ohm load question

[evanirr 10+ year member]

I got 2 dd9915 d1's

and a soundstream 6500xxx

so i have to wire them to 1 ohm, but in order to do that, really only 2 of my 4 voice coils will be hooked up to the amp. now will i be losing speaker potential? or should i just hook up all the voice coils and say fuc* it?

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[ahole-ic]

I got 2 dd9915 d1'sand a soundstream 6500xxx

so i have to wire them to 1 ohm, but in order to do that, really only 2 of my 4 voice coils will be hooked up to the amp. now will i be losing speaker potential? or should i just hook up all the voice coils and say fuc* it?

Series-parallel wiring. You have more money than you have knowledge //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif. I don't mean to be a douche but maybe you should let a shop wire it up.

 

[csu87 10+ year member]

youre welcome

Subwoofer Wiring Diagrams, Two 1 ohm Dual Voice Coil (DVC) Speakers

this thread definately wont help your sale of these subs. when people see you cant wire them correctly, they may be skeptical

 

[evanirr 10+ year member]

sounds simple have a shop do it, last time i did that i lost my amp does to bad wiring

 

[evanirr 10+ year member]

yea thats what i thought, but looking at it, only 2 of the 4 voice coils are hooked up to the amp, so will i be losing speaker potential?

 

[misfit138 5,000+ posts]

yea thats what i thought, but looking at it, only 2 of the 4 voice coils are hooked up to the amp, so will i be losing speaker potential?

no

 

[csu87 10+ year member]

yea thats what i thought, but looking at it, only 2 of the 4 voice coils are hooked up to the amp, so will i be losing speaker potential?

:facepalm:

the coils are in series, then the subs in parallel. all the coils are getting power to them and all 4 are connected directly to the amp, be it a - or a +. take it to a shop and dont do anything your self

 

[evanirr 10+ year member]

i pretty much said fu** selling them, if someone wants them they can buy em but im content with keeping them

 

[kr15 5,000+ posts]

there is nothing wrong with series at all...some people will say its actually better than paralell

 

[DammitJames 10+ year member]

it looks like 2 of the coils arnt hooked up but they really are you are just looking at it wrong there is only going to be 2 wires going to the amp but if you wire it like the diagram all of the coils will get power

 

[csu87 10+ year member]

there is nothing wrong with series at all...some people will say its actually better than paralell

not really any difference. both ways, the coils will see the same amount of power. the only difference it makes in what the amp sees. usually, when wired it series, you get a higher load which is better on the amp

 

[kr15 5,000+ posts]

usually, when wired it series, you get a higher load which is better on the amp

this...and I thought I read something on here about the motor force? I could be mistaken

 

[skadude016 5,000+ posts]

wow

 

[csu87 10+ year member]

this...and I thought I read something on here about the motor force? I could be mistaken

i havent heard that and when you look at electricity, you will get the same wattage either way, its just a matter of how it gets it. in series, the amperage will stay the same, in parallel, the voltage stays the same.

 

[kr15 5,000+ posts]

If possible, I wire in series to keep the amp at a higher ohm load for obvious reasons. This is usually best done with either a massive mono, or good size 2 channel. Most of the time, if someone needs 1000rms, its much easier and affordable to find an amp that is 1000rms at 1ohm, rather than 1000rms at 4ohm. I suppose it is application specific. If your amp is that powerful at 4ohms, why not run it in series? Often, however, its just easier to get that power at 1or2ohm