Did i do damage?

[Lspade 10+ year member]

FIRST QUESTION---What happens if I would run a 400Wrms sub with a 300Wrms amp?

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I DID NOT KNOW MY SUBS WERE 4ohms. I ran two 4ohm subs on an amp that was unable to handle a 2ohm load for about 5 minutes. All the sudden they just stopped and i was like WTF! I checked my fuses and found out i had blown one.

SECOND QUESTION---Is it possible that i did any major harm to my amp or subs? Right now i am running just one of the subs and it works good.

If you want to know how i could be so stupid and not know the resistance of my subs this is the story: There were some eclipse 300Wrms subs on sale at our local car audio dealer. My friend bought two and a few days later i went and bought one of WHAT I THOUGHT WAS THE SAME SUBWOOFER. I noticed it was an 8ohm sub and i thought, cool i can buy another one and get a 4ohm load on my amp. During this period my friend bought some new subs and wanted to sell me his old eclipse subwoofers that i was gonna buy anyways. So I bought both of his (since they were more broken in than mine) and gave him mine and $70. I thought they were 8ohms since my sub was 8 ohms and got them all hooked up and it was sounden kinda wierd then all the suddon NO SOUND. Yah, that is the story.

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[RandyJ 10+ year member]

If you blew the fuse and replaced it to resume normal working conditions then most likely no damage at allw as done. Allthat happened was the load was dropped too much and too much current was drawn, causing the fuse to blow.

 

[RandyJ 10+ year member]

And for your first question, nothing would happen if everything was set up right, the amp actually put out 300w and the sub could take an actual 400w. If you have gains and equalization set properly and correct enclosures, then everything will be just peachy //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[kevin_vnbrn]

first are the subs both 400W apeice and how many channels is your amp and did you hyave them ran in a series or where they alone

 

[tRiGgEr 5,000+ posts]

Sure it's possible you damaged something. But you will not know until you connect it again.

Only run one sub, set your gains properly and you will be good to go.