Ohm load Question

[DaGh0st 5,000+ posts]

ok i was playing with a pair of dual 4 ohm subs. I had one at 2 ohms and the other at 8. I connected the speaker ends as if i was gonna hook them up to an amp got out my DMM to read the ohm load and got 1.5 . Has anyone done this kinda setup for real...like really hook it up to an amp and ran it like that? Is it ok to do?

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[Ali G 10+ year member]

I'm sure people have...

but it is not a good idea, the sub wired to two ohms will be receiving way more power than the one wired at 8 ohms.

 

[PhatTonyDeMarco 5,000+ posts]

I'm sure people have...
but it is not a good idea, the sub wired to two ohms will be receiving way more power than the one wired at 8 ohms.

Someone has tried everything... Current automatically flows through the path with less resistance (lower ohms //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif) therefore your sub wired at 2 ohms would be receiving ~4 times the amount of power.

Also it would sound like ***. Why wouldnt you just wire them down to 1 ohm?

 

[DaGh0st 5,000+ posts]

i wasnt really gonna wire them like that, i just wanted to see what ohm load i'd get.