Noob Question

[fozzymuphet 10+ year member]

i bought a Directed 1500d off of ebay and it didnt have a manual or anything. I have a couple of newb questions since this is my first experience with car audio

I want to run it at 800w 2ohms and 1100w at 1 ohm. I havent found any extrenal switches on the amp. Do i wire my sub to 2 ohms and expect the amp to just run at 2ohms? And can i run a 4ohm dvc sub at 1 ohm?

My next question is how many channels does it have? I'm looking at the back and it has two sets of positive and negative terminals. I assume that means there is two channels. If so then how do i bridge them to run my 4ohm DVC Sub?

Next is a wire question. I want to use this wire kit http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5815887012&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1 It's a 2 gauge wireing kit for a sub amp. Do i use the 12guage to wire my sub? it's 500w per coil. Will it be alright?

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[alphakenny1 10+ year member]

Do i wire my sub to 2 ohms and expect the amp to just run at 2ohms?

yes.

And can i run a 4ohm dvc sub at 1 ohm?

yes. http://forums.caraudio.com/vb/showthread.php?t=31984

My next question is how many channels does it have? I'm looking at the back and it has two sets of positive and negative terminals. I assume that means there is two channels.

its a mono block amp and hence its a one channel amp. the two sets of positive and negative terminals are there for ease of installing two subs. so if you wire one sub to it, it will see the wattage that the amp will give out at the load you create, if you install two subs then the power will be split between the subs.

and i don't know your last question. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[fozzymuphet 10+ year member]

Thanks. The link you gave me says you can only wire 2 4ohm dvc subs to 1 ohm

 

[fozzymuphet 10+ year member]

good news! My sub is a Dual 2ohm!!!! it can be wired to 1 ohm !!!!

 

[RandyJ 10+ year member]

12awg is overkill for the 500wrms, if that is what you want though then go ahead and use it, no sense in not using wire you already have.

 

[alphakenny1 10+ year member]

Thanks. The link you gave me says you can only wire 2 4ohm dvc subs to 1 ohm

oops sorry. i guess you can't. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif . sorry about that.

 

[fozzymuphet 10+ year member]

It's alright because i just glanced at the bottom and it says dual 2 ohms which i'm guessing means 2ohm DVC which will run at 1 ohm : ). I havent bought the kit yet. What would you reccomend? I mostly spotted the kit for it's 2 gauge wire for the amp power lead. Is that overkill? should i go with a 4 gauge kit?