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silverfox3742

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Posted: January 29, 2011 at 6:29 PM / IP Logged

What is the best way to wire 2 dvc 4 ohm kicker cvrs to a rockford fosgate 500.2 amp. I'm looking to get as much power out of the amp as possible. Should I wire subs to 1ohm and connect direct without bridging? Thanks in advance .

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Posted: January 29, 2011 at 8:32 PM / IP Logged

Your amp will produce it's maximum amount of safe power into a 2 ohm per channel load. Connect one speaker per channel of the amp.

Duplicate the following for each woofer/channel of the amp.

Option 1 (parallel) = 2 ohm load

Voice coils wired in parallel

Recommended Amplifier: Stable at 2 or 1 ohm mono

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silverfox3742

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Posted: January 29, 2011 at 8:43 PM / IP Logged

The amp Manual says that at 2 ohms per channel it only puts out 150watts per channel but at 1 ohm per channel 250 watts per channel. How can I accomplish this with the two subs. It also says a 2 ohm load bridged put out 500watts. Can I do this somehow?

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Posted: January 29, 2011 at 9:32 PM / IP Logged

It must be a T500.2. With the woofers you have, your only safe option is the diagram I posted earlier. It is always advantageous to purchase the correct impedance speakers to be able to get the most our of your amplifier(s).

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Posted: January 29, 2011 at 9:43 PM / IP Logged

Ok. As of right now one coil is wired positive to negative and the other coil goes to the terminals. Both subs are wired like this. Then I have them bridged. I bought the box like this . I do have the t5002. how many watts am I getting like this and is it unsafe?

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Posted: January 30, 2011 at 3:43 AM / IP Logged

Your amp is wired at 4Ohm mono. This is the same exact electrical load as the 2Ohm stereo load I suggested.

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Posted: January 30, 2011 at 12:39 PM / IP Logged

Ok. Would it be better to buy two new 2ohm subs?

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Posted: January 30, 2011 at 1:46 PM / IP Logged

If you insist on being able to extract every ounce of possible power from your amp, then yes 2 dual 2Ohm drivers would help you.

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Posted: February 01, 2011 at 11:34 AM / IP Logged

Sorry to be a bug I'm just trying to understand this. So in order to get the best power out of any sytem . I would have to have a class D amp with 4 ohm subs or the other option is a 2 channel amp with 2 ohm subs? Is this the best way to do a setup?

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Posted: February 02, 2011 at 11:50 PM / IP Logged

The class of the amp has nothing to do with it. If you insist on getting every possible watt out of your amp, you need to figure out how many woofers you are going to use, then figure out what impedance they need to be to match the minimum operating impedance of the amp.

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