Ohm load rising?

[04tahoe]

Im running 2 alpine swr12d4 and a alpine mrx240. One of the rca inputs is loose so I rewired my sub's from 4 ohm to 1 ohm for when I change amps this afternoon. I noticed when I rewired it reads 1.3 ohm load but when i turn ignition on the amp receives power an the ohm load raises to 6 ohms. Gonna change amps after work but just wondering what could cause that

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[fixinit]

You rewired your subs from a 4ohm setup because of the loose RCA? Why not just keep it as is and crimp/sqwish that RCA terminal so it meets with your input. Anyway, you re-wired your subs for a 1ohm load and when ignition on, it reads 6ohm. Your amp is rated for 1 ohm stable so I'm under the impression that you should reassert your ground connection. Either that or you're reading your DMM wrong. Sorry if I'm not much help.

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

That's your box rise.

Bolt down that box so it doesn't rise again.

 

[tymoto21 10+ year member]

You can't measure speakers with the amp on

Even a very small amount of leakage current from the outputs will give you crazy readings

As long as the amp is 1ohm stable and you reset your gain (1ohm will require a lower gain setting than 4ohm) rock on

 

[hispls 5,000+ posts]

You do not measure speaker impedance with the speaker wires connected to an amplifier!

 

[Boominburban 10+ year member]

that Alpine amp is rated at 2 ohms mono btw .....