Keep Getting 1.6 ohms instead of 1

[dakid23 10+ year member]

I have two 12 inch alpine type r's 4 ohm dual voice coil subs ..

I checked at how many ohms it was running at and got 1.6 .. i rewired it and im still gettin either 1.6 or 1.7 .. did i wire it wrong or something?

any advice will be appreciated ..

also i have a sundwon audio sae 1200 amp that im going to run .. will this be okay?

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[RidnClean 5,000+ posts]

are the subs in the box while you're getting this reading?

 

[Supergumby5000 5,000+ posts]

its either:

1)you are only reading one sub (they should both be wired down to a single 2 ohm load, then wired together to a final 1 ohm load)

2)they are dual 2 ohm subs

 

[dakid23 10+ year member]

the first time i did it yea they were in the box .. now i rewired it and one sub is in the box and the other is on top of the box .. because i didnt want to screw them in yet .. but its still setting on 1.6 or 1.7

by the way its a digital reader i bought from auto zone

 

[RidnClean 5,000+ posts]

..

 

[dakid23 10+ year member]

i followed the first diagram on this page ..

http://www.the12volt.com/caraudio/woofer_configurations.asp?Q=2&I=42

 

[dakid23 10+ year member]

also when i disconnect the subs from each other so only one sub is connected to the amp im showing either a 2.5 or 2.6 readingg ..

 

[anj46907 10+ year member]

its possbile one of the subs has a bad coil if its throwing the impedance off like that or one of the subs is a d2 and the other is a d4

check each individual subs impedance and go from there

fyi it doesnt have to be hooked to a amp to get a impedance reading

 

[dakid23 10+ year member]

how would i kno if the voice coil is bad? also i just went nd put the meter to each set of coils and got 2.5 or 2.6 for each one stead of 2 .. could it be the meter itself is off by .5 or .6?

 

[quest51210 10+ year member]

becuz you are stupid

 

[icpurplepplalot 5,000+ posts]

becuz you are stupid

What this guy said

 

[dakid23 10+ year member]

^^ hope that made you feel better .. nd how would i be stupid?

 

[SicAudio 5,000+ posts]

touch the leads together to 0 out the meter then do each individual coil and pm me the results

 

[icpurplepplalot 5,000+ posts]

^^ hope that made you feel better .. nd how would i be stupid?

Did I ask your opinion? I don't think so...