I haven't dealt with any audio work for over a year, so I forgot a lot of what I knew. I'd really appreciate some help.


I have a Viper D600.1 mono amp from my last car. These are the power ratings (RMS):

Rated Power @ 4 ohm: 275 x 1
Rated Power @ 2 ohm: 400 x 1
Rated Power @ 1 ohm: 600 x 1

I had a dual 2 ohm sub wired in parallel for a 1 ohm load. I would like to use the same amp in my 350Z, and hopefully wire it to two 10 inch subs.

Since it's a mono amp, I am not too familiar with how to wire it to two subwoofers. If I got two dual 2 ohm subs, would I be able to wire them in parallel for a 1 ohm load and use my amp to power each sub with 300 watts @ 1 ohm?


Thanks,
Brian

 

No, I don't think you can do what you want with what you have on hand, here's why.

What you have. Two, dual two-ohm Voice coil subs.
What you want. One, one-ohm load presented to the amp.

What your choices are:

Wire the two voice coils on each sub in parallel. Result, each sub presents a one ohm load. Wire the two (now 1 ohm load) subs now in parallel? 0.5 ohm load to amp. Wire the two (now 1 ohm load) subs now in series? 2.0 ohm load to amp.

Alternatively. Wire the two voice cols on each sub in series. Result, each sub presents a total 4 ohm load. wire the two (now 4 ohm load) subs in parallel? 2 ohm load to amp. Wire the two (now 4 ohm load) subs in series? 8 ohm load to amp.

Neither alternative gives you a 1 ohm mono load to amp.

What you need is two 4 ohm DVC subs. Wire up the voice coils on each sub in parallel which gives you a 2 ohm load on each sub. Wire those two subs in parallel and you'd have a single 1 ohm total load to amp. Or, alternatively, just have two subs made up with single 2 ohm voice coils, wire them in parallel and you have a single 1 ohm load to amp.

Good Luck.

 

What he said......

 

Thanks guys.

I actually don't have the subs yet - which looks like a good thing since I will need 4 ohm DVC subs

I believe this is the way I need to wire it, correct?

 

Yes, that diagram will yield a 1 ohm load with 2 - dual 4 ohm voice coil subs.

 

Thank you. You have PM