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4 ohm amp connected to a 4 ohm dvc


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i_a_zombie 
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With a Soundstream PCW 12 the speaker wire terminals are quad. In other words there are 4 connectors on each voice coil (two positive and two negative) I am attempting to connect this one sub to a 4 Ohm load mono. The amp I am using is a Soundstream PCI 600 it runs 4 Ohm load mono when bridged and a 2 Ohm load stereo unbridged. I am unsure of how I should connect the voice coils to run off this load.
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the extra terminals on each side of the sub are there to make connecting multiple wires easier.  

that sub can be wired in series to create an 8 ohm load, or in parallel to create a 2 ohm load. 

the only safe way to connect the sub to that amp would be to wire the coils in series, then bridge it.   this  would be an 8 ohm bridged load, which would give you half of what the amp is rated at to a 4 ohm bridged load.

this sub is not a good match your your amp, you would be better off with either a 4 ohm sub, or a monoblock amp.

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Posted: February 16, 2007 at 9:56 AM / IP Logged  

when i looked up the sub, every link showed dual voice coil.  if its just a single 4 ohm coil, then just bridge it and you will be fine.

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The sub is a dvc and is rated at 4 ohms.
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Posted: February 16, 2007 at 10:24 AM / IP Logged  

As stated above, you have a bad match and you will need to wire your woofer for an 8-ohm load and bridge the amp.  Or connect one VC to each amplifier channel, which is the same thing.

4 ohm amp connected to a 4 ohm dvc -- posted image.

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