why wont these stupid subs wire to 1 ohm?

[ChevyRidinLow]

dual 4 ohms, when i wire them to 1 ohm nothing plays. the amp is 1 ohm stable. wtf?

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[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

check all the individual coils with a DMM?

 

[ChevyRidinLow]

check all the individual coils with a DMM?

coils are good. they play fine, but its retarded they wire to 2 ohms 2 dual 4s shouldnt do that?

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

theoretically they shouldn't do that. However, coil impedance is not a constant. Especially not when it's in a box

 

[Bassin Buick]

weird. really weird. What does each coil read with a DMM?

 

[ChevyRidinLow]

weird. really weird. What does each coil read with a DMM?

i dont even remember, i pulled them out like 5 times earlier i dont feel like checking again haha

 

[Shinju 10+ year member]

Amp problem, also use a AA battery and see if your connections to the amp are bad by touching the + to the + speaker lead and the - to the - speaker lead see if they move.

 

[ChevyRidinLow]

Amp problem, also use a AA battery and see if your connections to the amp are bad by touching the + to the + speaker lead and the - to the - speaker lead see if they move.

really? this isnt gonna like open a wormhole and **** the earth into it or some shit is it?

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

really? this isnt gonna like open a wormhole and **** the earth into it or some shit is it?

just like checking the phase. are they funkypups? if so, then possibly

 

[Shinju 10+ year member]

really? this isnt gonna like open a wormhole and **** the earth into it or some shit is it?

Try it and see!

 

[k_schutte 10+ year member]

with the subs wired and in the box, check it at the end of the wires, where it hooks up to the amp (but don't have it connected to the amp) and see what it reads...

Box rise could be part of it. Also, I have purchased subs before that where "D1" coils and ended up being like D1.3 when I checked them out. I have also had D2 coils read like D1.8-D2.2

 

[Kangaroux 5,000+ posts]

with the subs wired and in the box, check it at the end of the wires, where it hooks up to the amp (but don't have it connected to the amp) and see what it reads...

Box rise could be part of it. Also, I have purchased subs before that where "D1" coils and ended up being like D1.3 when I checked them out. I have also had D2 coils read like D1.8-D2.2

That's pretty common for dual 2 to read like that

 

[k_schutte 10+ year member]

Yeah, that's what i'm saying. Just because you have a pair of D4's don't mean they are all exactly 4ohm coils so they probably won't wire to exactly 1 ohm.

I got a new pair of RE SE-X, D4 10's getting ready to go in before too long. i always try to get an amp that supplies the power I want running at 2ohm. Just so I know that I don't have to worry about if they wire to 1.4ohm or something along those lines. Plus, I don't like to push the amps TOO hard, especially since I broke down and went main stream this time for budget/warranty/looks.

 

[TaylorFade 10+ year member]

I had the strangest thing with my subs yesterday too. I checked each coil and they read 4 each. I wried them in parallel and got 8 ohms. WTF?

What's it reading on the DMM? And how far off/accurate is your DMM? Some cheaper ones can be off by a whole ohm or more.

 

[k_schutte 10+ year member]

I had the strangest thing with my subs yesterday too. I checked each coil and they read 4 each. I wried them in parallel and got 8 ohms. WTF?
What's it reading on the DMM? And how far off/accurate is your DMM? Some cheaper ones can be off by a whole ohm or more.

I would guess you accidentally wired them in series...? No way they would read 4 ohm each and then go up to 8ohm if wired properly.