1ohm and 2ohm

[dirtboi22]

it can be 1 or 4 depending on wether you hook the coils up in parallel or series

so how do i hook it up to one ohm? and is running my sub on 1ohm hard on it?

[DGold]

The ohm load is a way to control how much output you get from your amp. The ohm on the coils is just so you have different wiring options. If you use too low of an ohm load it will hurt your amp, not so much your subs unless your amp is putting out dirty signals. Then you could potentially hurt both the amp and the subs in return for a little extra power and a voided warranty if you had one to begin with.

[dirtboi22]

ok, so what is the lowest i can wire my 2 dual 2ohm woofers? wouldnt it be 2 ohm?

[R_Mac_1]

ok, so what is the lowest i can wire my 2 dual 2ohm woofers? wouldnt it be 2 ohm?

You can wire each sub to one ohm (parallel) and then either parallel the two subs for .5 ohms or run them in series for a 2 ohm load.

You could also run each sub in series to get 4 ohms each, then parallel them to get the 2 ohm load as well.

But the lowest you can wire them would be .5 ohms.

[dirtboi22]

jezz this is confusing! lol, so if i hook up one side of the sub for both subs it would be a 1 ohm load?

[95_1500]

jezz this is confusing! lol, so if i hook up one side of the sub for both subs it would be a 1 ohm load?

If you have the speaker leads in parallel at the amp yes lol.. But each sub will only take half its power.. ie a 1000wrms dvc sub can handle 1000 with both voice coils hooked up, if only one is hooked up it can only take 500, or half the power..

[dirtboi22]

You can wire each sub to one ohm (parallel) and then either parallel the two subs for .5 ohms or run them in series for a 2 ohm load.

You could also run each sub in series to get 4 ohms each, then parallel them to get the 2 ohm load as well.

But the lowest you can wire them would be .5 ohms.

how do i hook it up in parrellel? to get a two ohm load

[Torres]

no, hooking it up in parallel would give you a .5 ohm load. hooking it up in series would give you 8 ohms. what you're gonna need is a parallel/series combo like this:

[shainemcconnell]

do not only hook up one coil...on each sub....Not a good thing. follow Exposport's pic post

for all (well a lot) of your wiring needs

http://www.the12volt.com/caraudio/woofer_c...sp?Q=2&I=22

Edited August 5, 2009 by shainemcconnell

[dirtboi22]

no, hooking it up in parallel would give you a .5 ohm load. hooking it up in series would give you 8 ohms. what you're gonna need is a parallel/series combo like this:

thanks alot man you helped me out big time! but i got one more question lol i have two 2ohm re sx 15's, rms is 1000 on each, so if i hook my subs up this way( which i am) will i need and amp that puts out 2000 rms at 2ohm, or just 1000rms at 2ohm so they are both getting 1000 each?