How To Wire A Dual 4 Ohm Sub To 4 Ohms Amp

One dvc driver with voice coils in parallel.

How to wire a dual 4 ohm sub to 4 ohms amp. Improper wiring can cause malfunction of the amp and speaker. I have a audiobahn aw1206t 12 1100w rms chrome flame q subwoofer and a audiobahn a8002t 800w 2ch intake series amp. The most common question we are asked here at sonic. Connecting the two voice coils of the driver in parallel to to will result in the.

They ll cause a home amp to overheat shutdown and even become damaged permanently. Now the sub is dual 4 ohm voice coils and i know how to wire to 2 ohms. Wiring a 4 ohm amp to a 2 ohm speaker is done often by car stereo enthusiasts. Car subwoofers with 2 or 4 ohm ratings can t be used with home stereo amplifiers because they re below the minimum amp spec.

Wiring any skar audio subwoofer or amplifier below 1 ohm will automatically void your warranty on the product. Dual 1 ohm subwoofer wiring guides 1 subwoofer 2 subwoofers 3 subwoofers 4 subwoofers. If that sub is a dvc 4 ohm model you can wire it to that amp s sub channel like this diagram. You actually can wire the sub at 4ohms you just run a set of wires from the amp to one 4 ohm voice coil and then another set of wires from the same channel or a different channel to the other 4 ohm voice coil and wahlah.

As for a nav receiver give us a call and an advisor will help you pick out the right one for you. One dual voice coil speaker in parallel. The amplifier can only operate correctly if the amp is wired to the speaker the right way. Welcome to the ct sounds subwoofer wiring wizard.

Dual voice coil speakers have a unique benefit here as you could use a dual 4 ohm subwoofer for both car or home use. Our subwoofer wiring calculator allows you to figure out how to wire your dual 1 ohm dual 2 ohm and dual 4 ohm subwoofers in several different qualities. If you are wanting to know how to wire your subs look no further than our wire diagram. Dj that amp has a single subwoofer output channel so there can be no bridging.

For instance if you have a subwoofer with a dual voice coil where each coil has a resistance of 4 ohms you can choose to wire it in series to have more overall resistance of 4 4 8 ohms or wire it in parallel to have a lower resistance of 4 2 1 ohm. But whats weird is theres two sets of positive and negative terminals on each side. You have a 4 ohm load from a dvc 4ohm sub.