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New member Username: D_wilsonPost Number: 3 Registered: Oct-09 | Ok so I have the Kicker ZX1000.1 amp....which is kinda besides the point..... I know at 2ohms it gives off 1000+ watts......i want to know when i have 2 subs such as the kicker cvr 12's.......are they recieving the full power each, or are they splitting the power.... ex. if the amp is giving off 800w are the 2 subs recieving 800 watts each....or both receiving around 400w each??? |
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Gold Member Username: IlluminatorUSA Post Number: 5057 Registered: Apr-05 | How do you have the subs wired? Series or parallel? If the amp is putting out 800w, then the wattage is being split, thus each sub gets 400w a piece. |
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New member Username: D_wilsonPost Number: 6 Registered: Oct-09 | i have 2 2ohm subs...wired in series.....im not sure about the exact wattage its putting out those where juz examples i was giving so u could see where i was coming from.. |
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Gold Member Username: IlluminatorUSA Post Number: 5061 Registered: Apr-05 | Your subs have a combined impedance of 4 ohms, thus the power of the amp is cut to 500w @4ohm. Each sub is getting 250w right now. |
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New member Username: D_wilsonPost Number: 7 Registered: Oct-09 | ok so if i wire them parallel then??? |
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Gold Member Username: IlluminatorUSA Post Number: 5063 Registered: Apr-05 | If they were wired in parallel, then you'd be running them @ 1ohm which the amp can't handle. |
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Gold Member Username: BonhamdTraverse City, MI Post Number: 1918 Registered: Nov-07 | if you have 2 dual 2 ohm subs - you will be fine http://www.the12volt.com/caraudio/woofer_configurations.asp?Q=2&I=22 wire to option 2 if you have 2 dual 4 ohm subs - you would be either wiring your amp to a 1 ohm load which is too low....or wire to 4 ohms which makes your amp around 500 RMS (250 per sub) http://www.the12volt.com/caraudio/woofer_configurations.asp?Q=2&I=42 |
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Gold Member Username: IlluminatorUSA Post Number: 5064 Registered: Apr-05 | If I'm not mistaken, the Kicker CompVR's are dual 4ohm voice coils and in the configuration that he has, cannot be wired to 2 ohms. |
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Gold Member Username: BonhamdTraverse City, MI Post Number: 1923 Registered: Nov-07 | they come in dual 2s and dual 4s it wouldnt make sense for them to only make them in dual 4s when all of their amps run at 2 ohms |
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Gold Member Username: Snowball123West Allis, WI Post Number: 3183 Registered: Oct-07 | he even said from above posts that he has Dual 2 ohm subs. Wire them to 2 ohms and then you will see the amps full potential. |
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Gold Member Username: BonhamdTraverse City, MI Post Number: 1926 Registered: Nov-07 | thats what i thought but it was worded weird |
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Gold Member Username: IlluminatorUSA Post Number: 5065 Registered: Apr-05 | lol, I think a lot of us are misreading his first post. He DOES say what subs they are but doesn't mention the impedance of them. Looks like the OP still hasn't clarified. Kinda annoying when we get noob's that don't give us the info we need to help them. |