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immaculate13

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Posted: August 03, 2003 at 10:18 AM / IP Logged

I just need to know how to wire it up for 2 ohm operation, because on the back of the sub it has 4 terminals ( two of which have a little dot on them to distinguish them from the other two ) and in the inside of my sub box it only has two terminals to the mounting cup that goes out to the amp. Thanks for any help

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Do you know how many ohms your sub is or the exact model #?

immaculate13

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Posted: August 03, 2003 at 2:09 PM / IP Logged

yes, i found the answer, it is a 2ohm DVC, but my amp can only go down to 2 ohm, and the only way i found to hook up the sub was either 1 ohm or 4 ohm so i just hooked it up for 4 ohm by connecting one positive and one negative from a different coil and running the other two coils to the amp, thx anyways though.

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Unfortunately like you said you can only wire a 2 ohm dvc sub into a 1 or 4 ohm load. If you go parallel you will have a 1 ohm load http://www.audiobahninc.com/tech/wiring/parallel_parallel_dual_2.pdf and if you go series you will have a 4 ohm load http://www.audiobahninc.com/tech/wiring/Series_Series_dual_2_ohm.pdf

The only problem with a 4 ohm load is that your amp will most likely put out much less power then if you had a 2 ohm load. What make and model amp do you have?

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Posted: August 03, 2003 at 2:44 PM / IP Logged

the Kicker KX400.1 which according to spec sheet is only rated to go as low as 2 ohm

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Posted: August 03, 2003 at 2:54 PM / IP Logged

Did you bridge the sub to 1 channel? Because if you did it will put a 4 ohm bridged load on the amp which is the lowest it can go, and you will get 400X1 @4ohm.

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Posted: August 03, 2003 at 3:08 PM / IP Logged

Yep, that's exactly what i'm doing.

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Posted: August 03, 2003 at 3:18 PM / IP Logged

Sounds good

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