New to Car Audio...Need help wiring

[alxben95 10+ year member]

I want to wire two dvc 4ohm sub woofers down to 2 ohms. I think I know how to do that, however the amp has 4 terminals which im not familiar with. I drew a very crude picture to help explain what i want to do.

Would the amp have a 2 ohm load, or does that add up to 4 ohms total?

I guess i cant post the link to my picture? So its basically each speak is wired down to 2 ohms, and then connected to one +,- terminal on the amp. Will the load be 2 ohms on the amp or 4 ohms?

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[quackhead 10+ year member]

if you wire each subs' vc parallel, then you will have two 2ohm subs, wiring both subs parallel in turn creates a 1ohm load. If it is a monoblock with 2 sets of speaker connections, it is for ease of connecting multiple woofers. The way you describe hooking them up will be fine on either set of connections.

 

[Dtrom 10+ year member]

Two DVC 4's won't wire to 2 ohm...

 

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Assuming the amp is mono

 

[quackhead 10+ year member]

ps with two D4 subs, the options are either 4ohm or 1ohm.

 

[alxben95 10+ year member]

hmmm, well thats no good, could i wire them to 1 ohm each and then together some how to 2 ohms? I need them to be at 2 ohms if at all possible

 

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[Dtrom 10+ year member]

hmmm, well thats no good, could i wire them to 1 ohm each and then together some how to 2 ohms? I need them to be at 2 ohms if at all possible 

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oh and thanks for the speedy responses //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

Recone.

 

[alxben95 10+ year member]

Recone.

That would probably just cause more problems haha. If i wired them to 1 ohm and just took it easy on the subs would they be ok? They are rated for 175 rms but at 1 ohm they would both get 400 watts.

 

[alxben95 10+ year member]

That is if i understand amplifiers right... If i wire to 1 ohm, and my amp puts out 800w at 1 ohm it would be divided to both subs, so each would get 400w? Is that correct??

 

[DukeNut 10+ year member]

what amp is it?

 

[alxben95 10+ year member]

what amp is it?

RE Audio DTS-1000.1

 

[DukeNut 10+ year member]

you are correct, each will receive ~400. turn your amp gain down and send a clean signal too.

 

[DukeNut 10+ year member]

or you could wire them to 4 ohm and each would get 165.

 

[quackhead 10+ year member]

or you could wire them to 4 ohm and each would get 165.

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[alxben95 10+ year member]

Ok I will probably try that first and if its no loud enough then try it at 1 ohm. Thanks for all your help!

 

[Dtrom 10+ year member]

That would probably just cause more problems haha. If i wired them to 1 ohm and just took it easy on the subs would they be ok? They are rated for 175 rms but at 1 ohm they would both get 400 watts.

I'm sure they'll be fine on that power as long as the gains are set accordingly and it's not clipped.