Two 4ohm speakers in series is 8ohm, parallel is 2ohm.Originally posted by chongo1@Jan 19 2010, 08:12 PM~16343473
im pretty sure if you run series + to - that will give you 4 ohm, and if you run parrallell wich is both + and both - that will give you 2 ohm. its been a long time so google series speaker wiring, you only want to run a really good amp that is designed for two ohm, not a cheap or medium quality cause youll burn it up faster
HERE YOU GO MAN, I HAVE DONE A 16 SPEAKER WIRED DOWN TO 1 OHMOriginally posted by 84Joe@Jan 19 2010, 01:04 PM~16338726
I have 4 6 1/2 sonys in my door can I hook them up to a 2 ch amp .speakers are 4 ohm also amp.
very nice, however if its 4 ohm stable bridged, it should be 2 ohm stable stereo, being that when it is bridged, on a 4 ohm load, each side sees 2 ohms of resistance inside the amp....which is why 99% of all amps out there will put out the same power in either stereo lowest runable ohms, or bridged lowest runable.Originally posted by BIG DIRTY@Jan 24 2010, 02:59 PM~16394708
HERE YOU GO MAN, I HAVE DONE A 16 SPEAKER WIRED DOWN TO 1 OHM
THIS WILL GET YOU TO 4 OHMS WITH 4 SPEAKERS INTO 2 CHANNELS
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:thumbsup:Originally posted by BIG DIRTY@Jan 24 2010, 12:59 PM~16394708
HERE YOU GO MAN, I HAVE DONE A 16 SPEAKER WIRED DOWN TO 1 OHM
THIS WILL GET YOU TO 4 OHMS WITH 4 SPEAKERS INTO 2 CHANNELS
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SERIES/PARELLEL, IT SHOWS BACK TO A 4 OHM LOAD. BUT IT ONLY WORKS IF ALL SPEAKERS ARE 4 OHMS. IF NOT JUST PLUG IN THE OHMS TO THE CALCULATOR. HERE YOU GOOriginally posted by draarong2004@Jan 24 2010, 10:41 PM~16398796
very nice, however if its 4 ohm stable bridged, it should be 2 ohm stable stereo, being that when it is bridged, on a 4 ohm load, each side sees 2 ohms of resistance inside the amp....which is why 99% of all amps out there will put out the same power in either stereo lowest runable ohms, or bridged lowest runable.
i know how that works, but you missed my point, thats putting a 2 channel amp that is known to handle 4 ohms on each channel, briding that amp and giving each channel 2 ohms of resistance.....in which case he could wire the speakers in parellel and have 2 seperate channels if it can be wired like this.Originally posted by BIG DIRTY@Jan 25 2010, 03:25 PM~16405509
SERIES/PARELLEL, IT SHOWS BACK TO A 4 OHM LOAD. BUT IT ONLY WORKS IF ALL SPEAKERS ARE 4 OHMS. IF NOT JUST PLUG IN THE OHMS TO THE CALCULATOR. HERE YOU GO
OHMS CALCULATOR
SO JUST WIRE EACH CHANNEL INTO 8 OHMS, THEN PARELLEL THEM BACK AGAINST EACH OTHER TO CREATE THE 4 OHM LOAD. I AM STILL TRYING TO FIND THAT 45 SPEAKER WIRE JOB THEY DID BACK IN THE EARLY 90'S BUT CAN NOT FIND IT FOR NOTHING. BUT THEY WIRED 45, MAYBE 48 SPEAKERS ON ONE AMPLIFIER. AH PUNCH 45.Originally posted by draarong2004@Jan 25 2010, 04:17 PM~16406046
i know how that works, but you missed my point, thats putting a 2 channel amp that is known to handle 4 ohms on each channel, briding that amp and giving each channel 2 ohms of resistance.....in which case he could wire the speakers in parellel and have 2 seperate channels if it can be wired like this.
they used to do that with those orion hcca 225 theyd wire a gang of speaks and drop the ohm load down 1/4 or 1/2, alot of that was to compete in a low class running big numbers, fricken cheaters lol :biggrin:Originally posted by BIG DIRTY@Jan 25 2010, 05:34 PM~16408227
SO JUST WIRE EACH CHANNEL INTO 8 OHMS, THEN PARELLEL THEM BACK AGAINST EACH OTHER TO CREATE THE 4 OHM LOAD. I AM STILL TRYING TO FIND THAT 45 SPEAKER WIRE JOB THEY DID BACK IN THE EARLY 90'S BUT CAN NOT FIND IT FOR NOTHING. BUT THEY WIRED 45, MAYBE 48 SPEAKERS ON ONE AMPLIFIER. AH PUNCH 45.
:cheesy:Originally posted by chongo1@Jan 27 2010, 09:08 PM~16433506
they used to do that with those orion hcca 225 theyd wire a gang of speaks and drop the ohm load down 1/4 or 1/2, alot of that was to compete in a low class running big numbers, fricken cheaters lol :biggrin: