Understanding OHMs

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The Audiobahn Alum15x subs says the following jargon: Dual 6 Ohm · 3 Ohm or 12 Ohm Operation.

I'm confused because I don't understand the whole Ohm rules and impedance/resistance. I haven't seen any amplifiers that state these specific ohms.

Can someone help with this?

I'll be using 2 Audiobahn Alum15x subs with a 2 channel 2500w amp.

And another question. Am I able run TWO subs off a mono amp? It'll work the same as a multi-channel amp and still cut the watts by the number of subs used, right?

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[budgetSQ 10+ year member]

OK... *cracks knuckles*

assuming that your amp is stable to 3 ohms (most are) the easiest way to do this is to wire each channel from amp in parallel to 1 sub. That would be Pos. to both pos, Neg. to both neg. This would give u a 3 ohm load.

If your amp was 500x2 @ 4 ohms, this would give you about 750 watts to each sub

If you had a mono amp, you could wire it down to 1.5 ohms by wiring all 4 vcs in parallel. Pos to 4 pos, Neg. to 4 neg.

If it was a 1000x1 @ 4 ohms amp, this would give you around 1500 to each sub

these number are just guesses... depends on your amp //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[ChopShop Racing 10+ year member]

good pic on subs. first off all each sub has 2 voice coils. each coil is 6ohm. its like hooking up two subs in one. so when you hook one sub up its ether 12ohm in sires(-+-+) or its 3 ohm in parallel (++ - -) you have 2 subs so they can ether be 6ohm in sires or 1.5 ohm in parallel. or 3 ohm in siries/parallel. look in the operating instructions on page five.

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[topazracing 10+ year member]

are they really good subs? i have 2 of them but havent heard them yet, how many watts rms were u running through them? could they take more

 

[zane 10+ year member]

Heres a more detailed answer to your specific question.

Ohms are the measure of resistance or a devices opposition to the flow of current. Ohms remain more constant, however, resistance continuously changes with frequency(Hz), and temperature.

Ohms law clearly defines the ways to find the measures of the 4 electrical properties. In your case, Ohms law states that resistance equals voltage divided by amperage.

To better illustrate this point have a look here:

http://www.eatel.net/~amptech/elecdisc/ohm.htm

take it easy,

-zane