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wiring options for dual 4ohm sub

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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Topic: wiring options for dual 4ohm sub

Posted By: mikah
Subject: wiring options for dual 4ohm sub
Date Posted: December 06, 2013 at 3:27 AM

Hi there. I have a lightning audio S4.15.VC2, dual 4ohm 15inch subwoofer in a sealed enclosure. The power handling of the sub is rated at 500watt rms. I want to run it off an Audiobank 4 channel amp with a rated output of 150 watts rms x 4 @ 4 0hm and 240 watts rms x 4 @ 2 Ohm. I need some suggestions on wiring options and would like to know what effect it will have if the channels on the amp are bridged.



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Posted By: oldspark
Date Posted: December 06, 2013 at 9:04 AM
Wiring the 2VCs in parallel gives you 2R (Ohm) hence 240W.

If 2 outputs can be bridged it should give 480W. (No good using 2 outputs otherwise - they must be out of phase with each other.)

Whether that amp is suitable however is another thing. IE - I presume it's not a 4-ch SUB amp (since subs or only 1-ch) and sub amps (should?) have filters to limit sub speaker bandwidth (to prevent sub overheating).
However, I am relatively amp & sub ignorant - the 2R for 240W & (appropriately) bridged 480W possibility is based on basic theory - and others should answer or confirm my last paragraph.   




Posted By: mikah
Date Posted: December 12, 2013 at 1:52 AM
I have wired the sub in parallel and bridged two channels of the amp. The amp is not a sub amp but a class AB amp rated at 2 Ohms. The amp performs fine and does not overheat but my battery runs down very quickly if music is played while the motor is off. Is there a way to prevent this through wiring the sub differently?




Posted By: oldspark
Date Posted: December 12, 2013 at 2:11 AM
Yes, wire as 4 Ohms or unbridge your amp. That means half the output power and hence (over) double the battery drain time.

If you are presently running 480W output, that's an input of ~50A which would discharge a fully charged ~60AH cranking battery to its recommended lower limit of 80% SOC (20% discharge) in about 5-6 minutes.
Likewise if 240W, ~12-15 minutes.




Posted By: mikah
Date Posted: December 12, 2013 at 6:11 AM
Thanks. I will try that. I hope the sub still sound as sweet.





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