Proper wiring method for new sub/amp setup?
NighthawkSE01
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Hello everyone, first post for me here; been looking for some straight answers at a few different communities I frequent, however so far that has proven to be difficult. Being Polk's official forum, I thought this would be the best place to end my search.
I am going to be setting up a system in my Integra pretty soon here, and was looking to get some information straight. I'll be using two 12" Alpine Type R subs (SWR-1222D). As you can see by the model number, these are dual voice coil, 2 ohms for each coil. To power these subs, I think I am going to go for a Polk Audio C500.1 monoblock amp.
Now for the main guts of my post! The amp puts out 500W RMS at 2 ohms, and the subs run at 500W RMS each. So far, I plan to wire the subs in series/parallel, so with the two specified subs wired in this way, the amp will have a 2 ohm load. Correct?
Series/parallel:
With the wiring method provided above, both subs are at 2 ohms. With the amp putting out 500W RMS at 2 ohms, with the wiring method mentioned above, will both subs each be running at 500W RMS? Must I get a more powerful amp to have boths subs putting out 500W RMS each? If this is the case, what would you suggest for my intended setup?
Thank you in advance for any replies, I really hope someone can point me in the right direction here.
I am going to be setting up a system in my Integra pretty soon here, and was looking to get some information straight. I'll be using two 12" Alpine Type R subs (SWR-1222D). As you can see by the model number, these are dual voice coil, 2 ohms for each coil. To power these subs, I think I am going to go for a Polk Audio C500.1 monoblock amp.
Now for the main guts of my post! The amp puts out 500W RMS at 2 ohms, and the subs run at 500W RMS each. So far, I plan to wire the subs in series/parallel, so with the two specified subs wired in this way, the amp will have a 2 ohm load. Correct?
Series/parallel:
With the wiring method provided above, both subs are at 2 ohms. With the amp putting out 500W RMS at 2 ohms, with the wiring method mentioned above, will both subs each be running at 500W RMS? Must I get a more powerful amp to have boths subs putting out 500W RMS each? If this is the case, what would you suggest for my intended setup?
Thank you in advance for any replies, I really hope someone can point me in the right direction here.
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A nice post, but you are going to have better luck asking in the Car Audio forum. Scroll down the page a bit.
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