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Posted: December 05, 2003 at 3:54 PM / IP Logged  

Stevolon above is correct, and this is how I would also suggest using a single 4 ohm DVC sub with an amp that cannot handle a 2 ohm bridged load.  Wire it at 8 ohms and bridge, presenting a net 4 ohm load on each amplifier channel.

By the way, DVC does not mean there are two seperate voice coil formers, so nothing can "hit each other."  It means there are two windings on one former.  The problem of wiring in stereo (or or using seperate amps on each VC input) is that during those moments when the two channels of the amplifier are slightly out of phase with one another (and this will ALWAYS happen for small amounts of time, even with the best equipment and the most careful setup) the physical momentum generated by the two electrical signals will cancel each other and cause the VC to stop moving (momentarily.)  When this happens, the electricity from the amplifier is disapated as heat and it is possible to burn out one or both VC windings.

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Hey my friend just gave me his Lanzar rack series RK1000-4C to use while my amp is being fixed and every time i hook up both rcas the protection light comes on and the amp doesnt play. Howerver if i just hook up the right rca into the right rca input then it will work. Its a four chanel amp and i have it bridged into two channels. One channel going to each side of the voice coils. My sub it a Lanzar MXW12D It is dual four ohms. I tried using a y splitter and the same thing happens. Why will only the right rca work and does anyone have a clue on how many ohms its set at.
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Disconnect the speaker wires from the amp, then hook up the rca's, does the light still go on? If not then you may have a bad speaker (dead shorting) or a speaker wire going to ground between the speaker and the amp. If you take the right rca and hook it to the left input does the light stay on. Unbridge the amp and check each channel with the same speaker and same rca. Try all possible combinations.
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