how to wire speakers in 1ohm load

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Topic: how to wire speakers in 1ohm load

Posted By: limit
Subject: how to wire speakers in 1ohm load
Date Posted: January 17, 2010 at 5:35 AM

I have to pioneer 12" 3001d4 subs that are 2 ohm 3000 max 1000 rms is it possibe to wire these subs to play in 1ohm if so how can I wire the subs to play in 1 ohm.

Thanks in advance

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Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: January 17, 2010 at 6:47 AM

Option 1 (parallel/parallel) = 1 ohm load
Voice coils wired in parallel, speakers wired in parallel
Recommended Amplifier: Stable at 1 ohm mono

Posted By: limit
Date Posted: January 17, 2010 at 7:02 AM

Would that hurt the speaker if I run it at 1ohm, and also what will play the loudest 1ohm or 2 ohm, I dont really understand the ohm law I just want to get the loudest sound possible from my subs

Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: January 17, 2010 at 8:19 AM

Without knowing how much power your amp will produce into a 1 ohm load, I can not answer that question. Once again without knowing more about your amp, I can not answer the second question either. Your choices with those 2 woofers would be iether 4 ohms or 1 ohm.

Posted By: limit
Date Posted: January 17, 2010 at 10:13 AM

O sorry about that i have MTX ELITE TE1501D 1,500 WATT RMS (3,000 WATTS PEAK) MONO-BLOCK CLASS D DIGITAL CAR AUDIO 1500 watts x 1 @ 1 ohm RMS it 1 ohm stable

Posted By: t&t tech
Date Posted: January 17, 2010 at 11:10 AM

It won't "hurt" the speaker once you adjust the gains properly, the amp would play both speakers at the one ohm load, the rms on those speakers are a thousand watts each, so there would be speaker headroom there and the power divided at about 750 per speaker!

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Posted By: limit
Date Posted: January 17, 2010 at 2:02 PM

Thanks a lot for the info

Posted By: zerepdivad
Date Posted: January 18, 2010 at 9:44 PM

Honestly if you're asking this question your amp you have likley is not 1 ohm stable.

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