Wiring Help?

[flatlandin_man2 10+ year member]

I have 2 12" dual 2ohm subs. I want to run them off of my 4 channel 400 watt amp. I was wondering what the best way to hook them up would be? Any help will be greatly apreciated, thanxz.

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[Rockman 10+ year member]

Originally posted by flatlandin_man2 I have 2 12" dual 2ohm subs. I want to run them off of my 4 channel 400 watt amp. I was wondering what the best way to hook them up would be? Any help will be greatly apreciated, thanxz.

What kind of amplifier. 2 ohm stable? Bridgeable?

Ok you have 4 voice coils. You could run a voice coil to each channel. 4 coils, 4 channels.

Can you bridge the amplifier? If so you could then wire the VC in series to make each sub a 4 ohm load. The bridge the amplifier on each sub. If it were mine I would do that.

 

[flatlandin_man2 10+ year member]

yeah, its 2 ohm stable and bridgeable.

 

[lamontjersey 10+ year member]

you should bridge the amp into two channels, then put one woofer with its voice coils in parallel on each of the channels, this way you will be running both subwoofers at 2 ohms each and get maximum power. Warning, make sure the amp is 2 ohm stable in bridged mode, because just because its stable unbridged , doesnt mean its stable bridged at 2 ohms