2 ohms

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Topic: 2 ohms

Posted By: flashalex
Subject: 2 ohms
Date Posted: March 07, 2004 at 11:02 PM

Is there a way to wire 2 of these https://www.audio-warehouse.com/web/mdl/AW1200Q/detail.asp into two ohms on a 2 channel amp?

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Posted By: forbidden
Date Posted: March 07, 2004 at 11:27 PM

No, a pair of these subs will hit a load of 1 ohm, 4 ohm or 16 ohms. See the other thread you started for my answer on how to wire the subs to your amp.

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Posted By: thapimpfromchi
Date Posted: March 08, 2004 at 1:26 AM

wait a sec. What do u mean on a 2 channel amp? Are you going to run one sub to one channel? If thats the case, then yes, you can get it to 2 ohms, otherwise Rob is right.

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Posted By: wvsquirrel
Date Posted: March 08, 2004 at 2:06 AM

(2) 4ohm DVC's, sure you can wire them to a 2-channel amp as long as the amp is 2ohm Stereo and/or 4ohm Mono stable.

You can wire 1 sub per channel by wiring each sub in Parallel for a 2ohm total load per channel. Each channel would look like this...

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Or you can wire the subs together in Series/Parallel for a 4ohm total load and Bridge the amp (if your 2-channel amp will accept a bridge, most do) like this...

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Posted By: flashalex
Date Posted: March 08, 2004 at 1:07 PM

Alright I am kind of confused but is this what I need to do?

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Posted By: forbidden
Date Posted: March 08, 2004 at 2:42 PM

Both the above diagrams above are correct.

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Posted By: forbidden
Date Posted: March 08, 2004 at 2:42 PM

Both the above diagrams above are correct.

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Posted By: wvsquirrel
Date Posted: March 08, 2004 at 6:17 PM

You got it

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