ohm load questions

[Rainelli 10+ year member]

If I ran a dual 1 ohm fi series would it come to 2 ohms or 3 ohm load and us my amp 3 ohm stable?

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[Chrispy 10+ year member]

We have a sticky in the Wiring, Electrical and Installation Help section but none of the pics worked when I went to it so here's a link to another.

Subwoofer Wiring Diagrams, One 1 ohm Dual Voice Coil (DVC) Speaker

Your amp is 2 ohm stable so wire in series.

 

[rc10mike 10+ year member]

It would blow up instantly, IMO dont do anything.

 

[jaeguerra909 10+ year member]

i think u can get a 2 ohm load from a dual 1 if im right im not sure i know u can get a .5 ohm load parallel so im guessing 2 ohm from series

 

[Chrispy 10+ year member]

i think u can get a 2 ohm load from a dual 1 if im right im not sure i know u can get a .5 ohm load parallel so im guessing 2 ohm from series

Did you not read my previous post?

 

[jaeguerra909 10+ year member]

Did you not read my previous post?

no i did not read ur comment just what his thread was about

 

[Rainelli 10+ year member]

I was planning on running series but everything I read says series adds how many coils you have to your ohm load I have 1 ohm load plus 2 coils wouldn't that make 3

 

[IonRL205 10+ year member]

Think of your coils as two SVC subwoofers, each 1 ohm. Now if you took both of these subs and ran them in series, it would go to 2 ohms, or parallel, it would go to .5 ohm

It's the same concept for each voice coil of a subwoofer. If you ran the coils in series, it would go to 2 ohms, for parallel it would be .5 ohm

 

[brynm 10+ year member]

No, you have 2 one ohm loads, so 1+1=2. Figuring ohm loads for speakers may sound confusing at first but it really isn't. Parallel will divide your load and series will multiply it.

Ex. Three 4 ohm loads in series would be 4x3 or 12 ohms, in parallel would be 4/3 or 1.333 ohms

basically:

series final load = single coil ohm x number of coils.

parallel final load = single coil ohm / number of coils.