how to wire 8 4ohm dvc

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Topic: how to wire 8 4ohm dvc

Posted By: wiseman
Subject: how to wire 8 4ohm dvc
Date Posted: September 11, 2006 at 7:52 AM

I have 8 10" ma audio 100xe subs and i want to wire them all so i can run them on a 1ohm stable amp if possible just for now till i can buy a second sub amp to run with my setup help!!!

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Posted By: killer sonata
Date Posted: September 11, 2006 at 8:54 AM

if you run 4 like the picture below and the other 4 the same way, and then run the 2 sets of 4 in series you should get a 1ohm load. Make sense?

https://www.the12volt.com/ssi/getimage.asp?imgFN=4_4ohm_dvc_2ohm.gif

Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: September 11, 2006 at 9:37 AM

killer sonata wrote:

if you run 4 like the picture below and the other 4 the same way, and then run the 2 sets of 4 in series you should get a 1ohm load. Make sense?

https://www.the12volt.com/ssi/getimage.asp?imgFN=4_4ohm_dvc_2ohm.gif

I think you mean 4 ohm load... right? Two 2 ohm loads, wired in series, equals 4 ohms...

Paralleled, on the other hand, WILL provide you with a 1 ohm load.

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Posted By: wiseman
Date Posted: September 11, 2006 at 2:11 PM

thanks alot parallel is the way to go!!!!

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Ram Customs

Posted By: killer sonata
Date Posted: September 11, 2006 at 2:24 PM

yes you are right. I messed up my terminology. thanks haemph!