Should I wire the orion 2500d at 2ohm or 1 ohm

[georobu 10+ year member]

Quick question. I'm thinking of replacing the two re xxx's I have with two Id Max to get a little more on the sq side. I am currently running the re's at 1 ohm on the orion 2500d. If I get Id maxes should I wire the amp at 1ohm or 2 ohms. The orion does:

1700@2ohm, and 2500@1ohm. I heard Id's can't take over 1 thousand watts/sub so I'm probably risking it with 2500. There is also the question of a better damping factor at 2ohms, will I notice it?

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[hzsogood 5,000+ posts]

1 ohm will be fine...

Just smell for smoke, if u smell it .. Go down to 2 ohms:up2somet:

 

[lifted95blaze 10+ year member]

i'd just run it at 2 ohms and not chance anything..... be safe lol

 

[chubby 10+ year member]

2 ohms. the idmaxes cant handle that much power

 

[hzsogood 5,000+ posts]

id s cn handle it if your not building the box @ 8 cubes

 

[georobu 10+ year member]

I have to know from the beggining the load on the amp so that I get the right coils on the subs-Ican't test that's why I need people's advice.

It's going to be installed in the recomended sealed box --1.3 ft3

I also doubt that I could smell it b4 it goes bad due to the fact that it is in the trunk and I have leather seats.

 

[Raisedin305 5,000+ posts]

Id run it at 2ohms

 

[tRiGgEr 5,000+ posts]

Run it @ 1ohm and set your gain for 2000 watts...