are 2000 watts too much for 3 type r12s

[304290 10+ year member]

i have 3 type r12s in a 3.3 cf shared sealed enclosure. i'm thinking about going with the lanzar opti 2000d. this amp has been tested at producing 1962rms @ .5 ohms. my type rs are dvcs, and all three would give me an impedance of .66 ohms. so i should still be getting around 1900 watts. is this too much for the type rs? if so, how much power should i feed them?

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[cd6551 10+ year member]

no it isnt i ran 1100 to one 12 and it took it fine

 

[Ali1 10+ year member]

I have a hercules on two Type Rs @ .5ohms. Works fine, here. I don't think you would have any problems based on my setup. Can't garantee

 

[Ali1 10+ year member]

Go for it. If you start to smell something, or you think your subs are getting worked up, you can always back off on the gain..

 

[vetkilr 10+ year member]

Should be good to go. A lil small on the box though would be better off with 1 ported in that air space. but whatever.

 

[xpl0it 10+ year member]

i have 3 type r12s in a 3.3 cf shared sealed enclosure. i'm thinking about going with the lanzar opti 2000d. this amp has been tested at producing 1962rms @ .5 ohms. my type rs are dvcs, and all three would give me an impedance of .66 ohms. so i should still be getting around 1900 watts. is this too much for the type rs? if so, how much power should i feed them?

Your amp will never see .66 ohms, more like 1.2

 

[304290 10+ year member]

Your amp will never see .66 ohms, more like 1.2

one type r dvc wired parallel is two ohms. according to the ohm law you divide the number of speakers into the ohm load. so if each speaker is two ohms, you divide 3 which is the number of speakers into 2 which is the ohm load. that number is .666. if they where four ohm speakers then it would be 1.33. i did state they were dvcs. you are now educated.

 

[Ali1 10+ year member]

You forgot boxrise and impedence rise. That's why he said you will never see an actualy .66ohms. Take a DMM and measure the ohmload at the amp. It won't say .66. It will be between .7-1.5ohms. This is because box and imp rise comes into factor. For instance, i have mine wired @ .5, it's actually .8-.9

 

[2loud4u 10+ year member]

agree the r's will take it no problem

 

[304290 10+ year member]

You forgot boxrise and impedence rise. That's why he said you will never see an actualy .66ohms. Take a DMM and measure the ohmload at the amp. It won't say .66. It will be between .7-1.5ohms. This is because box and imp rise comes into factor. For instance, i have mine wired @ .5, it's actually .8-.9

anybody who knows a little about car audio knows that no ohm load is constant. i think he assumed that i was using four ohm speakers because that would be close to 1.2 ohms he suggested . he said my amp will never see .66 ohms which is not true. if i connected enough speakers, it will see .66 and below. ohms loads just don't rise. they go up and down as well. i have an extech digital multimeter. so i've seen it for myself. the question i asked don't have anything to do with ohm loads anyway.

 

[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

one type r dvc wired parallel is two ohms. according to the ohm law you divide the number of speakers into the ohm load. so if each speaker is two ohms, you divide 3 which is the number of speakers into 2 which is the ohm load. that number is .666. if they where four ohm speakers then it would be 1.33. i did state they were dvcs. you are now educated.

You're very ironic.