4 Ohm DVC What to Do?
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Topic: 4 Ohm DVC What to Do?
Posted By: Dsteinmann
Subject: 4 Ohm DVC What to Do?
Date Posted: January 16, 2006 at 3:46 PM
OK i Have a 12" HE2 dual 4 ohms Sub. SO it will run at 2 or 8 ohms and i have a Rockford power amp 250.2 thats 2ohm stereo, so Schould i bridge it to 2 ohms even though its says 4 ohm bridged or brige it at 8 ohms. I think id rather run it at 2ohms. would that be all right, wouldnt it just get hot and turn off if its not stable. I wont be running it very hard
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Posted By: forbidden
Date Posted: January 16, 2006 at 4:20 PM
Wire the sub to 8 ohms and connect it to the bridged terminals of the amp. While the power series of amps can do 2 ohm mono, they can do it for a finite period of time before the thermal switch turns the amp off. Play it safe unless a new amp is in your immediate future.
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Posted By: Dsteinmann
Date Posted: January 16, 2006 at 4:28 PM
Do you know how much wattage it would be getting at 8ohms 4 ohms is about 320 watts
Posted By: stevdart
Date Posted: January 16, 2006 at 4:58 PM
To find power for 8 ohm bridged, use the stereo 2 X __ watts @ 4 ohm rating of the amplifier. The output would be the same as the total output of that rating, both channels.
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Posted By: Dsteinmann
Date Posted: January 16, 2006 at 8:08 PM
so 4 ohms x 2 is 100watts so Roughfuly about 200Watts at 8Ohms And you dont recomend running it a 2 ohms I have a 800 whats 2channel would that be better bridged at 8 ohms which would be 960x1 at 4 ohms The Sub is 400rms 800 peak would that be too much power What do you recomend
Posted By: fingaz22
Date Posted: January 16, 2006 at 8:30 PM
what kind of amp is the 800 watt?
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Posted By: Dsteinmann
Date Posted: January 16, 2006 at 8:39 PM
Rockford 800.2 Power Amp
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