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Can two 12s with 4ohm dvc be wired to a single mono amp?

Say the amp specs say RMS@2ohm 1000x1. I know what the specs mean, but could two subs wired into produce a 2ohm load be used on a mono amp without damage? In theory then splittine the 1000w to 500w each?

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Posted: September 18, 2005 at 1:30 AM / IP Logged

yes they can be but they must be wired to a 4 ohm load.....let me know uf u need to know how to do that

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I know how to get the 4ohm load out of 2 4ohm DVC, but I was unsure of the amp stability. Thank yuou for clearing that up for me.

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Another question, would there be any way to run three 4ohm DVC off a mono amp?

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Yes. https://www.the12volt.com/caraudio/woofer_configurations.asp?Q=3&I=42

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Posted: September 18, 2005 at 12:32 PM / IP Logged

Okay so let me get this stright. If I have two sub they have to be wired to get 4ohm at the amp ( if a mono amp is used), but I can run three subs wired for 2.67ohm on the same mono amp????? Confused!

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Ok this is how it works, your not saying your amp is 1 Ohm stable so who must assume its not. Now lets say you run it in series this would make the speaker 2 ohms each not when ya make the connection at the terminals it would be 1 ohm. Now when the 3 speakers are run that way the resistance goes down to 2.6 ohms.

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Impedance of the load doesn't have to be any certain number. The minimum ohm load on your amp has to be 2 ohms, but it can be whatever number the subs wire to at or above that. The amplifier will make power according to that load.

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what stevdart is saying is you will use a series parallel combo with 2 4 ohm dvc subs you will get a ohm load of 4 with 3 you will get 2.67 you can try to run your amp at 1 ohm it may get hot cut out or melt the power supply you would most likly damage you amp the ideal set up would be to get the 3rd sub

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