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rockford p3002 and p210s4 setup advice

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Topic: rockford p3002 and p210s4 setup advice

Posted By: woovic
Subject: rockford p3002 and p210s4 setup advice
Date Posted: June 23, 2007 at 7:09 PM

I have a Rockford Fosgate P3002 2-channel amplifier and 2 Rockford Fosgate P210S4 subwoofers. I think I have 3 options for hooking them up:

1) Bridge amp to mono, run subs in series.
2) Bridge amp to mono, run subs in parallel.
3) Hook up each sub to each channel.

Which way should I set it up?

P3002:
75 W x 2 @ 4 Ohms RMS
150 W x 2 @ 2 Ohms RMS
300 W x 1 @ 4 Ohms Bridged RMS

P210S4 (2x)
Impedance 4-Ohm
Power Handling 200 RMS/400 Max

 




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Posted By: forbidden
Date Posted: June 25, 2007 at 2:45 AM

You have two safe options here. One is to bridge the amp mono and wire the subs in series to a 8 ohm load, the second option is to wire one sub to each channel. You have a less than ideal match of amp to subs in this case. Don't stress about it though, that amp will make a fine addition to power up the front speakers in the future. Replace the amp with a mono amp that makes maximum power into 2 ohms. Then rewire the subs in a parallel circuit and bump on down the road.



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