Amp help

subman32
subman32 Posts: 27
edited July 2004 in Basic Hookup/Wiring Questions
Can I wire a 2000 watt amp and then wire a 800 watt amp up to a 2800 watt sub?? I mean 2000+800=2800 right? Will it work? Cause to me it just doesn't make sense......and I just want to make sure its safe too cause these subs aren't exactly cheap. thanks for anything
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  • subman32
    subman32 Posts: 27
    edited July 2004
    Sorry, but I left out a major detail, this is a DVC 1 ohm sub.
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  • brody05
    brody05 Posts: 329
    edited July 2004
    hi, what are the amps? are they rated to drive a 1 ohm load, it is a general rule that two amps can be wired togeather but it would depend on the amps and their ability to handel such a difficult load, I am running 1200watts into my home made sub and I thought that was high, 2800W, wow. What are your expectations out of the drivers? do you have a low pass filter to stop the load dropping even lower than 1 ohm when the freq get real low.
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  • gidrah
    gidrah Posts: 3,049
    edited July 2004
    You might want to take this to the "On the Move" section. They'll probably tell you know unless you separate the amps to each VC, but they'll know much better.
    Make it Funky! :)
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,647
    edited July 2004
    Does punctured eardrums mean anything to you?
    Political Correctness'.........defined

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  • bknauss
    bknauss Posts: 1,441
    edited July 2004
    You need two amps with the same output to do what you're talking about (assuming you mean hook up an amp to each voice coil). I think that's a complete waste of money... its generally cheaper to buy one amp with the power you want instead of buying two. There's always overhead, and you'll pay twice as much with two amps.
    Brian Knauss
    ex-Electrical Engineer for Polk
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  • brody05
    brody05 Posts: 329
    edited July 2004
    I am not sure if you have more than one driver to run. If so you can run the drivers in paralell which will double the impedance and put less of a load on the amps, I am sure the power of the two can be 'wired' togeather regardless of diff power ratings. Maybe someone else out there can confirm this.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,647
    edited July 2004
    Other than losing your hearing, you're going to have a problem with matching the gain of the two different amps. Bad idea.
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  • subman32
    subman32 Posts: 27
    edited July 2004
    Real sorry, I realized I posted this in the wrong section when I was done. Thx for the replies, but 2 1400W amps @ 2 ohms each per voice coil is what im going to need. Unless if someone makes a 2800 @ 1 ohm. But i'm going to be running 3 of these. So thats 8,400 watts total. I have everything planned out but just need the simple problems fixxed. It may seem wierd and wrong and so on because no one usually pushes this much power but someone has to do it. :) All I need is the amp problem fixxed for now, THANKS!


    Garry
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