SheHateMe

Hi all. I just bought 2 Kicker CVR 15's that say on the box, they are 2 ohm. The amp I currently have is this.. http://www.kenwood.ca/products/ListProduct.aspx?k1=2&k2=42&k3=155&pr=2012

Now I have read in the book (Also the way my old school CVR 15's were hooked up the same way) that I have to basically go from the red to the red/white, then from the black to the black/white, then the wires from the amp off the solid red and black. Now I was curious to if this would be a proper setup. When I baught the amp, it was intended for use on the older style 15" CVR's, but I don't think much has changed. If more info is needed, I can list all the specs for the subs, the specs for the amp are displayed on the page in the provided link. Thank you for your time.

zinger002

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it it 1 ohm stereo or 1 ohm mono?

2 options are parallel all the vc's to get a 1 ohm load to each channel,
or series each sub...4 ohm's and paralled back to mono for a 2 ohm load.

Tom.F.1

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You want a 2 ohm final load, so series the coils on the subs for 4 ohm each, then parallel them together on the amp, which has 2 + & 2 - to make it easy.

Thats the same subs i got, the manual is pretty clear about how to make them series.

SheHateMe

Yup I was going to wire them the way the manual says for 2ohm load, it's the same way I wired my old school kickers. Black/White to Black, and Red/White to red. Then from red and black to the amp. Is this correct?

SheHateMe

ALright I got the subs into the car, they are getting power and what not. Although I was curious to know, since I don't want to turn them up right away and let them wear in for a bit, it's hard to know. How would you know if the subs were wired back works. Like the wire that goes from the amp to the sub, was backwards? Isn't it when the sub pulls inwards and doesn't push outwards? Is there a specific way to find this out? I can't really turn them up anyways because the neighbours start bitching.

SheHateMe

In the book 2ohm final load is in parallel, according to the book.

Tom.F.1

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yup, you could paralell each sub to 1 ohm, then series them to the amp, but thats not the way i'd do it. and harder to wire.

SheHateMe

Well the amps 1 ohm stable, wouldn't it make sense to do it this way? Sorry just trying to understand it.

zinger002

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it sound like its 1 ohm stereo 2 ohm mono.
try each way, wire each sub up for 4 ohm's total load then combine the 2 and get a 2 ohm final load, series the coil's and oarallel the sub's.
or parallel each sub the each channel. you decide which sounds better.
ive tried both and i preferd the sepret channel way and not the series way,
it didnt seem to hit quite as hard, but it upped excursion of my sub's a bit.

Tom.F.1

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NO, Its a mono amp.

Ratings have the same amont of power at 2 ohm or at 1 ohm.

That means the power supply is maxed out at 2 ohm. But you can't hurt it at 1 ohm, because its overcurrent protected.

The only difference is you'll get more distortion at 1 ohm.

Read the manual. I know, manuals are just one mans opinion of One Way it could be done. But he just might know something we don't.