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hey guys, I have 4 kicker l7 12's that im using in a build, and the amp im using needs to be able to wire down to 1 ohm, is there any way that i can get a 1 ohm load with these subs?

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nope. 4 4ohm dvc subs you are looking at 2, or .5 ohms.

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alrite that blows, well then my next question is what should i do.....im not in a financial situation to buy a new amp right now, and my crunch pzi3000.1 isnt gonna put put more than 950 rms at two ohms, if i wire it to .5 do you think im setting it up for disaster?

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alrite that blows, well then my next question is what should i do.....im not in a financial situation to buy a new amp right now, and my crunch pzi3000.1 isnt gonna put put more than 950 rms at two ohms, if i wire it to .5 do you think im setting it up for disaster?

prolly go into protect and if not when your voltage drops you'll smoke it....prolly won't be clean or efficient at all at .5ohm although I have no experience with that amp that just general consensus.

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dang man, this is frustrating....alrite well im goin to have to invest in another amp.......any suggestions that put out a lot of watts at 2 ohm? within like $350 too?lol

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dang man, this is frustrating....alrite well im goin to have to invest in another amp.......any suggestions that put out a lot of watts at 2 ohm? within like $350 too?lol

what is your definintion of "alot"?

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sometimes 4-4ohm dvc subs can be wired close to 1ohm from my exp when i series/parallel wire 4-4ohm dvc subs together they can read anywhere from a 1.4-1.8 ohm load now this may not be the case with all subs but i have seen it more than a few times the only thing i dont know is what ohm load your amplifier will sense im gonna do some research and try to find out tho

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With impedance rise you might be okay....running at .5 but then again I have never ran nor seen the point of running amps at .5 unless it is for competition use only...

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sometimes 4-4ohm dvc subs can be wired close to 1ohm from my exp when i series/parallel wire 4-4ohm dvc subs together they can read anywhere from a 1.4-1.8 ohm load now this may not be the case with all subs but i have seen it more than a few times the only thing i dont know is what ohm load your amplifier will sense im gonna do some research and try to find out tho

yea man , please let me know......If i can get it close to 1.4 ohm then that wold be great....I really appreciate it man

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Why not try it at 2 ohms for a while?

Like basshead said, get a multimeter and check to see what your final impedance is. It might be closer to 1 ohm than it will be to 2. Most 4 ohm subs I have meter at 3.4 ohms or so, but I think that is because when you play them with heat and impedance rise, it goes up closer to or above the rated 4 ohms.

Maybe test it at .5 ohms if you feel lucky. Sure, you will get impedance rise, but i would think they figure on that when they build the subs and amp. I wouldn't go that way personally.

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