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moe18324 
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Posted: October 31, 2010 at 3:32 PM / IP Logged  

wondering if someone could help me out with ohms, amps:

im using one 12" rockfordfosgate sub dvc 4ohm wired as so: positive wire from box into positive terminal on left side of speaker, negative wire from box into negative terminal on right side of speaker...then a wire that runs from the left negative terminal to the right positive terminal.

now the amp im using is a two channel 2 ohm stable run in mono mode

Is this a good combination? sounds pretty good but im confused with ohms and matching amps to speakers so wondering if i could be doing something better amp wise..

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The way you have it set up is in an 8 ohm configuration. Send us model numbers for both your sub and amp and we will tell you if they are a good match.

To set up in a 2 ohm load you'd need to connect negative to negative to negative... and positive to positive to positive

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Which amp do you have?  Are you SURE that it is 2ohm Mono Stable?
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2 channel 2 ohm mono amp? ...........
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Didn't say a 2 channel mono amp... he said a two channel running in mono (bridged) mode.
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Posted: November 01, 2010 at 12:47 PM / IP Logged  
zerepdivad wrote:
2 channel 2 ohm mono amp? ...........
A stereo amp, bridged.
If he wires the woofer as a 2-ohm load, and bridges the amplifier it would be presenting the amplifier with 1-ohm per channel; meaning the same electrical load as if it were run in stereo mode with a 1-ohm load attached to each channel.
I think I am reading his post as saying that his amplifier is 2-ohm stable, meaning the ONLY combination that he has, as a safe choice, is exactly what he has right now. The woofer, wired in series for 8-ohms will present to the amplifier the same load (again, electrically speaking) as 4-ohms per channel. Safe, if not exactly optimal.
To the OP, please post your amplifier model. I expect I have already answered your questions, but let's see all the angles, just to be safe! :)
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Posted: November 01, 2010 at 7:05 PM / IP Logged  
generally 2 channel amps are not 2 ohm MONO stable. they are generaly 2 ohm STEREO stable. So either he read somethign wrong or he's actually got a mono amp that simply has 2 neg and 2 pos posts on the amp for ease of wiring.
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