I currently have two 1ohm stable amps, soon to have my two dual 1ohm subs, I wanna strap my amps to have a final 1ohm load per amp, I understand that that when strapping final load is split in half, so when I wire it, would I wire each sub individually series/parallel so each sub is 2ohm? Just wanna make sure I got this right first time strapping

So basically

Step 1= series/parallel

Step 2= + of each sub to + on master

Step 3= - of each sub to + on slave

Final ohm per amp 1ohm.........I think??

if you have dual ones your only gonna be able to strap at .125 each, .5 each, or 2 ohm each. Since you will be either wired to .25, 1, or 4 ohms.

As he said you have the wrong coils to strap a pair of amps, you really have the wrong coils for those amplifiers period..

 

If you wanted to run 2 1ohm amplifiers you needed dual 2ohm coils.

if you have dual ones your only gonna be able to strap at .125 each, .5 each, or 2 ohm each. Since you will be either wired to .25, 1, or 4 ohms.

But if I wire each sub individually, it would be 2ohm, per sub, therefore wouldn't that allow me to have the 1ohm load on amps

As in like, one sub + to master + on amp,, jumper wire - to +, then - to slaves + n do that with both subs, wouldn't that give me .5, 2, or 8ohm Final load?

I guess in general to me it would all make sence, as long as the subs "are not" wired in series/parallel "together"

When you strap two 1 ohm stable amps you need a 2 ohm final load, so each amp sees 1 ohm. You cannot get that with 2 Dual 1 ohm subs. As posted above you can get the following.

 

.25 ohm - Each sub in Parallel = .5 ohm each then Parallel those together = .25 ohm.

1 ohm - Each sub in Parallel = .5 ohm each then Series those together = 1 ohm

1 ohm - Each sub in Series = 2 ohm each then Parallel those together = 1 ohm

4 ohm - Each sub in Series = 2 ohm each then Series together = 4 ohm

 

Those are your only options with those subs.

1 ohm - Each sub in Series = 2 ohm each then Parallel those together = 1 ohm

That right there would give me my final load of 1ohm, so would that stay at 1 ohm? Or would it split each amp in half at .5?

Or could I do

1 ohm - Each sub in Series = 2 ohm each then just run each sub directly to amp? Without paralleling them "together"

I guess to maybe this will also work, my amps are 1500@1ohm or 950@2ohm is there a way I could get the total wattage of 3k

Edited April 5, 201312 yr by douglas12107

The connections at the amps are what is connecting the speakers together. You're stuck with the loads I posted with the subs you've got. So you're either going to run each amp at 2 ohms and get 950 per sub and leave them separate (One amp per sub) or strap them at 4 ohms so each amp sees 2 ohms and get the same 950 per sub.

 

- The only way to get the full 3k with that setup would be to ditch one sub. You could wire a single sub to both amps for a 2 ohm load so each sees 1 ohm. I doubt you want to do that though. You could also see if someone would trade you for 2 different subs that are Dual 2 ohm.

Edited April 5, 201312 yr by Polish

Damn alright well thanks for all the input