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[Gutta Trash]

I am going to be running 3 12" and they are rated 1000-2000 watts (and able to handle a 3500 watt burp) but I was looking at the specs and they say "power range: 100-1,000 watts RMS (500 watts RMS per coil)" does that mean if I run 3 like this with a mono block at around 1800 watts I would be over powering them?

[tehbert0]

if they are rated at 1k each and you're giving them 1800 watts total you will be underpowering them

[Gutta Trash]

if they are rated at 1k each and you're giving them 1800 watts total you will be underpowering them

but they are 500 per vc what should I be running then for 3?

[tehbert0]

if you wire them just like the diagram both coils will be hooked up so you'll be straigth

[MrSkippyJ]

but they are 500 per vc what should I be running then for 3?

500 x (6 vc) = 3k RMS. Your are fine with 1800

Edit: I should have said you are not overpowering them with 1800, sorry.

Edited March 1, 2010 by shkibbybop

[IH8PunkRok]

to accurately power you need 3k rms total

so look for an amp around 34-3500 rms at 1 ohm just to be safe

[Gutta Trash]

damn i am confused I was thinking if I was using a mono block amp each positive would be receiving the same power coming off of the amp (like 1800w)

[raytard]

right, 1800 watts comes out the positive terminal. it then trickles through the subs in equal proportion because of equal resistance, so each sub gets 600 watts of the original 1800 (1800/3=600), and then each coil sees half of that because again of equal resistance, so each coil is getting 300w

cmon man, this is like gradeschool science

[Gutta Trash]

k i get it now and thanks for making me feel like an idiot (although i may be one) for asking i guess what is a dumb question

[raytard]

for all we know, i'm the idiot for paying more attention to science classes than sports or beer :/

but for real, www.bcae1.com will answer almost any car audio question you have, so check that out sometime. has a lot of the science related stuff broken down and applied to car audio.