What ohm load am I running?

[620hpcrx 10+ year member]

(They are bridged)

Is this the best way to hook up my subs?

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[Bumpin-dah8o8 10+ year member]

supposedly 2 ohms since the pic u drew is not actually bridged, if it were bridged you would only have drawn 1 primary power line to both + and - to where at some point it is spliced to accept a small length of wire. In other words where u have 2 lines connecting to each + and - the should only be 1.

 

[Bumpin-dah8o8 10+ year member]

If your confused check the V.C. wiring options post and it will show you what I mean.

 

[620hpcrx 10+ year member]

So its not the same to have them like i drew them and to have them connected to a short wire? Should I connect them to a shorter length?

 

[yz_gt69 10+ year member]

620, to bridge your amp you would have your - wire from amp to - on one sub, from that subs + to the others -, then from that 2nd subs + back to the amp, total of three wires: 1 to - on amp, 1 to + on amp, and one "bridging the gap between both subs

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

What he has is still a parallel bridged configuration. As long as the subs are wired to the same terminals on the amp, the effect is the same as running the wire from amp + to sub 1 + to sub 2 + and from amp - to sub 1 - to sub 2 -.

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

Well, i think a better question would be what kind of amp do you have? That could change everything.

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

supposedly 2 ohms since the pic u drew is not actually bridged, if it were bridged you would only have drawn 1 primary power line to both + and - to where at some point it is spliced to accept a small length of wire. In other words where u have 2 lines connecting to each + and - the should only be 1.

The way he drew it is just fine if his amp can handle a 2 ohm bridged load.

 

[620hpcrx 10+ year member]

The amp I have is a 800w rms 4 way that can handle a 2 ohm bridged connection.

 

[620hpcrx 10+ year member]

The way he drew it is just fine if his amp can handle a 2 ohm bridged load.

Thanks Tommy thats the answer I was looking for.