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ok, i have a dual voice coil sub 2+2 ohms. one ohm stable. i have the amp to match. mono 1 ohm stable. i have ran the amp bridged to the 1st voice coil, then jumped positve to positve, negitve to negitive on number 2 voice coil.... the amp goes into protect mode at about half volume.... it should be wired right for one ohm right?
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one view in an hour?
help... anyone?
one view in an hour?
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measure your sub with an ohm meter and see how much resistance is really there. 1 ohm is really low to run at and gets things hot rather quickly. Why dont you try 4 ohm?
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well, i just bought everything to run at one ohm... just cause i never had before. I ran it at two ohms and it sounded good. but alot louder at one ohm.
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ok, i have a dual voice coil sub 2+2 ohms. one ohm stable. i have the amp to match. mono 1 ohm stable. i have ran the amp bridged to the 1st voice coil, then jumped positve to positve, negitve to negitive on number 2 voice coil.... the amp goes into protect mode at about half volume.... it should be wired right for one ohm right?
help... anyone?
one view in an hour?
help... anyone?
one view in an hour?
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try it at 4 ohm. I started out the same way running the lowest possible impedance I could but soon learned that it sounded much better the higher you went. 1 ohm is very easy to distort at, and can ruin things very fast. I ended up switching most of my stuff from 2 ohm to 4 ohm just because the loudness wasnt that much different and it sounded way better.
1 dual voice coil sub 2+2 ohms which means he can run it at 1 or 4 ohms
1 dual voice coil sub 2+2 ohms which means he can run it at 1 or 4 ohms
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yeah... thats the thing, its an 1800 watt amp, 1200 rms 1 ohm stable.... it has me confused. it should be able to handle 5 volts from the head unit. everything in my car is kenwood excelon except my 6 1/2 components.
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the input voltage doesnt matter... your amp isng going to go into protect because of 5v
the 2 things that id think were the problem is either a grounding issue or a ohm level issue. You stated that you have it wired to 1 ohm and your amp is 1 ohm stable it shouldnt be a problem if the amp is really 1 ohm stable. Check your grounds and make sure they are on a good chunk of metal that is clean and has no paint or anything.
also i didnt really read the first post because its confusing but now that i went over it again i just want to be sure you seeing a 1 ohm load. make sure your amp is wired like so
the 2 things that id think were the problem is either a grounding issue or a ohm level issue. You stated that you have it wired to 1 ohm and your amp is 1 ohm stable it shouldnt be a problem if the amp is really 1 ohm stable. Check your grounds and make sure they are on a good chunk of metal that is clean and has no paint or anything.
also i didnt really read the first post because its confusing but now that i went over it again i just want to be sure you seeing a 1 ohm load. make sure your amp is wired like so
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the input voltage doesnt matter... your amp isng going to go into protect because of 5v
the 2 things that id think were the problem is either a grounding issue or a ohm level issue. You stated that you have it wired to 1 ohm and your amp is 1 ohm stable it shouldnt be a problem if the amp is really 1 ohm stable. Check your grounds and make sure they are on a good chunk of metal that is clean and has no paint or anything.
also i didnt really read the first post because its confusing but now that i went over it again i just want to be sure you seeing a 1 ohm load. make sure your amp is wired like so
the 2 things that id think were the problem is either a grounding issue or a ohm level issue. You stated that you have it wired to 1 ohm and your amp is 1 ohm stable it shouldnt be a problem if the amp is really 1 ohm stable. Check your grounds and make sure they are on a good chunk of metal that is clean and has no paint or anything.
also i didnt really read the first post because its confusing but now that i went over it again i just want to be sure you seeing a 1 ohm load. make sure your amp is wired like so
Great pic. That shows a 1 ohm load but if your bridging your amp its seeing a .5 ohm load.
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BINGO. my amp is 2 channel but if you bridge it you can change it to mono from stereo. if i bridge it and hook it up like the pic shows and its .5 ohm. thats the problem. thank you,... I fryed the first sub,... oops. lol, oh well i have more. thanks for all the help guys.
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try again croutching tiger hidden dragon... the ohm load doesnt change with the amp its completely dependant on the subs BUT if you have a 2 channel amp and bridge it the ohm its stable at doubles. So your 1ohm stable 2 channel amp would become a 2 ohm stable 1 channel amp
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so dont bridge the amp run it stereo, and wire it like the diagram above?
i am just running this one to one voice coil now... its plent loud.
i am just running this one to one voice coil now... its plent loud.
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