2 ohm wiring setup. Sadly if you wire the diamond subs in other ways they either will be too low of a load for the amp 1 2 ohm or cant develop full power wired as 2 8 ohm speakers. Please note that when wiring. The following diagrams are the most popular wiring configurations. We show you how to wire two 8 inch subwoofers with dual 2 ohm voice coils to create an 8 ohm and 2 ohm load.
Subwoofer wiring diagrams for 1 ohm 2 ohm 4 ohm and 6 ohm dual voice coil subwoofers and for 4 ohm and 8 ohm single voice coil subwoofers. How to wire your subwoofer dual voice coil 2 ohm 1 ohm parallel vs 4 ohm series configurations duration. Check the amplifiers owners manual for minimum impedance the amplifier will handle before hooking up the speakers. Single voice coil wiring options.
They show a typical single channel wiring scheme. Regarding the power i would say try it and see what you think as how it sounds etc will depend on your subwoofer box too. With multi driver sub systems which often feature dual voice coils dvc on each driver the level of wiring complexity can be enough to turn off even the most adventurous of car audio do it yourselfers. We also show you how to check your subwoofer impedance.
Stable at 1 2 ohm mono. The most common question we are asked her. 4 ohm mono is equivalent to 2 ohm stereo. Learn how to wire a dual 2 ohm car subwoofer to a 1 ohm final impedance using the parallel wiring method.
Option 2 seriesparallel 2 ohm load voice coils wired in series speakers wired in parallel recommended amplifier. Please leave your comments and. Indeed if you had a 1 ohm load on that kenwood it is possible you have fried the. If you have your speakers wired for 2 ohms they must be in series to the amp 4 ohms or connected to the amp in stereo one sub to each channel if you have your speakers wired for 2 ohms and then they are in parallel to the amp in mono you have created a 1 ohm load which the amp will definately not handle.
The most common question we are asked here at sonic. Stable at 2 or 1 ohm mono. Fear not though for we have compiled wiring diagrams of several configurations for dual voice coil dvc drivers. Option 1 parallelparallel 05 ohm load voice coils wired in parallel speakers wired in parallel recommended amplifier.