Sub Wiring

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Topic: Sub Wiring

Posted By: eXcelon7574
Subject: Sub Wiring
Date Posted: November 15, 2004 at 3:31 PM

I was wondering if someone could help me out with my sub wiring. Currently I have two 10" subs with dual voice coils at 6 ohms, I was wondering what would be the best way to wire them if I was hooking them up to a 1 ohm stable kenwood kac-811d amplifier in order to get the most power without hurting my subs in the long run. Thanks

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Posted By: stevdart
Date Posted: November 15, 2004 at 3:46 PM

https://www.sounddomain.com/shop/wooferwizard.pl?num_of_subs=2&impedance_of_subs=6ohm_dvc&x=88&y=16

This is a parallel/parallel wiring arrangement and will provide a load of 1.5 ohms to the amp. You should add the RMS value of the two subs and they should total more than the output of the amp at 1.5 ohms (about half the power between 1 ohm and 2 ohms).

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Posted By: boostedcivic
Date Posted: November 15, 2004 at 3:47 PM

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If using Dual 2 ohm coils the total load would be 0.5 ohm.

If using Dual 4 ohm coils the total load would be 1.0 ohm.

If using Dual 6 ohm coils the total load would be 1.5 ohm.

Jason

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