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Old 08-16-2004, 08:44 AM   #1
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parallel wiring

How do you wire two 4ohm subs so that the amp sees a two ohm load?
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Old 08-16-2004, 09:09 AM   #2
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Re: parallel wiring

single or dual 4 ohm?
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Old 08-16-2004, 05:26 PM   #3
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Old 08-16-2004, 05:36 PM   #4
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Re: parallel wiring

run both positives to the same positive on the amp, both negatives to the same negative on the amp. Or run pos on one sub to pos on other sub to amp. same with negative
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Old 08-16-2004, 05:54 PM   #5
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is that the same as bridging it
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Old 08-16-2004, 06:13 PM   #6
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Re: parallel wiring

I never call that bridging it... and technically it is more like wiring series when you bridge I think, but w/e
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Old 08-16-2004, 06:15 PM   #7
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Re: parallel wiring

you bridge an amp not subs
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Old 08-16-2004, 07:50 PM   #8
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so then which terminals do i hook the wires up to my amp
if it has four terminals.
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Old 08-16-2004, 08:05 PM   #9
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Re: parallel wiring

Is it a 2 channel amp or a mono amp?
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Re: parallel wiring

Run one positve to one positive on the amp, one negative to one negative on the amp. Use different positive and negatives for each sub.
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so does that mean that i dont use two terminals?
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Re: parallel wiring

no that means you do use two terminals on the amp
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But does it matter that the amp is not 2 ohm stable in bridged mode?
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Re: parallel wiring

ok. you dont want to parralel the subs the bridge the amp what haibane is saying is put each speaker on its own channel pos to pos neg to neg on one subs and amp channel and then repeat for the next sub.
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