wiring my kicker L5

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Topic: wiring my kicker L5

Posted By: brian1411
Subject: wiring my kicker L5
Date Posted: February 21, 2003 at 7:26 PM

I have two kicker L5 12s and a kicker kx400.2 amp. Would it be alright

to wire the subs in parallel and then bridge the amp? Thanks for your help.

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Posted By: mobiletoys2002
Date Posted: February 21, 2003 at 8:53 PM

you need to know what impdance the voice coils of the sub are and the load the amp is capable of driving into a mono load. once you tell us that we can help you, but in general here is how it works if you wire a dual voice coil sub in paralel you will divide the impedance by 2 so if you have a dual 4 ohm woofer then the resistance on the amp is 2 ohms if it was wired mono then you will need an amp capable of drivivg a 2 ohm mono load. If you have a dual 8 ohm woofer you have a 4 ohm mono load and if you wire a dual 2 ohm sub in series then you get a 4 ohm load. post back the specs then i can answer better.

Posted By: brian1411
Date Posted: February 21, 2003 at 10:33 PM

Thanks for the response. The subs are dual voice coil 4 ohm- 2 ohm parallel and 8 ohm series. The amp is capable of operating into a minimum inpedance of 4 ohms bridged(mono) and a minimum inpedance of 2 ohms in stereo. Hope this helps.