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[Z3R0]

I have 2 10" subs that are single 4 ohm voice coils. Is their a way i could get them down to a 1 ohm load with like resistors of some kind wired in with the subs?

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[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

the real question is .....WHY?

 

[Etac 10+ year member]

you could but like the post above me... why? if you're going from 2 to 1 ohm... half the power is gonna get eaten by the resistors... therfore youll get no gain. youll just be wasting produced power...

 

[Z3R0]

Just to see if its possible

 

[Etac 10+ year member]

wll if you're looking for 1 ohm combined?

just wire each sub with a 4 ohm resistor in parralel (to get 2 ohms each), then wire those in parralel together.. 1 ohm

 

[Z3R0]

you see iam trying to experiment with my subs. i have a US Amps Xterminator amp. power ratings are 150 watts @ 2 ohms and 500 watts @ 1 ohm. i just want to see if this idea will work to get all 500 watts out of the amp to the subs.

 

[Etac 10+ year member]

it wont work tho, youll have 1 ohm yes and the amp will make 500 watts...

but all that power wont goto the subs.. half of it will goto the resistors.. therefore you're still making 250 watts to the subs. therefore no gain, no difference,

 

[WhoSayWho? 5,000+ posts]

You guys show the OP some more respect. Don't you know who he is?

Hint: Someone from Midland, TX who suddenly has time on his hands to be posting here and playing with subs.

 

[Etac 10+ year member]

1) i have been nice to him

2) i dont care who he is

3) wtf are you talking about

 

[Cpyder 10+ year member]

I think two ohms is the lowest you can wire two 4 ohm SVC subs.

You could buy two more of the same subs and then you could wire at 1. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Ed Lester 10+ year member]

resistors are a fixed impedance, subs are a reactive load.

what this means is that if you wire resistors to your amp, you will most likely see smoke.

also, there is no point in doing it. no matter what the rating on that amp says, amps barely can make twice the power at 1 ohm vs. 2 ohm.

So you would be getting less power to the subs, and alot more heat in the amp.

 

[TNTR70 10+ year member]

500 by one or 500 by two at 1 ohm?

 

[SunfireGT 10+ year member]

Im curious who is famous from Midland, TX

 

[Ed Lester 10+ year member]

Im curious who is famous from Midland, TX

I think he made a bad attempt at a George Bush joke.

 

[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

Impedance transformer.