Using 4ohm resistor+4ohm sub to get 2ohm load?

[Tehgregzor 10+ year member]

i was just thinking last nite about diff ways to wire my sub. My amp is 1 ohm stable. So...could i like wire up a 4ohm resistor the same way that i would another sub, and get the amp to see a 2ohm load, so my sub gets more power....adding on to that crackpot theory, could i wire up 3 more 4 ohm resitors as if they were subs, along with my 4ohm sub and get my amp to see a 1ohm load? Since they are just simply resistors, they wouldn't "take away" any power going to my one sub, right? So it would be all 1000 watts RMS @1 ohm going straight to my sub, right? It just seemed like an idea...SVC wiring options

See how they have four 4ohm subs wired? Could i replace 3 of those with just 4 ohm resistors, so my amp sees a 1 ohm load?

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[Acidburn 5,000+ posts]

2 problems:

1. the sub will still get the same amount of power because the power is shared between the loads

2. good luck finding resistors that can handle that much power

 

[Tehgregzor 10+ year member]

****. Yeah, i didn't even think about finding a resistor that could handle 1000 watts between the 4 of them....oh well. Unless anyone has any other ideas, i guess i'm stuck with my single 4 ohms. Lame.

 

[negativezeroz 5,000+ posts]

****. Yeah, i didn't even think about finding a resistor that could handle 1000 watts between the 4 of them....oh well. Unless anyone has any other ideas, i guess i'm stuck with my single 4 ohms. Lame.

then yd u get a SVC in the first place? my SVC 12VQ I had did fine with only 100W for awhile then it got 424W and it opened up alot..

what sub is it btw?

 

[BeanII 10+ year member]

no it won't work. Long story. frequecy when applied changes your resistance. As the coil moves through the gap when you are playing music through it the load changes.

is this making any sense?

 

[Acidburn 5,000+ posts]

then yd u get a SVC in the first place? my SVC 12VQ I had did fine with only 100W for awhile then it got 424W and it opened up alot..
what sub is it btw?

check his sig

dont RE10s come in DVC4?

 

[negativezeroz 5,000+ posts]

check his sig
dont RE10s come in DVC4?

lol...i dont really read sigs anymore

 

[ballstothewall 10+ year member]

Yes, the RE comes in Dual 4's

 

[SPL140.2 5,000+ posts]

2 problems:1. the sub will still get the same amount of power because the power is shared between the loads

2. good luck finding resistors that can handle that much power

X2! BTW the resistors get very hot

 

[Bake 10+ year member]

Actually there is a way to get your load down to where you want it running your single sub. There was a product made by stinger that would allow you to match your sub to the amp. If remember correctly it was called an accumatch. I believe it was a basicly a big transformer with a few taps coming off. Depending on which taps were used the load seen by the amp changed. I used one once with an Orion HCCA to get it down to were I wanted it. I may even still have it in the back of a closet.

 

[maylar 10+ year member]

AFAIK the accumatch isn't available any more. And they weren't all that great to begin with.

As for putting resistors in a system to change impedances, it'll work but you gain nothing. Resistors don't make sound, they make heat. All the extra power would be wasted as heat, it doesn't go to the subs.