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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 11:05 PM
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I was wondering how i wire 2 10" dual 2 ohm voice coil, and 1 12" INVERTED dual 2 ohm voice coil to the same 2000 RMS amp, @ 1.3444 ohms
Old Aug 10, 2011 | 11:12 PM
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not a good idea to mix different sub.

sensitivity not matching and different inductive reactance might cause some damage
Old Aug 10, 2011 | 11:17 PM
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So you can't wire inverted and none inverted together?

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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 11:18 PM
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Or you mean that 10's and 12's are not good to wire together?.... could i wire both 10's together and have both 10's and 12 hooked to the same amp?

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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 11:32 PM
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don't mix different subs when:

A. sharing the same air space in the enclosure
B. using different brand/size/model

Put it simply, only use identical sub when hook to the same channel on an amplifier
Old Aug 10, 2011 | 11:36 PM
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k Its a Rockford Fosgate mono block, but has 2 sets of (+) (-), So could i run the 2 - 10" subs on the one channel, and the 12" on the other?
Old Aug 11, 2011 | 07:15 AM
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no, since it's a mono block it only has one channel, the 2 output terminal are connected in parallel internally
Old Aug 11, 2011 | 09:40 AM
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oh ok.. cause its got left, right input, and left right output...

Also the 2 10" and the one 12" are same RMS and same inpedence

wouldn't the amp just see it at like 1500rms at 1.344 ohms pulling?
Old Aug 11, 2011 | 03:14 PM
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You bet. Go for it. Wire each woofer's coils in series so you have three 4ohm woofers and then wire the three woofers in paralles to eachother. Remember to invert the polarity of the reversed driver so all the cones move the same way at the same time.

Good luck.
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