what is the ohm load with this wiring

PReal · 02-14-2007, 11:24 AM

None, you have two terminals unconnected.

It looks like you were trying to go series on everything and that would yield 16 ohms.

What resistance do you want?

Black1999Cobra · 02-14-2007, 01:27 PM

That looks to be a 16 ohm load...you dont want that. You will probably want to do a 4 ohm load, as your amp probably cant handle a 1 ohm load.

Your options with 2 dual 4 ohm subs would be 1, 4 or 16 ohm loads in order for each voice coil to get the same amount of wattage.

Also, in my opinion, I would not wire the speakers together like you have it. I would wire each sub individually in series, and then connect them both to the amp in parallel creating a 4 ohm load.

ttocs · 02-14-2007, 03:01 PM

that is series wiring. By doing that you will add all of the impedences so 4 x 4 ohms = 16 ohms. This will normally yeild a low output from most amps.

What speakers do you have and what amp are you using?

P Zero · 02-14-2007, 03:03 PM

1 OHM.
-P.

Quicktime_GT · 02-14-2007, 09:26 PM

This may help with your wiring

PReal · 02-14-2007, 09:29 PM

You are all wrong, I answered the question on the first post.

MustangMike2001 · 02-15-2007, 02:26 AM

Will it hurt an amp to run it like that?

PReal · 02-15-2007, 11:18 AM

If it is wired like above no sound will come out.

You are missing a wire connecting two of the terminals and in a series combination if any wire is mispalced there is a open circuit with no current flow. i.e. no sound.

You will not hurt the amp, but you will have very low power consumption.

ttocs · 02-15-2007, 12:08 PM

adjust your contrast or color, or am I the only one to see the yellow line?

16 ohms.

It will not hurt the amp, it will only be very quiet. You would probably be better off doing a series/parallel wiring to net 4 ohms. This will get more power from the amp safely.