Wiring question...

[olaf2022]

Okay, let's say I have two each 2-ohm dual voicecoil subs that I'm connecting to a mono amp, and let's say I'm trying to get them to put a 1-ohm load on the amp.

I know that if I wire ONE sub like this, it produces a 1-ohm load:

My question is, if I were to wire another sub just like that to the same terminal like this:

would this still put a 1-ohm load on the amp with both subs connected like this?

If not, is there any other way that I can connect two 2-ohm DVC's to a mono amp to produce a total 1-ohm load? Thanks in advance.

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[forbidden 10+ year member]

Not going to happen, connecting two subs like you have shown would infact drop the load by half again, a dead short is not too far away and this would most certainly send many class D 1 ohm mono amps into protection.

In this case you are best of with a series / parallel circuit to have a stable load of 2 ohm mono. A good class D 2 ohm mono sub amp is the Rockford BD1000 series amps. The brand new Rockford amps are a 1 ohm mono amp that would work as well but the last models would probably do a better and more efficient job for you.