Quick ohm question for the retarded, hehe

[Phatmaxx87 10+ year member]

Ok, got a Type r alpine 12" 4 ohm DVC sub today(xmas) and I have a question. Can you wire a 4 ohm dvc sub at 4 ohms on one channel? I am powering it on a CFA602 crossfire amp. and it is hard enough to figure out it's wiring(no manual). Please let me know. I would prefere to run only on set of wires to the sub(limited wire). LMK thanks

-Vance

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[skeptikal Premium Member]

nope. DVC 4 ohms can either be wired to 2 or 8 ohms.... if you get a pair of them you can wire it @ 4 ohms though.

 

[Phatmaxx87 10+ year member]

That

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Well, what would happen If I ran it at 2ohms by series and then but 4ohms to it? Would it really make a differance. Logic tells me it would hurt the sub or the amp. I tryed it at 600w brigged at 4 ohms and the sub was at 2 ohms and it sounded better than 300w @2ohms. LMK

-Vance

 

[B_Master_Flash 10+ year member]

if you put a 2 ohm impedence on the amp it can damage the amp, and the amp can damagae the sub. you can try one coil bridged @ 600w, but that will blow the sub if you power it fully or you can try the sub @ 2 ohms plugged into one channel @ 300w. Or if you dont really care about the life of your sub or amp you can bridge 2 ohms and see what happens. best would be to get the 2ohm DVC

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

wire 1 VC to 1 terminal, the other VC to the other terminal

4 ohms each.

 

[Phatmaxx87 10+ year member]

wire 1 VC to 1 terminal, the other VC to the other terminal4 ohms each.

Would it sound better than both VC seriesed to one channel(2ohm)? The biggest thing with that is wire length. We will see.

-Vance

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

Just do 2 ohm bridged.

it will be less wire

 

[Phatmaxx87 10+ year member]

Ya, I think I will. It still has a shi* load of base. I turned up the gain just a bit from 24.9V to 26V even @ 40htz. It sounds pretty good. I am deciding to get a differant amp or not. We will see when I get everything installed and in place. Thanks for all the input.

-Vance