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Question for loadsubs?

Posted: March 25th, 2003, 2:19 pm
by neverenuff
I have two subs dual voice 6ohm. now I know if I have a set of dual 4 ohm I can get it down to 1ohm. So what would this go down to, 0 ohm or I should say below a ohm. If that is the case what amp is stable for this and powerfull enough for this. Lastly how should I wire these. oh also I am looking for a mono amp. Thnx in advance man.

Re: Question for loadsubs?

Posted: March 25th, 2003, 2:55 pm
by mzdspd
dual 6 ohm voice coils can get u a 3ohm or a 12ohm load. i would go 3ohm and get an amp that is stable at 2ohm then u will have no problems.<p>[ March 25, 2003: Message edited by: mzdspd ]</p>

Re: Question for loadsubs?

Posted: March 25th, 2003, 3:12 pm
by neverenuff
<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by mzdspd:
dual 6 ohm voice coils can get u a 3ohm or a 12ohm load. i would go 3ohm and get an amp that is stable at 2ohm then u will have no problems.<p>[ March 25, 2003: Message edited by: mzdspd ]<hr></blockquote><p>Yea thats for one sub I have two.

Re: Question for loadsubs?

Posted: March 25th, 2003, 5:02 pm
by 92RedMX3
one that will do either 2 ohm per channel stereo or 1 ohm mono. That will work. If you parallel all the voice coils and then parallel the two subs it will do a 1.5ohm load. So a one ohm is more than safe. I really good brand 2 ohm stable could work but is not as safe.

Re: Question for loadsubs?

Posted: March 25th, 2003, 8:57 pm
by Len-Dogg
Just for your info you can't have negative resistance. That would be like making power out of nothing. :-)

Re: Question for loadsubs?

Posted: March 25th, 2003, 10:28 pm
by neverenuff
<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Len-Dogg:
Just for your info you can't have negative resistance. That would be like making power out of nothing. :-)<hr></blockquote><p>What????

Re: Question for loadsubs?

Posted: March 25th, 2003, 11:13 pm
by mzdspd
is what hes saying is u will never reach 0 ohms it will always be something.

Re: Question for loadsubs?

Posted: March 25th, 2003, 11:49 pm
by Len-Dogg
Right, you are dividing the resitance seen by the amp. You can keep on dividing forever but you will never reach zero. Fundamental math postulate of some sort. haha

Re: Question for loadsubs?

Posted: March 26th, 2003, 11:23 am
by 92RedMX3
This is true, but no one ever said it would. I made the suggestion of a 1 ohm stable amp. You can get cheater amps that will do over 1000watts RMS at .25 ohm.

Re: Question for loadsubs?

Posted: March 26th, 2003, 11:34 am
by neverenuff
Are you saying just my subs can't or all .

Re: Question for loadsubs?

Posted: March 26th, 2003, 12:26 pm
by mzdspd
there is no such thing as zero ohms that would be in a perfect world with no resistance at all.

Re: Question for loadsubs?

Posted: March 26th, 2003, 12:31 pm
by neverenuff
Oh no you can have a load below an ohm.

Re: Question for loadsubs?

Posted: March 26th, 2003, 1:27 pm
by Len-Dogg
Oh really how is that? LOL The equation governming electricity is V=I*R. Voltage=current*resistance. If you set resistance negative, then you would have to have either negative current, or negative voltage to satisfy the equation. I suppose if you considered that, then yes it is possible. But we are talking about voltage and current flowing to the load, not away from it. Remember this is all DC stuff. Current and voltage from battery to load.

Re: Question for loadsubs?

Posted: March 26th, 2003, 2:21 pm
by neverenuff
I'll give you an example I have an sounddtream amp Reference405s wich can run high current or high power if I were loads at or below 1 ohm it must be ran at high current if not it must be ran high power. Now if you could not run a load below 1 ohm why would that option be availible.

Re: Question for loadsubs?

Posted: March 26th, 2003, 2:53 pm
by loudsubz
You cant have negative resistance, that is correct, but you can have a load below 1 ohm.<p>Example.<p>Quad Coil 2 ohm sub, all in paralell would yield 0.5 ohms so its very possible. To find an amp capable is another.