Dvc question

[XtremeBass 10+ year member]

Ok correct me if im wrong here. If you have a DVC sub, and you only run one coil, you are hurting it arnt you?

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[Billyf17 10+ year member]

Yes, if you run your Audiobahn with only one coil it could end up blowing the other. Anyway each coil can only handle half the power so running it with just one is just a stupid idea. And I KNOW you wouldn't be that dumb.

 

[ramos 5,000+ posts]

On the contrary I say no you won't hurt the sub. You loose power handling and the electrical q changes. But it won't hurt the sub. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[maylar 10+ year member]

That's the whole point of DVC speakers. If you can't use only one coil, then you might as well buy a SVC at whatever impedance you need. A D4 sub could never be 4 ohms, a D2 could never be 2 ohms.

I know JL says never use only one coil on their subs, but they're the only ones. Kicker has instructions for it in their literature... just cut the power handling capacity in half.

 

[chris229 10+ year member]

the point of a DVC is wiring options. You can run 1 coil. just reduce the power handling by half and short the other coil with a wire. This will keep all thiele - small parameters the same