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i thought you couldnt wire 4 ohm subs to 2 ohms?
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<blockquote data-quote="Full Tilt" data-source="post: 8088911" data-attributes="member: 640249"><p>Single subwoofers with single coils can be wired to their impedance. For example, a SVC 2-ohm sub can be wired at 2 ohms.</p><p></p><p>Your friend is currently running a single DVC sub, that mean it has, well, dual voice coils. This means you can wire it in parallel or series to get the impedance you want. Wiring in parallel will cut the resistance in half, leaving your final impedance at, say, 1 ohm if it's a 2 ohm sub. If you wire a 2 ohm sub in series, that basically doubles the resistance load at the amp, which means it'd be now running at 4 ohms. It's confusing at first, I know.</p><p></p><p>Now, when you're running 2 dual voice coil subs, you're able to see more and more options opening up. So, say you've got 2 2-ohm DVC subs. Remember what I said about doubling and cutting impedances in half when I was talking about series and parallel wiring? This now applies for both subs. So, if you're running two, you can run both in parallel, which will cut the impedance in half twice. (2 divided by 2, divided by 2 again), this will give you a final impedance of .5 ohms. You could also run series/parallel, which would cut the impedance in half but then double it, leaving you where you started - at 2 ohms. Now, your final option is to run series/series, which would double it twice (2*2*2) leaving you at 8 ohms. This option is somewhat rare because of the high resistance loads put on the amp, meaning you won't get near as much power out of it. This same concept can be applied to any subwoofer configuration.</p><p></p><p>SVC and DVC subwoofers offer different options, and some subs even have more. But I mainly wanted to explain the DVC one because these are by far the most common type of sub, and it's probably what you'll deal with the majority of your time in car audio.</p><p></p><p>I hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Full Tilt, post: 8088911, member: 640249"] Single subwoofers with single coils can be wired to their impedance. For example, a SVC 2-ohm sub can be wired at 2 ohms. Your friend is currently running a single DVC sub, that mean it has, well, dual voice coils. This means you can wire it in parallel or series to get the impedance you want. Wiring in parallel will cut the resistance in half, leaving your final impedance at, say, 1 ohm if it's a 2 ohm sub. If you wire a 2 ohm sub in series, that basically doubles the resistance load at the amp, which means it'd be now running at 4 ohms. It's confusing at first, I know. Now, when you're running 2 dual voice coil subs, you're able to see more and more options opening up. So, say you've got 2 2-ohm DVC subs. Remember what I said about doubling and cutting impedances in half when I was talking about series and parallel wiring? This now applies for both subs. So, if you're running two, you can run both in parallel, which will cut the impedance in half twice. (2 divided by 2, divided by 2 again), this will give you a final impedance of .5 ohms. You could also run series/parallel, which would cut the impedance in half but then double it, leaving you where you started - at 2 ohms. Now, your final option is to run series/series, which would double it twice (2*2*2) leaving you at 8 ohms. This option is somewhat rare because of the high resistance loads put on the amp, meaning you won't get near as much power out of it. This same concept can be applied to any subwoofer configuration. SVC and DVC subwoofers offer different options, and some subs even have more. But I mainly wanted to explain the DVC one because these are by far the most common type of sub, and it's probably what you'll deal with the majority of your time in car audio. I hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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