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Subwoofer Wiring questions
I have 2 units of subs DVC(2ohm) + 1ohm stable monoblock
Anyway to wire them together to 1ohm? As I can only find diagrams to wire them to either 8ohm or 2ohm. Btw, what will happen if I wire a single sub to 0.5ohm ? Fire? |
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Subwoofer Wiring questions
Antispammer wrote:
I have 2 units of subs DVC(2ohm) + 1ohm stable monoblock Anyway to wire them together to 1ohm? As I can only find diagrams to wire them to either 8ohm or 2ohm. Btw, what will happen if I wire a single sub to 0.5ohm ? Fire? You can't wire a single sub to 0.5 ohm. If you wire them both as 2 ohm (I'm assuming each coil is 4 ohm) by wiring the coils in parallel, then wire the two drivers in parallel with each other, you'll end up with 1 ohm total. I'd suggest boning up on Ohm's Law. Start at http://www.bcae1.com/ |
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thanks.
found this http://www.rockfordfosgate.com/rftec...l+-+2+ohms+x+2 anyone knows what will happen if i wire the the subs to 0.5 ohm while my amp is rated only at 1 ohm stable? subs + amp toasted? "Matt Ion" wrote in message news:8I_qg.127338$IK3.80016@pd7tw1no... Antispammer wrote: I have 2 units of subs DVC(2ohm) + 1ohm stable monoblock Anyway to wire them together to 1ohm? As I can only find diagrams to wire them to either 8ohm or 2ohm. Btw, what will happen if I wire a single sub to 0.5ohm ? Fire? You can't wire a single sub to 0.5 ohm. If you wire them both as 2 ohm (I'm assuming each coil is 4 ohm) by wiring the coils in parallel, then wire the two drivers in parallel with each other, you'll end up with 1 ohm total. I'd suggest boning up on Ohm's Law. Start at http://www.bcae1.com/ |
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looks like he has 2 ohm DVC's, in which case the diagrams he found are correct, you can only wire those subs to .5, 2, or 8 ohms. no way to get to 1 ohm using both. .5 ohm might not work with your amp (might go into overload protect or just die), and neither 2 nor 8 ohms optimize it's performance. either get different subs (preferably some 4 ohm DVC's this time) or get a 2 ohm optimized monoblock. -- KU40 |
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Antispammer wrote:
thanks. found this http://www.rockfordfosgate.com/rftec...l+-+2+ohms+x+2 anyone knows what will happen if i wire the the subs to 0.5 ohm while my amp is rated only at 1 ohm stable? subs + amp toasted? If the coils are each rated at four ohms, there is no way to wire two DVC subs to 0.5 ohms. It would help to actually know what model subs these are. |
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thanks for the help.
it's 2x RE XXX15 and a t20001bd. the voice coils are 2ohm each.(2ohm DVC) ________________________________________________ If the coils are each rated at four ohms, there is no way to wire two DVC subs to 0.5 ohms. It would help to actually know what model subs these are. "KU40" wrote in message ... looks like he has 2 ohm DVC's, in which case the diagrams he found are correct, you can only wire those subs to .5, 2, or 8 ohms. no way to get to 1 ohm using both. .5 ohm might not work with your amp (might go into overload protect or just die), and neither 2 nor 8 ohms optimize it's performance. either get different subs (preferably some 4 ohm DVC's this time) or get a 2 ohm optimized monoblock. -- KU40 |
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Antispammer wrote:
thanks for the help. it's 2x RE XXX15 and a t20001bd. the voice coils are 2ohm each.(2ohm DVC) Right... so your wiring options are 0.5 ohms (all coils parallel), 2 ohms (series-parallel), or 8 ohms (all in series). 0.5 ohms is not recommended - your amp is going to be running close enough to the edge at 1. |
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