Help with doing the unthinkable on my brutus amps and wiring....

[pcchris]

I have 4 brutus 2608s and a maxxlink that ive been running 3yrs now....getting bored with the setup

and 4 Dual 2 subs

Heres my evil plan....

I have the amps strapped and the manual says to not run them below 2ohms while strapped...well i know for sure they can as ive ran them at 0.5 each but not strapped

I want to run all 4 subs wired into 1ohm total > into all 4 amps that are strapped 2x2....

to make things simple i tried to make a drawing with an online paint hope yall can see where im getting at

basically one voicecoil at 1ohm (scratch that 0.5ohm i metioned in the pic).... 4 amps 2 pairs strapped into 1 coil thats 1ohm_

just wondering would the 2 added amps feed back into the first two?

would the 1 ohm load split across all 4 amps?

....what problems could i be getting into doing this?...

also i have jumper wires going from the (-) on the master into the (-) on the slave of each linked pair___ should i jump a wire from the other linked pairs (-) into the first when attempting this or leave them be and run 2 strapped pairs into virtually 1 coil???

[Purplehaze]

Hmm, I think each amp would be seing .25 that way. But hey, with the maxx link, it just may still do it....

Let us know how it turns out.

But remember, if you do try it, your risking something getting fried. So is the risk worth the reward?

Btw if it were me, I'd probably try it too. I'd just be extra super careful.

And IMHO I believe they will protect. But hey, I wish you luck!

[Sheena]

so, before i help you blow your subs and amps..

whats your electrical like to be running over 10k?

and what subs are you running?

dual voice coil?

single voice coil?

2 ohm DVC?

4 ohm DVC?

2 ohm SVC?

4 ohm SVC?

Edited April 23, 2012 by Sheena

[RCP Audio]

so, before i help you blow your subs and amps..

whats your electrical like to be running over 10k?

and what subs are you running?

dual voice coil?

single voice coil?

2 ohm DVC?

4 ohm DVC?

2 ohm SVC?

4 ohm SVC?

i believe he says "4 dual 2 subs" in the first paragraph...

[Sheena]

he actually says 4 Dual 2 subs.. (how many subs does he have? 4? 4 Dual 2 ohm?)

Dual is a brand.

need more information.

thanks for your input though. it helps quite a bit. not.

although, 4 two ohm DVC subs can be wired to 1 ohm, i still think Dual is suspiciously capitalized.

Edited April 23, 2012 by Sheena

[Noob_On_Droid]

It seems pretty clear to me he has four 2ohmDVC woofers and four amps. They are currently set up for one amp per driver at 1ohm but he wants to get sneaky and milk more power out of the amps.

[Noob_On_Droid]

Also, I don't know of any dual woofers that can take 2600wrms

[Sheena]

really going to attack me cause i asked questions to the OP?

never said hes running Dual subs, just said its suspiciously capitalized.

[n8ball2013]

I dont see this working out well at all. OP read up on strapping your amps.

[pcchris]

i have them strapped right now 2 subs per linked pair ... used to be 1 sub per amp

4 hdc318s

1 300 amp iraggi alt (just found out about a sense wire and ran one to the battery (+) post last night with a 1a 200v diode inline

4 2608 brutus amps

one maxxlink

and one lil shuriken bt-100 thats been going strong for 3 yrs I just put bigger terminal screws on it and car went dead (battery probably never was getting charged as i had 6 0 gauges rigged on top each post)

ive had this set up for three years...wanting to try something different

I reconed 2 months ago used epoxy under and above the spider landing...I shortened my 38 hz port down to 34 hz (more excursion and im loving it) the epoxy i used during recone is holding up alot better than CA glue so far ...i think i can throw more power at em I know how to watch for clipping....