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Old Dec 30, 2010 | 11:46 PM
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The newbie strikes again!

I just bought 6 6.5" speakers and dont know how to wire them. If I wired them up I think I would get like .125 ohm instead of 4? Theyre 4 ohm each and my amp is 4 ohm as well.
Old Dec 31, 2010 | 06:04 AM
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1 - 4 ohm single voicecoil speaker, on 1 channel, will deliver a 4 ohm load from the amp

positive speaker terminal to + on amp, negative speaker terminal to - on amp..

Not sure what you did to figure out .125 ohms???
Old Dec 31, 2010 | 06:16 AM
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You bought 6 speakers and can't use them? ... The newbie strikes again!-haha.jpg <-- he rocks, lol

Originally Posted by SOULMUSIC
Not sure what you did to figure out .125 ohms???
lol, I have no idea either....

OP- What amp are you using for this?

If you wire all 6 of them together in parallel you would get around .66ohms. If your plans were to run 2ch, then wiring 3 in parallel per side would yield around 1.33ohm load.

Use this in the future to help calculate loads. (click)

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Old Dec 31, 2010 | 12:09 PM
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I would have said wire two pairs of 3 down to 1.33 ohms then series those up to 2.66. Pretty sure your amp will handle it.
Old Dec 31, 2010 | 01:43 PM
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I picked them up from work cause they were cheap haha. My amp is a 2 channel, 300 watt 4 ohm amp.
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