Ohm Load?

[CRAZYCORNUTS18 10+ year member]

wut th diff between running 2 subs at 1 ohm and 4 ohm? i now its a noob question but plz help

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[CRAZYCORNUTS18 10+ year member]

did i put in wrong section?

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

If your amp is 1 Ohm stable it will likely put out significantly more power when shown a 1 Ohm load as opposed to a 4 Ohm load.

Generally that's the reason a substage is wired to a 1 Ohm load ~ to get the most available power from the amp driving it.

 

[Jason Sybert 10+ year member]

If your amp is 1 Ohm stable it will likely put out significantly more power when shown a 1 Ohm load as opposed to a 4 Ohm load.
Generally that's the reason a substage is wired to a 1 Ohm load ~ to get the most available power from the amp driving it.

Yeah I would defiantly watch that because if your amp isn't 1 ohm stable you could burn it up.

 

[CRAZYCORNUTS18 10+ year member]

well my amp says 1.5-4 so it would better to put it at 4?

 

[DeViOuSoNe 10+ year member]

Just a note...If your a NOOB I would be very carefull at running at 1 ohm..

 

[phyphoestilic 5,000+ posts]

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[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

well my amp says 1.5-4 so it would better to put it at 4?

I'll assume from this post you are using a slash series JL amp?

 

[CRAZYCORNUTS18 10+ year member]

yup

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

Since the JL slash-series amps are rated to output the same power anywhere within their given operating range (1.5~4 Ohms) I'd say wire your subs to a 4 Ohm nominal load and call it a day.

 

[DeViOuSoNe 10+ year member]

What subs do you have?

 

[CRAZYCORNUTS18 10+ year member]

Phoenix Gold Octane-ZR 12D4

 

[CRAZYCORNUTS18 10+ year member]

bump

 

[PatFitz9 10+ year member]

there isn't really a difference running them at 1 or 4 ohms. but since you have the JL, go with 4 ohms as stated above. might draw some more current doing that though.