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Ok, so im almost ready for finals. I wanted to connect my subs to 0.5 ohm today, but came accross a little problem.

Ive got 2 dual 2 ohm subs, so I hooked them up to 0.5 ohm. When I wanted to connect them to the amp, I saw that my amp looks to have 2 cahnnels. I know its not two channels but it still has two +'s and two -'s

How should I connect the subs?

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its not but you can hook one sub up to one set and the other to the other set and it will connect them internally

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wire each at 1 ohm..... the run each sub to the amp it will bridge it internally.. or you could bridge it and run it to just one + and one -

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youre amp is a mono amp, even tho it has 2 + and 2 - doesnt mean much , on the inside of the amp both of the + are joined together and both of  the - are joined together , so wire your subs up in the box to the ohm load you want (if you will run that load 100% of the time or you can run all 8 wires out of the box, then connect the wires how ever you have to , so you can get different ohm loads for different purposes, but just ingore one of the +- on the amp and youll be fine wont hurt anything now or down the road :^

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Ok mate. Wire both sub's voice coils in parallel like this:

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Now each sub represents a single 1 ohm load.

Now, your amp has a pair of output terminals, it is still a monoblock. That pair is actually wired in parallel anyway so it makes no difference really. Just wire each sub to a corresponding + and - (One per terminal if you will). 

Viola! you now have an amp seeing a .5ohm load.

Be careful with how many speaker cables you have coming out of your enclosure, you may get bumped up a class due to the conductor rule. :)

Cheers

 

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PS: The diagram you drew was for a .5ohm load.

 

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