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[eus090474 10+ year member]

I have tried reading the manual and doing some research but I am not smart enough to figure it out. Can someone please break it down potato head style for me please? I have a Polk pa600.1 mono amp with a kicker 15cvr. The sub is wired in series and bridged on the amp. Can someone please tell me how much power and how many ohms it is at? I know it is a dumb question but I just can't seem to get it right.

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[phemps 10+ year member]

Dual voice coil wired in series? Dvc4 or dvc2?

 

[eus090474 10+ year member]

Sorry, dvc4

 

[phemps 10+ year member]

Sorry, dvc4

If you wired the voicecoios in series then you have an 8 ohm load at the amp. You want to wire it in parallel to give a 2 ohm load. This is if you have a single dvc4 which is what I thought you said right? And just make sure your sub can handle the wattage your amp puts out at 2 ohms

 

[eus090474 10+ year member]

How would that chang the watts? It is a 600 watt amp, is it possible of more than 600? Again, sorry for the dumb questions, I'm still learning.

 

[phemps 10+ year member]

check out the specs of your amp. the amp will put out different power at different ohm loads. the norm is usually rated at 2 ohms. so your amp probably does 600 watts at 2 ohms, 300 at 4 ohms...etc. you have to see what your amp is rated to do and match the the power rating of the amp at a certain ohm load to your subs power handling. in your case you can only wire your sub to be 2 or 8 ohms so you want to have it wired in parallel(2 ohms) to pull the most power from your amp

 

[eus090474 10+ year member]

Thank you for all the help. I wired it in parallel and it is sounding great!! Thanks again