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zhalverson

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Posted: May 01, 2006 at 7:17 PM / IP Logged

No aznboi3644, you are the one that's wrong. Luckydevil was correct to say that four dvc 2ohm woofers wired with the voice coils in series and then the subs in parallel to the amp would result in 1 ohm. You could do the same with dual 4ohm voice coil but end up with a 2 ohm load. That link will show the correct way to wire the 4 subs to get the 1 ohm load. A 4 ohm load is also possible with all four subs but they will be way underpowered.

hustlin247

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Posted: May 01, 2006 at 7:37 PM / IP Logged

Ok guys, I took them out of their box and they are all dual 2ohm coils. So my understanding from those diagrams and what you guys said and that handy Ohm calculator is that if all the coils on each speaker are wired in series and then all 4 speakers are wired parrallel to the single channel on the amp I will have a 1ohm load on an amp that is 1ohm stable. Therefore safely maximizing the power of my amp. Is that correct? Safe being the key word because I can not afford to blow and replace any of my equipment.

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Posted: May 01, 2006 at 8:09 PM / IP Logged

hustlin247, sounds right. Just do it like the picture shows...

Double check the ground and power wire sizes also. That amp is gonna be drawing some serious power at 1000watts rms.

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Posted: May 01, 2006 at 8:45 PM / IP Logged

Ah my bad...in my head i was thinking four 4 ohm voice coils.

Sorry guys my mistake

hustlin247

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Posted: May 02, 2006 at 3:42 PM / IP Logged

luckydevil wrote:

Double check the ground and power wire sizes also. That amp is gonna be drawing some serious power at 1000watts rms.

Hmm... now you've got me thinking. My t10001bd has a 150amp fuse in it. If I run the 4 subs at 1 ohm and use the full 1k RMS watts do I run the risk of damaging my stock alternator? Is that something I should worry about?

I really appreciate all the help. Any of you installers in the Seattle area?

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Posted: May 02, 2006 at 3:54 PM / IP Logged

I would read the post about upgrading the big 3, if you plan on doing this.

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Posted: May 02, 2006 at 11:10 PM / IP Logged

We know one or two Seattle installers.

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