speaker ohm testing

OK, I have 2  12"DVC 4 ohm subs (the new Orion HP series). I have them in the back of my 00' mustang gt and had to build the box insode the trunk, so checking my wiring is not that easy.

I want to know if I go the store and get an ohm meter, is all I have to do is touch the leads of the meter to the positive and negative speaker connection on my amp to see what the load on the amp is?

Im pretty sure i wired everything correctly to give me a 1 ohm load, but i want to make sure that the amp is really getting the minimum of 1 ohm and that i wired it correctly... Thanks again guys.

(I think he'll like my answer better...)

LOL, yes boulder. But that is only because I dont understand what Steven is talking about. Im not that great at all this stuff. Just trying to do things myself so if anything ever goes wrong I can fix it myself.

Is there an easy test with the same volt meter than can tell me how many amps my system is drawing from my stock alternator?

Thanks to both of you for your answers.

True, but when he produces the test and his meter shows a number other than 1 ohms, this will create even more confusion.  Hopefully my answer explains the difference he will more than likely find.  Let's just say I'm trying to answer a future questions ahead of time.

What's he's saying is that your reading won't be precise - a 1 ohm setup may read as .8 or 1.3 ohms.

For the alt test, hold the hood latch in one hand & alternator contact in the other while your friend revs the engine.  If you can make it more than 20 secs, you need a HO alternator.

Really, I don't know how to test that.

Steven Kephart wrote: Let's just say I'm trying to answer a future questions ahead of time.

Good plan.  Now if we could just get them to search...

While I'm all about DIY & learning, this scenario pretty much guarantees you'll be doing repairs.  Unless you enjoy the work consider using a good local shop, you can buy 1000's of hours of experience for a couple hundred bucks.