powering component speakers

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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Topic: powering component speakers

Posted By: cvame
Subject: powering component speakers
Date Posted: June 25, 2010 at 3:17 AM

Hello, I have 2 pairs of Fosgate T1652-S components in my truck. Im currently shopping for a better amp for them, possibly a 5 channel for sub too. Ive noticed that multi channel amps have different rms for different ohm loads. All my components are 4 ohm, so what is the ohm load from 8 4ohm component speakers? Also the mids are 100RMS each and the tweeters are 75RMS each. With a pair hooked on same wire, does this mean i need a amp that that has 175RMS per channel?

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

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Posted By: icearrow6
Date Posted: June 26, 2010 at 5:22 PM

The TOTAL load of the component system is 4 ohm for each pair.
So you have a SET of components for each door i assume.
If this is correct then your amp will "see" 4 ohms per channel.
Unless you meant you have 8 pairs of components(two sets on each door)? then you wire all the speakers of each door together to each channel of the amp, and the amp will "see" a 2 ohm load per channel.

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Posted By: cvame
Date Posted: June 26, 2010 at 6:56 PM

Thanks icearrow, i have i pair in each door. Was confused because each speaker had "4ohm" on it, so i wasnt sure if each channel was seeing 2 ohms or 4...