running kicker 750.1 at 1 ohm

[CntInjaDisNinja 10+ year member]

Hey my insurance company just sent all my replacement stuff for my stuff that got robbed. they sent me a kicker 750.1 and two JL W3's dual 4 ohm. The kicker is rated at 750 rms at 2 ohm and I can only wire a 4 and 1 ohm. I was planning on running them at 1 ohm and taking it easy with the gains, do you guys think this will be safe? I would hate to fry my amp. ALso its a mono amp and I have never heard of a mono amp that isent 1 ohm stable??

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[Keith H 10+ year member]

I wouldn't do it. I've had a few ZX750's and still have one right now. Great amps, but I wouldn't risk damaging it. I'm sure you can find someone on here that has a 1ohm stable amp that they would trade you for it if your not looking to spend any money. Otherwise you can pick up a 1ohm stable amp that puts out enough power for what you looking for for decently cheap. My .02

 

[bogiejoe1 10+ year member]

i wouldnt go below 2 ohms with it either

 

[CntInjaDisNinja 10+ year member]

Yea I might try it at 4 ohm and see how it sounds. If it dosent bump ill put it at one 1 ohm and tune the gains accordingly. oh yea im one semester away from being en elctrical engineer so I know how to caluclate power with gain control, ill let you know how it goes

 

[ashtrey1212 10+ year member]

what is the power rating on those subs? you could always get another 750.1 and run two amps two subs, but i'm not familiar with w3's so i don't know if they'd handle that much power.

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

I was just reading the thread the other day about some guy running his kicker amp at 1 ohm and many people said he would be fine. Was on a Kicker 2500 I believe, so might make a difference, I don't know why though.