Wiring qeustion...What Ohm would this be???

Wondering the correct way to wire three single coil 4-ohm speakers into a 2 channel amp that is not 1 ohm stable. The amp in a stereo load is 2-8 ohm stable and in bridged load 4-8 ohm stable. I think the wiring diagram I show would work but am not sure. Anyone have a clue or know the correct way to wire what I've got? Thanks a lot guys

http://www.cardomain.com/shop/wooferwizard.pl?num_of_subs=3&impedance_of_subs=4o hm_dvc&x=135&y=9

What I've got are single coil not DVC

Oh sorry....Im not sure how that would be wired....It recommends to have a one ohm stable amp for your subs

2.67 ohms

No problem with the amp with that setup

I'm not totally sure, but I think that the sub wired by itself will be getting way more power than the two subs wired in series, this may or may not become a problem. The resistance at the amplifier will be 2.67ohms like Mikeski said.

I was wanting to run it in bridged mode to get more power. Wont the 2.67 ohm resistance harm the amp when the channels are bridged. Here is the drawing I should have put first with the seperate channels.

The solo driver will be getting close to 60% of the RMS wattage as the total load is only 4 ohms there. The wattage is going to go down the path of least resistance, in this case the single driver. The other crcuit will be getting whatever is left over as it has a total load of 8 ohms. That is a very unbalanced wiring schema and you should purchase another sub or a 1 ohm stable amp. You will probably also get cancellation.

So while the amp will be fine, it will not perform like you want it to.

The proper way to wire those three subs to that amp would be to run 1 sub on one channel, and run the other two parallel (2 ohm load) on the other channel.

(Message edited by Olskooltige on April 18, 2007)

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