I have to do a temp wiring contraption until I can get another amp, so hear is what I am up against
4-10's that have dual 4 ohm voice coils
2-15's that have single 4 ohm voice coils
what is the best way to wire these all to get the closest to a 2 ohm load ?
using the calculators I came up with this.......
wire 2 each of the 10's(4 voice coils) in parallel to get a 1 ohm load (4-4-4-4=1)
and then run to 1 each of the 15's (single 4ohm) in a series connection with the above 1 ohm and get a 5 ohm load
so if that is half of the speakers, then if I run in parallel with the other half (5-5=2.5), my amp is 1 channel and stable at 2ohm, so I should get about 900 total watts at the 2.5ohm load.
assuming I have calculated the above correctly,
so there are 3 questions:
did I calculate correct?
can I wire it this way?
how much power will each speaker get assuming 900 total output? (each 10 would be running at 2 ohms and each 15 would be at 4ohms, would they all get 150 watts (900/6=150))
thank you for your help
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2004 Hyundai Sonata
Kenwood KDC-X599 HU
2-Sundown X-18D4
2-SQ Q4500.1
2-SQ Q90.4
1-Massive DBX4
8-Niche 5.25 mids
8-Niche Tweeters
4-Skar 8" mid-bass
OhioGen 220a alt
OhioGen 350a alt
156.0
The power distribution would be (in ohms) 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 4.........with each of the 4 ohm impedances getting half the power of any 2 ohm. So divide the total power up into five equal parts with each 2 ohm load getting one part and the two 4 ohm loads sharing one part.
If the power is 900 watts, each ten gets 180 and each 15 gets 90.
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Build the box so that it performs well in the worst case scenario and, in return, it will reward you at all times.
is there anything out there that I can use to adjust the impedance level, say I have 2.5 ohm but I want it to see just 2.
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2004 Hyundai Sonata
Kenwood KDC-X599 HU
2-Sundown X-18D4
2-SQ Q4500.1
2-SQ Q90.4
1-Massive DBX4
8-Niche 5.25 mids
8-Niche Tweeters
4-Skar 8" mid-bass
OhioGen 220a alt
OhioGen 350a alt
156.0
ok, thanks,,,,,so my first posts' assumtion and calculations were correct? and it is "ok" to wire that way?
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2004 Hyundai Sonata
Kenwood KDC-X599 HU
2-Sundown X-18D4
2-SQ Q4500.1
2-SQ Q90.4
1-Massive DBX4
8-Niche 5.25 mids
8-Niche Tweeters
4-Skar 8" mid-bass
OhioGen 220a alt
OhioGen 350a alt
156.0
i am an idiot wrote:
Calculations above would be if all woofers were paralleled.
Now I am really confused, if I parallel all woofers I would have a 0.4 ohm load, never seen an amp that can handle that
my plan was to parallel each 10" sub's voice coils (each one has 2-4ohm coils) giving each sub a 2 ohm load, wire 2 of these in parallel and get a 1ohm load, then wire it in series to 1 of the 15's and get a 5ohm load, do this for the other side also so I have 2 each 5ohm loads, wire those in parallel to the amp, and get a final 2.5ohm load to the amp.
does that make sense
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2004 Hyundai Sonata
Kenwood KDC-X599 HU
2-Sundown X-18D4
2-SQ Q4500.1
2-SQ Q90.4
1-Massive DBX4
8-Niche 5.25 mids
8-Niche Tweeters
4-Skar 8" mid-bass
OhioGen 220a alt
OhioGen 350a alt
156.0
I edited my earlier post.
that will work for now
I will get 360 watts to each 15"
and 45 watts to each 10"
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2004 Hyundai Sonata
Kenwood KDC-X599 HU
2-Sundown X-18D4
2-SQ Q4500.1
2-SQ Q90.4
1-Massive DBX4
8-Niche 5.25 mids
8-Niche Tweeters
4-Skar 8" mid-bass
OhioGen 220a alt
OhioGen 350a alt
156.0