DVC 4ohm running of a 2 ohm mono?

[Jakeanator12]

so my sub is rated at 350 rms. probably around 170 for each coil. I'm just wondering, is it safe to run this sub off of a 2 ohm mono? And if you guys have any ideas for what amp i should look at? Thx for you time!

[Cardboardcat15]

Subwoofer is a DVC 4 ohm, wire the coils in parallel for a 2 ohm load.

http://www.the12volt.com/caraudio/woofer_configurations.asp?Q=1&I=42#results

An example of a compatible amplifier.

http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_9852_Rockford+Fosgate+Punch+P300-1.html

Name/brand of woofer?

EDIT: and to answer your question, yes it is safe, as long as the amplifier is 2 ohm stable.

Edited September 14, 2010 by Cardboardcat15

[Jakeanator12]

Thanks alotfor the comment! The sub is a 10" pioneer (its my first system) ts w258d4. Again thank you for the information!

[Jakeanator12]

will this amp here be an overkill at 400rms @ 2ohm? thanks again for all the help!

[Skullz]

You could no doubt get away with running an RF prime 500 or an alpine m500 on that thing with no problem, just thought id toss that out there for ya.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Rockford-Fosgate-R500-1-Prime-500-Watt-Mono-Amplifier-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem3a5e5c1166QQitemZ250691195238QQptZCarQ5fAudioQ5fVideo#ht_1917wt_1018

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Alpine-MRP-M500-/110585845431?pt=Car_Audio_Video&hash=item19bf6e16b7#ht_500wt_1182

[NRG]

The Alpine Skullz put up will do you ok and save you some coin which you can buy the wiring kit with and a box if you dont have one

I run alpine on my pioneer sub and it works like a charm

[Jakeanator12]

Thanks for the input Skullz and NRG. I'm planning on making my own box useing RE Enclosure Calculator. NRG Do you have the same sub? Thx!

[white4d96]

Ick, don't use RE, it's really really inaccurate.

Use Torres' calc, its stickied in the subwoofer/enclosure subforum.

[NRG]

NRG Do you have the same sub? Thx!

I dont sorry i have the Pioneer TS-W 3004 SPL powered by an alpine pdx1.1000 with a secondry battery on a 100amp alternator with 4awg and recent 250amp anl fuse.

kept popping the 80amp agu's lol

friend of mine had 2 of your subs though powered by alpine mrd 605 i think it was and that was good too.

as for box making well i learned that lesson in a hurry.

i built a box to the sub specs and it was laaaaaaaaaaame. i then experimented and found that a big ported box had more boom.

lots of info on the net and especially on here about boxes, Whats to loose really as you can only learn by mistakes and i gotta admit its fun too. After some experimenting i ended up with a double the size box with a slotted port and man does it bang for what it is

[Jakeanator12]

This will be my first box that i have made for myself and I'm expecting some mistakes to occur! lol thanks again for all the great input. i posted this question in subwoofers / enclosures but i was wondering if you guys knew if there is a difference is sound if i were to put the sub facing up in a "L ported" box compared to parallel to the port? if not. Thanks anyways!