amplifier/subwoofer wiring

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Topic: amplifier/subwoofer wiring

Posted By: envoyxl
Subject: amplifier/subwoofer wiring
Date Posted: March 17, 2007 at 2:54 AM

Amp-2 channel monoblock MTX 1501D

Speaker-Kicker 10" L5 DVC 2ohm

Can I wire one voice coil to the left channel of my amp, and teh other voice coil to the right channel since the amp is run in mono. If not , why, and what can I do?

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Posted By: jmelton86
Date Posted: March 17, 2007 at 8:04 AM

Looks like you'd have to hook each vc of the speaker up in parallel to the amp. You'd be getting 750wrms @ 4Ohms. If the amp has 2 separate speaker connections, 1 vc to each. This would still yield 750wrms @ 4Ohms, aprox. 375wrms to each vc.

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2013 Kia Rio -90a alternator
DDX470HD GTO14001 GTO1014D (x3)
Big3 in 1/0G
1/0G to GTO14001

Posted By: jmelton86
Date Posted: March 17, 2007 at 8:05 AM

Sorry... Yeah, you had it right.

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2013 Kia Rio -90a alternator
DDX470HD GTO14001 GTO1014D (x3)
Big3 in 1/0G
1/0G to GTO14001

Posted By: aznboi3644
Date Posted: March 17, 2007 at 10:16 AM

Your amp has ONE channel...there are NO left or right channels.

Wiring each coil + to + and - to - the amp will be seeing 1 ohm.

if you wire the sub in series then to the amp the load will be 4 ohms

Posted By: jmelton86
Date Posted: March 17, 2007 at 2:15 PM

doodie, I was thinking of something else at the time. Disregard what I said and apply what aznboi3644 said, unless the amp isn't 1Ohm stable. In that case you'd have to load it at 4Ohms (sigh). (Single)Dual 2Ohm woofers aren't for 1 channel amps unless they're 1Ohm stable.

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2013 Kia Rio -90a alternator
DDX470HD GTO14001 GTO1014D (x3)
Big3 in 1/0G
1/0G to GTO14001

Posted By: jmelton86
Date Posted: March 17, 2007 at 2:17 PM

But I used an * instead of an i. Like, whatever. posted_image

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2013 Kia Rio -90a alternator
DDX470HD GTO14001 GTO1014D (x3)
Big3 in 1/0G
1/0G to GTO14001

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