I Kno This Is A Dumb Ass Question But Explain Ohm To Mee

[GORILLAslap]

i dont understand it fully

[G_Fresh]

Google is your friend. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohms_law

That will help, and so will the other thousand search results.

[GORILLAslap]

Google is your friend. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohms_law

That will help, and so will the other thousand search results.

i kno what it is but how do u like change ur amp through 1 or 2 ohms??

[Bills]

ohm is resistance. and ya. best way to find out what it is is look it up on the internet.

Bills

[Team_Bad_Company]

I'ma have a crack at this..... ha

You don't change your amp to 1 or 2 ohm, you change how you wire the subs. Ex. Parallel and series. Parallel lowers ohm loads by connecting + to + and - to -. Wiring in series raises the ohm load by wiring + to - and + to -.

Say you have dual 2 ohm sub. You wire in Parallel, you get a 1 ohm load. You wire the same sub in series you get a 4 ohm load. So you only change the subs total resistance. Not the amp itself.

[GORILLAslap]

I'ma have a crack at this..... ha

You don't change your amp to 1 or 2 ohm, you change how you wire the subs. Ex. Parallel and series. Parallel lowers ohm loads by connecting + to + and - to -. Wiring in series raises the ohm load by wiring + to - and + to -.

Say you have dual 2 ohm sub. You wire in Parallel, you get a 1 ohm load. You wire the same sub in series you get a 4 ohm load. So you only change the subs total resistance. Not the amp itself.

by parallel u mean like bridged?? an if i bridge em its 1 ohm but if i do it normal it 2 ohms??

[Team_Bad_Company]

by parallel u mean like bridged?? an if i bridge em its 1 ohm but if i do it normal it 2 ohms??

No, you "bridge" an amp. If it is a 2 channel amp, when you wire the two together, the is "bridging."

What are your sub? and ohm load per sub?

[GORILLAslap]

No, you "bridge" an amp. If it is a 2 channel amp, when you wire the two together, the is "bridging."

What are your sub? and ohm load per sub?

at the moment i have a jbl gto 14001 with 2 mtx 5500 10s bridged an i think there 2 ohms but im not sure

[Team_Bad_Company]

at the moment i have a jbl gto 14001 with 2 mtx 5500 10s bridged an i think there 2 ohms but im not sure

Well there is not bridging going on, that is a single channel amp. i'm guess by model number.

But at any rate, If they are single 2 ohm, then if you are running in parallel then your amp is seeing a 1 ohm load.

If they are wired in series then your amp is seeing a 4 ohm load.

[Guest]

I'ma have a crack at this..... ha

You don't change your amp to 1 or 2 ohm, you change how you wire the subs. Ex. Parallel and series. Parallel lowers ohm loads by connecting + to + and - to -. Wiring in series raises the ohm load by wiring + to - and + to -.

Say you have dual 2 ohm sub. You wire in Parallel, you get a 1 ohm load. You wire the same sub in series you get a 4 ohm load. So you only change the subs total resistance. Not the amp itself.

you also change how much power is applied to the speakers. EX: having 2 12" subwoofers, each having a Single 2 Ohm voice coil on it. having 2 of them and wiring them in parallel would make it 1 ohm. connecting the 1 ohm load (the 2 speakers in parallel) to an amplifier, the speakers would get a total of 1000rms.

now thats not 1000rms to each speaker, its shared among them equally, so each speaker would get around 500rms.

if you wire 2 of the same speakers in series, you would get 4 ohms. now when you connect this 4 ohm load to the same amplifier, the speakers would each receive 125rms, or a total of 250rms. (125+125=250)