is likely not the setup for your situation, i'd assume. I've used this design once... never had a need to do it again unless in competition.





Posted By: onsatmex5
Date Posted: August 11, 2007 at 12:32 PM

Would this be the way to wire them?

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Posted By: Fosgate3
Date Posted: August 11, 2007 at 12:58 PM
yep that would work. each sub is wired in series so that each becomes a 4ohm load. then the two subs are in parallel to drop down to a 2ohm load. you got it!




Posted By: onsatmex5
Date Posted: August 11, 2007 at 1:08 PM

Thank you for your help, it is appreciated  : )






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