how to wire 2 subs: 2 ohm or 4 ohm

[CSCStang]

Confused. The spec sheet says they are 1.9 ohms. When I ran the wizard it says 2 ohms. What am I missing?

Run the multimeter on each vc separately, without wires hooked up. Post the results. The pic you posted clearly states dvc4.

 

[Jeffdachef 5,000+ posts]

Confused. The spec sheet says they are 1.9 ohms. When I ran the wizard it says 2 ohms. What am I missing?

google up the model number of the sub it says dual 4 ohm. Thats what the model says then thats what the sub is, nothing is gonna change that. you have dual 4 ohm 10 inch subs. Wire them to 4 ohm or 1 ohm.

 

[captaintiger]

Run the multimeter on each vc separately, without wires hooked up. Post the results. The pic you posted clearly states dvc4.

I can't, they are soldered. The multimeter does read 4 ohms when measuring +/- off the leads going to the amp. Also, in looking at the spec sheet it does say DC VC res both coils in parallel = 1.9 ohms. Does that translate to 4 ohms. Yes the part number says 104dvc. You are saying that indicates they are 4 ohm?

 

[UGHH]

I can't, they are soldered. The multimeter does read 4 ohms when measuring +/- off the leads going to the amp. Also, in looking at the spec sheet it does say DC VC res both coils in parallel = 1.9 ohms. Does that translate to 4 ohms. Yes the part number says 104dvc. You are saying that indicates they are 4 ohm?

Yes they are 4 ohm.

104dvc.....break it down 10=10"....4dvc=4ohm dual voice coil

 

[captaintiger]

OK, I bow down to y'all. I have them wired for 4 ohm operation so it looks like it will be 150 watts max to each sub (amp is 300w @ 4ohms). That should be enough, we will see. The spec sheet threw me...

Thanks to all who helped out.

 

[CSCStang]

I can't, they are soldered. The multimeter does read 4 ohms when measuring +/- off the leads going to the amp. Also, in looking at the spec sheet it does say DC VC res both coils in parallel = 1.9 ohms. Does that translate to 4 ohms. Yes the part number says 104dvc. You are saying that indicates they are 4 ohm?

So they are wired parallel from vc1 to vc2, then series from sub1 to sub2. You end up with a 4 ohm load in the end. You can wire the subs together in parallel for a 1 ohm, but you can't get to 2 ohms running both subs.