Parallel or series/parallel connection

 

Bronze Member
Username: Bestmankind

Post Number: 37
Registered: Oct-05
my amp is kicker 1200.1 and i have two subs that are dual 2ohm. should i do a parallel connection or series/parallel connection?
 

Brad From PA
Unregistered guest
you would have to wire it in parallel b/c if you wired it in series you would have a .5 ohm load and the amp is only 1 ohm stable... or you could sell the subs you have and get dual 4 ohms and wires them in series to give you the 1 ohm load you need
 

Brad From PA
Unregistered guest
very good link
http://www.bcae1.com/spkrmlti.htm
 

Silver Member
Username: Solacedagony

New Jersey US

Post Number: 538
Registered: Oct-04
Wrong, if you wired all 4 VCs in parallel, THEN you'd have 0.5 ohms. If you wired it in series, you'd get an 8 ohm load. You've got it backwards Brad.

At this URL, look up "2 DVC drivers with Voice Coils in Series / Parallel". It'll show you how to wire it.
http://mobile.jlaudio.com/support_pages.php?page_id=161

Not sure what your amp gets at different loads, but you're looking at running your VCs in series/parallel to pull 2 ohms. If you don't understand, just look up the wiring diagram that I gave you.
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