2/4 Ohm Question
#1
2/4 Ohm Question
New guy, first post, but a silent reader for awhile now.
OK, I'm sure a simple answer to the majority of you, but confusing jargon to me. I'm running a MTX TC510 (4 ohm 300 watt) combined with an MTX TC4001
http://www.mtx.com/caraudio/products/amplifiers/TC4001.cfm
Now what I'm wondering is, to run the amp and sub together at 2 ohms, do I bridge the 4 terminals on the sub as pictured?
Thanks in advance!
OK, I'm sure a simple answer to the majority of you, but confusing jargon to me. I'm running a MTX TC510 (4 ohm 300 watt) combined with an MTX TC4001
http://www.mtx.com/caraudio/products/amplifiers/TC4001.cfm
Now what I'm wondering is, to run the amp and sub together at 2 ohms, do I bridge the 4 terminals on the sub as pictured?
Thanks in advance!
#4
OK...I'm at a loss...I started to rewire the sub this morning and after studying the terminals, I think this sub is a SVC as although there are 4 terminals, the pos and neg are really both connected to each other as it is. I hope the pic better explains what I mean, (please excuse the blurriness). My assumption is the speaker is like this to be able to wire multiple speakers together in series or parallell?
So does this mean I can't run and get the most out of my amp wiring it as a 2 ohm sub?
So does this mean I can't run and get the most out of my amp wiring it as a 2 ohm sub?
#7
OK, great. Thank you both for confirming my thoughts.
Out of curiousity, if I did run the amp wires to the sub as a 2 ohm (the amp is capable of doing 2 or 4 ohm)...Will it blow the amp? Blow the speaker? I'm just curious what (if any?) problems would arise.
Out of curiousity, if I did run the amp wires to the sub as a 2 ohm (the amp is capable of doing 2 or 4 ohm)...Will it blow the amp? Blow the speaker? I'm just curious what (if any?) problems would arise.
#8
Assuming your sub is 4ohms... Your amp will only see 4ohms if thats all your sub is. You need a second identical sub to get a 2ohm load to your amp.
#9
If you put the extra wires on the sub and cross them you could blow your amp or sub. Just wire it like normal. Pos on amp to Pos on sub, neg on amp to neg on sub and forget about the other 2 until you buy another sub.
Last edited by DeadlySones; 10-04-2009 at 01:06 PM.