rms rating difference

[loudenuff]

my p3 12s are d4 600 rms. I wanna wire them to 1 ohm on this amp, it's a ct sounds 500.1 500 rms at 1 ohm.. they're underrated according to a lot of people and they're rated at 12v. do you think this would be okay? the bass knob has it's own voltage meter and a light that blinks when the signal is clipping. not sure if the clipped signal is what hurts the subs or the power it's getting itself.

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[The Camry]

Low power wont hurt sub. High power to diff subs is sub dependent. Some can take it. Some cant. Some are so underrated that they actually need double their rms to sound good. SA-12 for instance.

Its clipping that ruins your subs. If your playing and that clipping light is going. TURN IT DOWN or you will have no subs soon.

 

[The Camry]

Your subs are rated for 600 rms. Which usually means they sound best at 600rms. Like i said earlier. Thats not always the case. You could prob throw like 800-1000 on one with an unclipped signal and they'd handle it. you said you have p3 12s. Which means you have two or in other words, you have two 600 rms subs which means you need 1200 rms total to run them correctly.

Your amp does 500.1 at one ohm. Which means at two ohms is prob does 350ish. at 4 ohms. 150ish.

With two D4 subs. The lowest you can wire them is 2ohms. Which means youd be getting 350ish rms TOTAL.

Barely 1/4 of what you need.

you need a bigger amp man.

 

[bmk6795 10+ year member]

Your subs are rated for 600 rms. Which usually means they sound best at 600rms. Like i said earlier. Thats not always the case. You could prob throw like 800-1000 on one with an unclipped signal and they'd handle it. you said you have p3 12s. Which means you have two or in other words, you have two 600 rms subs which means you need 1200 rms total to run them correctly.
Your amp does 500.1 at one ohm. Which means at two ohms is prob does 350ish. at 4 ohms. 150ish.

With two D4 subs. The lowest you can wire them is 2ohms. Which means youd be getting 350ish rms TOTAL.

Barely 1/4 of what you need.

you need a bigger amp man.

How can 2 d4 subs not wire to 1 ohm?

OP that amp prolly does 6-800 @ 1 ohm. Run it and see if you like it, if not up your power. Clipping is what kills subs, to much power can kill a sub, but clipping is usually the culprit. The most important thing it to put those subs in a properly built box. The box is the most important factor in a system.

 

[The Camry]

oh yea. DVC. oops.

 

[bmk6795 10+ year member]

oh yea. DVC. oops.

Lol I was wondering.