Dual Ohms?

[Triple FTW]

Well im gunna buy a sub soon and I just noticed its Dual 1 ohms.

Can some one explain what that is and how an amp powers it.

Also Ive never seen an amp that says "dual 1 ohms @ 2600 rms"

So how does a 1 ohm transfer into a dual 1 ohm?

THANKS

[Aaron813]

dual one means its voice coil is a dual 1 ohm coil you can wire it to .5 ohms or to 2 ohms

[wL<3bass]

Ohms is the measure of resistance in the voice coil winding.....dual 1s wire series into 2ohms and .5ohms parallel so with you post I'm assuming you need 2600wrms at 2ohms....get a zx2500.1

[Triple FTW]

Well so my sub is a 15 inch 1400rms dual 1 ohms subwoofer

and teh amp says it does 1200 rms at 1 ohm

will it be ok...

Because what you guys said confused me..

Edited September 2, 2008 by Triple FTW

[roscoe1129]

a speaker has a voice coil that coils resistance is measured in ohms. some speakers have 2 voicecoils. so your speaker is a dual 1 ohm subwoofer. you need an amp that puts out 1200watts at 2 ohms because you are going to run the coils in series. +of coil 1 to the - of coil 2 then the - of coil 1 to the negative of the amp and the + of coil 2 to the + of the amp. see what the amp says it does at 2 ohms and that is what your going to be giving the sub in terms of power.

[Triple FTW]

Ha sorry im retarded i dont really get it but i found an amp

that gives 1300 rms @ 2 ohms.

that works right

and would sound better then the 1 ohm

[roscoe1129]

Ha sorry im retarded i dont really get it but i found an amp

that gives 1300 rms @ 2 ohms.

that works right

and would sound better then the 1 ohm

pick up some books and start reading. Car stereo cookbook is an excellent choice for a newbie

yes that amp will work. sound better meh has nothing to do with sound at this point just getting the proper power to the sub.

[Triple FTW]

pick up some books and start reading. Car stereo cookbook is an excellent choice for a newbie

yes that amp will work. sound better meh has nothing to do with sound at this point just getting the proper power to the sub.

Roger let me go find this "cookbook" :hairtrick:

[roscoe1129]

I believe you can pick it and others up on

partsexpress.com

[Triple FTW]

Ight...

Thanks