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jl audio 10w3v2, rockford 360a2

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Topic: jl audio 10w3v2, rockford 360a2

Posted By: out18law18
Subject: jl audio 10w3v2, rockford 360a2
Date Posted: January 09, 2010 at 9:41 PM

I am wanting to hook up a single JL Audio 10w3v2 with dual 4 ohm voice coils to my Rockford 360a2 amp (90 watts x2 at 4 ohms)

Now my problem is the owners manual for the amp states not to run the amp any lower than 2 ohms. How can I wire up the sub to present a 2 ohm load to the amp with it bridged or is it even possible?



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Posted By: out18law18
Date Posted: January 09, 2010 at 9:43 PM
Not that it matters but it is going in my 99 ford crown vic




Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: January 09, 2010 at 9:52 PM
You are stuck with 2 safe options. One is to connect one voice coil to each channel of the amp for a 4 ohm stereo load. Second choice is to wire the voice coils in series and bridge it to the amp for an 8 Ohm mono load. The amp will produce the same exact amount of power into either of the 2 above suggestions. If you parallel the voice coils and bridge that to the amp for a 2 ohm mono load, the amp will NOT LIKE THAT.

So to answer your question, the only way you can achieve a 2 ohm stereo or a 4 ohm mono load is to use only 1 voice coil of your speaker.





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