dsliner

Here's the story... I have a renegade 850 mono amp. I recently got my hands on some of the old model 8810 Eclipse subs. The problem is that they are 6 ohm speakers. The amp runs at 2 ohms. If wire the subs together parrallel with them being DVC, they will be 1.5 ohms. Will this be close enough? How will this affect my subs/amp?

Secondary note: Someone tried telling me to swap out the amp fuse with a 40amp fuse.... Am I wrong for thinking he's out of his mind? Not to mention the reason he said to do this was to give the Amp more power.

420guy

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Yeah swapping the fuse will NOT give you more power. You should be able to run them at 1.5 as long as the gain is low and you aren't pushing it really hard. If you really want to be safe wire them in a series/parallel setup at 3ohms, you will lose some power but keep the amp safe. Your biggest problem at 1.5 is going to be overheating, I don't know if a couple pc fans and lots of fresh air will keep it safe but you can always try it. I have run several amp way under recommended load ratings and until they heat up too much they will work like champs. I once ran an Alpine 4ch back in the 80s at 1ohm per ch and it took it and is still to my knowledge running today. LOL I guess the question for you is... do you feel lucky? LOL

ancorp

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If they are DVC 6 ohm, you cannot do 3 ohms. Either 6 or 1.5.

If they are the 8810.6 (single 6 ohm voice coil) then you can do 3 ohms.

Personally I'd do 1.5 and make sure you have a good ground and decent 4 guage wiring. Running at 6 ohms you won't get much power at all.

420guy

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D'oh brain fart. Yes you are correct 6 or 1.5 only. I would also take my chances with 1.5, but I like to abuse stuff. LOL My 80 watt rms components have been running off 230 watts each for 3 years now and no issues YET. LOL